FestivalsandEvents.com Announces Upcoming Featured Festivals from Around the Country
FestivalsandEvents.com announces featured events around the country for May/June 2005.
(PRWEB via PR Web Direct) May 11,
2005 -- FestivalsandEvents.com announces featured events around the country for
May and June of 2005.
FestivalsandEvents.com says it's time to get out
and enjoy one of the many festivals around the country. FestivalsandEvents.com
lists thousands of festivals that will certainly peak an interest. Each and
every weekend, visitors to the site can find a wide variety of festivals to
attend including bluegrass, cultural, sporting and nature events. Many have
kid's areas, national entertainment, juried arts and crafts booths and a
multitude of other fun activities. You'll be surprised at what might be
happening only miles away. Turn that mundane weekend into a festive weekend.
Here are several festivals happening around the country in the coming
weeks.
*Rockin' RibFest, Union Grove NC, May 13-15
Rockin' RibFest is
a family oriented festival with a national BBQ competition, dozens of free
activities in their Kid’s Zone, a car show and tons of arts & crafts booths.
Ribbers compete to serve the best BBQ in North America as judged by a panel of
celebrity judges. Live Concerts include Eddie Money, Survivor, Mickey Thomas of
Starship, Foghat, and Orleans all in a 7000 seat covered arena.
Rockin'
RibFest is the major fundraising event for Dove House Children's Advocacy
Center, serving sexually abused children throughout Iredell County, North
Carolina. More information is available at http://festivalsandevents.com/featurefestival.php?lid=271
*Spring
into Spring, Omaha NE, May 14-15
Spring into Spring festival at Lauritzen
Gardens, Omaha's Botanical Center, features performance art by "The Living
Garden" where garden characters The Fountain, The Rock and Vine-to-Vine "come
alive." The Living Garden will engage guests as they turn into an animated
fountain, rock and grapevines for visitors to interact with and be
entertained.
Lauritzen Gardens is a 100-acre botanical garden, comprised
of 13 outdoor garden areas. It creates a living museum of unique four-season
plant displays. More information is available at
http://festivalsandevents.com/featurefestival.php?lid=986
*Texas
Arts & Crafts Fair, Kerrville TX, May 27-30
The Official Texas State Arts
& Crafts Fair is one of the top ranked arts and crafts events in the nation.
Explore the 7.4 acre open air gallery overlooking the Guadalupe River displaying
the works of 150 Texas' fine artists and crafters. This is a buyer's paradise
for unique gifts. More information is available on their web site www.tacef.org.
*Arts
Festival & Garden Tour, Decatur GA, May 28-30
The 17th annual Decatur
Arts Festival includes a juried artists market and fine arts exhibition.
Literary arts, new dance, performing arts, children's festival and a garden tour
are included. The weekend kicks off with an ArtWalk throughout Decatur Georgia.
More information is available at http://festivalsandevents.com/featurefestival.php?lid=646
*Grand
Old Day, Saint Paul MN, June 5
One of the largest one-day festivals in the
upper Midwest, 225,000 guests enjoy a day along the city's historic Grand
Avenue. Grand Avenue holds many discoveries as it spans 25 blocks from the
Mississippi River to downtown Saint Paul. The tree-lined street invites you to
meander down its sidewalks and engage the contradictions that are Grand Avenue,
the historic, the hip, the small-town and the urbane.
Attend Grand Old
Day and enjoy parades, 10 music stages, family areas, teen battle of the bands,
sporting events and over 150 vendors. More information is available at
http://festivalsandevents.com/featurefestival.php?lid=1333
About
FestivalsandEvents.com
FestivalsandEvents.com is a service that lists
festivals, events and festival vendors and entertainers for the continental US.
We include a variety of events that include bluegrass and country, jazz, cajun
and blues and jazz. Kids Areas and juried arts and crafts are included in
separate categories. Thousands of festivals are included on the site. You can
find upcoming festivals for your area at www.FestivalsandEvents.com
Media Contact:
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