Druid City Arts Fest

Mon, 10/12/2009 - 10:14am

Creative Campus, in conjunction with Tuscaloosa’s Small Towns and Downtowns and the Tour de Tuscaloosa presents:

Saturday, March 27, 2010

DCAF Front page coverage in The Tuscaloosa News and Crimson White

DCAF in The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White, Visit South, and Well That's Cool.com

What is it?

The Druid City Arts Festival aims to highlight artists within Tuscaloosa and the surrounding area through a large, interactive community event. The festival
seeks to encourage community members to embrace diversity within
Tuscaloosa by finding the common bonds that inherently exist within
the enjoyment of the arts.

DCAF Schedule of Events
2pm -9pm All Ages, Free and Open to the Public

2pm          The Alabama Blues Project Advance Band
3pm          Sparrow and the Ghost
4pm          Kate Taylor
5pm          The Blue Party
6pm          The Hypsys
7:30pm     Act of Congress

After Party
$5 Wristband serves as your cover to the following venues.

Little Willies– Ages 19+
10:30pm   Taylor Hollingsworth
11:30pm   Bandar-log
12:30am   Blaine Duncan and the Lookers

The Booth– Ages 19+
10:30pm   a2z
11:30pm   El Cantador
12:30am   Callooh! Callay!

Egan’s – Ages 21+
10:30pm   Rebecca Marshall
11:30pm   The Motions
12:30am   Baak Gwai

Innisfree– Ages 19+
10:30pm   MaestroPandamonium
11:30pm   Alice in Thunderland
12:30am   Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers

Brown’s Corner– Ages 19+
10:30pm   Elle Claytor
11:30pm   Johnny Hayes
12:30am   Ben Joseph

What are we looking for?

You!

From the hours of 2pm-9pm, the Druid City Arts Fest is free and open to the public. This is a special family oriented time where all patrons of all ages are welcome. DCAF then turns its attention to the Tuscaloosa nightlife and college students. The DCAF After Party is from 10pm – 2am in multiple late-night venues across town (Little Willies, The Jupiter, Egan's, The Booth, Brown's Corner). For the unbeatable price of $5 you can purchase an all access DCAF after party wrist band to gain free or reduced cover charges at all DCAF participating venues. The $5 DCAF wristband serves as your cover for participating DCAF After Party venues. By purchasing a wristband, you are guaranteed free or reduced price cover entry only for the night of March 27, 2010.

Why should you be a part of it?

- Be there for the first ever Druid City Arts Fest
- Introduce yourself to new local and regional music and local artists!
- Create valuable ties and connections with other local musicians in the area
- Enjoy the talent with your community
- Support an important cause…Benefits of the Druid City Music Festival will go to create a Tuscaloosa Arts Education Grant!

How do you get involved?
-Invite your friends to become a fan on facebook!

-Want to volunteer? Email us at druidcityartsfestival@gmail.com

-For the After Party, purchase a $5 wristband from Maxwell Hall, The Crimson Arts Tickets Office at the Ferg, at DCAF the day of the festival, or online.

Want to know more about the After Party?

-Participating Venues are Little Willies, The Booth, Egan's, Innisfree and Brown's Corner
-$5 Wristband will act as your cover and entry into these locations only for the night of March 27, 2010.

Where can I park once I am there?

Due to the Tour de Tuscaloosa Bike Race, most roads around the festival site will be closed, giving limited parking opportunities. The best bet for all-day parking will be at the parking deck located at 7th Street and 23rd Avenue. The parking deck entrance is located on the 7th Street Side. You can park in the deck after you have unloaded your booth supplies and artwork at the City Fest lot.

From Birmingham:
   •   From I 20 W / 59 S, merge onto I 359 N/ AL 69 N via exit 71B toward Tuscaloosa
·         Continue onto AL-69 N/Lurleen B Wallace Blvd North
·         Turn right onto 7th Street
·         Go 2½ blocks and the entrance to the Parking Deck will be on the left.

From Meridian:
·         From I 20 E / 59 N, merge onto I 359 N/ AL 69 N via exit 71B toward Tuscaloosa
·         Continue onto AL-69 N/Lurleen B Wallace Blvd North
·         Turn right onto 7th Street
·         Go 2½ blocks and the entrance to the Parking Deck will be on the left.

From Columbus:
·         From US Highway 82 E, turn right onto Lurleen B Wallace Blvd S/US-43S/AL-13S/AL-69 S.
·         Continue onto AL-69S/Lurleen B Wallace Blvd South over the Black Warrior River
·         Turn left onto 7th Street
·         Go 2½ blocks and the entrance to the Parking Deck will be on the left.

Already on Campus?

We just confirmed that we will have Crimson Ride available for the day of the arts festival. We will be transporting patrons from the campus area to the festival. This will assist in parking issues (due to road closings for the Tour de Tuscaloosa) and it should be serve as some incentive for campus residents to attend.

Crimson Ride hours are from 1pm-10pm.

Stops will include:
The Riverside Area
Lakeside
Tutwiler
Parham/Burke
The Hub
and the City Fest Lot

A big thank you to our sponors!

The City of Tuscaloosa, Harrison Galleries, Little Willies, Blount Undergrad Initiative, UA SGA, UA Housing and Residential Communities, UA Honors College and UA New College

Artists

You've been hearing all about the DCAF musical line-up, but that's not all we have in store for you at the festival!

The wonderful wares of the regional artisans and their crafts will be the accompanying sights for the sounds of DCAF.

The visual artists joining us for DCAF are : Anna Bedsole, Beth Ann Trammel, Beth Dinoff, Carrie Montgomery, Courtney Morrison, Dee Casterline, Elliot Knight, Jack Demetree III, Jackie Pitts, Mary Hagerman, Natalie Jensen, Terry Lewis, Wellon Bridgers, Fashion Inc: UA Student Designers, Brooke Premo and Katie McAllister.

We are very fortunate to have so many wonderful visual artist participating in the Druid City Arts Fest!

You can show your support for art and these artists by purchasing one of their pieces at the festival.Some examples of their beautiful work can be found here...

Contact us!

Send your questions, and comments to:

druidcityartsfestival@gmail.com

Project Lead: Beth Hataway

Contact Beth

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Druid City Arts Festival