Showing posts with label Lilac Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lilac Festival. Show all posts

Monday, May 6, 2013

LILAC FESTIVAL 2013


Sunday May 26th, 2013 marks the 24th Annual 4th Street Lilac Festival. This free one day event is the start up to Calgary's vibrant festival season, and encourages citizens to shake off their winter blues and reintroduce themselves to the thriving creative community in our city.

Each spring, thousands of attendees come out to enjoy the unique and pedestrian friendly 4th Street venue, offering an array of musical talent, artisan vendors, quality entertainment and some perfect people watching.

At the Lilac Festival, there is an activity made for all ages. This could mean a jump in the bouncer for the kids, discovering a great new band, choosing a perfect summer patio or searching for a trendy fashion; there is no shortage of things happening.

The 4th Street Festival Society works diligently to provide an ideal environment for new and emerging local musicians to showcase their talents. There are six stages hosting over 30 performances throughout the day, offering artists exposure to an often brand new audience. A recent new addition to the event programming includes the "Underage Stage", which promotes Alberta's youth in support of their bright future in music.

4th Street is host to over 500 vendors that vary from artisan crafts, to imported wares, to community organizations. 2013 is an exciting year for vendors as well. "Food Truck Lane" will provide a new dimension to the festival and give festivalgoers a chance to check what the entire buzz is about.

The 4th Street Lilac Festival looks forward to another great year, hosting the best and brightest in Calgary's cultural community!



Sources: http://www.4streetcalgary.com/Lilac-Festival
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32923741@N07/

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

LILAC FESTIVAL


SUNDAY MAY 30th 2010 10:00AM TO 6:00PM

Sunday, May 30th 2010, marks the date of the 21st annual 4th Street Lilac Festival, and the streets have never been hotter!


In 2009 an estimated 125,000 Calgarians participated in this fabulous one-day festival. They enjoyed the wide array of entertainers that were featured on stages and entertainment zones along 4 th Street in the heart of the Mission district.

In addition, they had an opportunity to shop at over 600 craft, food and entertainment vendors along the 13 blocks of the festival. With something for almost everyone to see and do we had participants dancing in the streets to the smooth sounds and scrumptious tastes. Fourth Street is known for it's diverse cultural restaurants - "you can eat around the world on 4 th " - and those restaurants took to the streets that day selling samples of their fabulous menus.

The Lilac Festival has been voted " Calgary 's best free festival" by FFWD (Calgary 's News & Entertainment Weekly) readers for the last twelve years running.

LINK: LILAC FESTIVAL