Abilene Launches 5 Star Arts Festival

Abilene Launches 5 Star Arts Festival

The Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau plans a fun-filled weekend September 25-27, 2015 with the 5 Star Arts Festival. The festival will highlight Kansas artists in both local businesses and tents in downtown Abilene. Festival goers can expect to see art of every medium represented and meet new and emerging artists along with well-known professionals.
 
Activities kick-off Friday, September 25 at 6 p.m. with live music at the main stage on 2nd Street with a full line up of family entertainment. Saturday morning includes a free pancake breakfast hosted by Eagle Communications beginning at 7 a.m. Artists open their booths at 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bright balloons will signal the local business featuring an artist. Other artists will display their works in tents around the 2nd Street vicinity of Broadway and Spruce Streets.

A full schedule of live entertainment on two stages downtown will be released in the coming weeks. A tent filled with children's activities will be hosted by Frakes & Co on Saturday and Sunday. Food vendors will be set up for the entire weekend.

The "Taste of Abilene" which debuted last year will return Saturday, Sept. 27 with doors opening at 6 p.m. Tickets may be purchased for $20 at the CVB office. The "Taste" will be held in the historic depot on 2nd Street providing a chance to sample delicious dishes from local Abilene restaurants.

Special thanks to the Community Foundation of Dickinson County for their generous support. Additional sponsors include Eagle Communications and Rawhide Portable Corral as well as several other local businesses and individuals.

The mission of the 5 Star Arts Festival is to celebrate the arts with a 5-star experience bringing together a community of artists and audiences to educate and cultivate the development and understanding of diverse art forms.

The CVB is the marketing arm of the City of Abilene promoting all Abilene has to offer and attracting visitors to this community. The CVB located at 201 NW 2nd Street, Abilene, is housed in the restored 1928 Union Pacific Depot along with the Abilene Visitor Information Center and 160-person meeting room.

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