The excitement is building
I was there today for the raising of the large sign above, the entrance to the Coconut Grove Arts Festival.The excitement is building, as are the traffic jams, so avoid the downtown area if you're trying to get somewhere fast.
The stage was going up this afternoon.
The horse and giraffe (not shown), will have a lot of company this weekend.
The food court area was bustling.
It was odd to see empty tents, without any artists, but it was nice walking down the closed streets in the nice, cool weather. A lot of people are out today enjoying the weather and the build up to the art show.
posted by Tom Falco at 3:06 PM
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Im guessing that - by the looks of the stage, tables, and umbrellas - they were able to nab Target as a sponsor for the event. You would think that gaining sponsors and selling advertising space for this huge festival would alleviate the costs of running this event enough to allow free entry to the public. Afterall, this is the only art fest that actually charges to get in. While I dont really mind paying the $5-$10 to get in, I think that they could easily sell advertising space and allow free public access. Smells a little greedy, thats all. Im looking forward to the festival and hopefully not seeing the same stuff from the same artists taht has been there 2 years in a row.
Now you've gone and made me home sick again!
I've lived in the Netherlands for six years now and God, I miss our lovely festivals. People here don't actually beleive me when I tell them about all the festivals we have in the area (and they definatly think I'm full of it when I tell them about the bed races) but the art festival is something I practicly lived for all my life before moving here. It was just one of those days when you knew you could go out and catch up with all the local freaks you hadn't seen in a while.
Granted, it's not what it use to be but then again nothing is.
The whole charging admission to the thing totally trips me out. But then again seeing how the Grove has been getting turned in to some clone of LA or something for ages and this has become yet another thing that's more focused on Tourist dollars rather than actuall local culture what do ya expect?
Still, what I wouldn't give to just be out there right now showing my boyfriend and his family around town durring this madness and having them meet my local friends who would stand around telling them they should have seen what it was like 20 years ago.
i pay to get into the louvre. moma. met. bfa. prado. but the coconut grove art fest? nah.
We Grove residents paid $5 for a 3-day pass....i can't complain about that!
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