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Downtown Danville and Hartz Avenue welcome lovers of arts and crafts to enjoy the work of more than 200 artists from all across the country at the Danville Fall Crafts Festival this weekend.
Wares will range from colorful oil paintings to ethereal water colors. Hand crafted jewelry and luscious photography, hand blown glass and whimsical ceramic work. Basket makers and bell makers will also be on hand as will fiber artists, wood workers, leather artists and more. There will be hundreds of examples of creative works available to take home.
“This is always a perfect time to begin thinking of holiday gift giving,” says Melony Newman, President and CEO of the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce.
“And it is such a family friendly event, with the activities for children and fun for everyone all weekend long,” she added.
The Halloween Costume parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Hartz Avenue and School Street. Goodies will be given out by the Hartz Avenue merchants to all of the wizards and witches, spacemen and superheroes that choose to trick-or-treat. There will also be face painting for the little ones and even train rides.
Keeping in the spirit of fall, the event will include the second annual Glass Pumpkin Patch with more than 1,800 glorious, translucent orbs in all sizes and rich autumnal colors just waiting to be picked and purchased. The patch will be located on School Street between Railroad and Hartz Avenue. One of the most popular areas last year, it is sure to draw a crowd of folks looking for that perfect pumpkin to pluck from the garden and take home.
As always there will be a wide range of music provided for festival goers. Street Corner Concerts with Kaweh, Heartstrings and Jeffrey Michael will create the perfect background music while art lovers wander the Avenue. On Saturday, Next Step Dance and their performers will entertain the crowds with their skillful footwork on Prospect from 1:30-2: 30 p.m.
But this is not an event just to fill the artistic soul. Delicious food will be available to nourish the body and adult beverages, wine and microbrews, will be served up at the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce Beverage Garden.
Admission is free to this, the 18th annual Danville Fall Crafts Festival. Complementary shuttle service will be provided by Byron Park and Diablo Lodge both Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m-5 p.m. at the Park & Ride at 680 and Sycamore Valley Road exit. For those wishing to park closeby, there will unlimited parking in all city-owned parking lots and on all street curbside parking spaces. For more information visit www.mlaproductions.com.
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