FACT SHEET:
WHO: Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce
WHAT: 59th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival in Fairhope, an Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce event
WHEN: March 18, 19 & 20, 2011; 10 am – 5 pm daily
WHERE: Beautiful Fairhope, Alabama (on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay)
HOW: Highway 98 South of I-10 to Fairhope Avenue intersection. Free parking at Plantation Pointe Shopping Center, Eastern Shore Village Center and Ecor Rouge Place. Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System (BRATS) providing a shuttle service to festival site for $1 each way. No admission to the festival.
T-Shirts, Posters and Prints on sale at the Information Booth.
WHY: A celebration of spring and of the arts. An opportunity to purchase the highest quality of arts and crafts from over 200 exhibitors from all over the nation. To get a taste of unique and different cuisine at the food court. Enjoy wonderful entertainment.
The 59th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival was voted by readers of Sunshine Artist Magazine in the top 20 out of 100 of the Best Predominantly Classic & Contemporary Craft Shows in the nation. And the Alabama Bureau of Tourism selected the festival as one of the top 20 in the state.
Over 250,000 people visited the festival in 2010.
ETC:
• Volunteers needed to provide warm Southern hospitality to exhibitors
• Local businesses “adopt an artist”
• Live entertainment throughout the three-day event at the festival stage
• Train Show at K-1 Center Saturday and Sunday
• Spring Fever Chase on Saturday
• Pet Adoption on Saturday at Compass Bank by Baldwin Humane Society and another at Greer’s for The Haven
• Sponsor/Artists Awards Dinner - $14,500 cash awards
• Posters, T-shirts, 8 x 10 signed print at Information Booth
