FACT SHEET:
WHO: Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce
WHAT: 57th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival in Fairhope, an Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce event.
WHEN: March 20, 21 & 22, 2009; 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, Ecor Rouge Place and Eastern Shore Village Shopping Centers. Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System (BRATS) providing a shuttle service to festival site for $1 each way. No admission to the festival.
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 56th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival was voted by readers of Sunshine Artist Magazine #10 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.
SPONSORS: Platinum – Thomas Hospital, Stage – Alabama Properties , Hospitality – Buffalo Rock (Pepsi), Children’s Art Village – Colony at the Grand; Gold – Vision Bank, Silver – Eastern Shore Health Care, Chick-Fil-A & SunTrust Mortgage, Supporting – AL.com, Media – Island TV & Mediacom.
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
MG British Antique Car Club Mardi Gras Car Show
Sponsor/Artists Awards Dinner - $14,500 cash awards
Children’s Art Village on Section Street next to Greer’s, sponsored by Colony at the Grand
Posters $5; T-shirts $12 & $15, 8 x 10 signed print $20 at Information Booth
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT: www.eschamber.com/artscrafts or call at 251-621-8222.
