What to know right before you go
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The Druid City Arts Pageant returns to downtown Tuscaloosa this weekend with much more than 70 artists’ booths, a kids’ zone with interactive things to do and live audio.
The 14th annual competition will be held from 5 p.m. till 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. until finally 5 p.m. Saturday at Authorities Plaza, 2106 Sixth St.
Admission to the pageant is free of charge.
Here’s what you will need to know prior to you go:
What to eat
A number of cell distributors will offer food and beverage selections, with a marginally diverse lineup just about every day.
- Friday: Major Delicious, BobaMania, Cheese Louise, I Like Juice Bar, La Mexicana and Urban Cookhouse
- Saturday: Large Delicious, BobaMania, Cheese Louise, I Appreciate Juice Bar, La Mexicana, T-city Snow and Kool Moe’s Ice Kream
The beer backyard, which was very first provided previous yr, will return.
Art and more
Attendees hunting for a special reward or something new to decorate their property will have a good deal of possibilities at the Druid Town Arts Pageant.
Additional than 70 booths will have displays from visual artists and craftspeople marketing will work of clay, fiber, glass, jewelry, steel, mixed media, photography, sculpture, two-dimensions and wood operating.
A list of artists with back links to their web-sites is at www.druidcityartsfestival.com/liveperformer.
Musical lineup
The Druid City New music Festival will aspect a wide variety of musical acts, which include rock, pop, funk, jazz and a percussion ensemble.
FRIDAY
- 5-6:45 p.m.: Reed Brake (Country rock)
- 7-9 p.m.: Number of Miles South (County/bluegrass/roots audio)
SATURDAY
- 10-11:30 a.m.: Stone Harbor (Funk)
- 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Drum Nation (Percussion)
- 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Adam Naylor (Option pop)
- 1:45-3:45: Cottonmouth Creek (Bluegrass/Americana)
- 4-5: Charles Erwin Wilson (Rock ‘n’ roll)
Actions for kids
The kids’ zone will element an inflatable bounce household and slide from Entertaining Manufacturing unit and confront painting.
The Actor’s Charitable Theatre will have a costume/photo station, though the Tuscaloosa Children’s Theatre will have pursuits tied to its spring display, “Matilda Jr.”
The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra will present an instrument petting zoo, which will give little ones an option to try out flutes, trumpets, violins and percussion.
Hand in Paw, a nonprofit animal assisted treatment supplier, will have an facts booth and the West Alabama Wander to Conclusion Alzheimer’s will have a handprint backyard garden exercise.
![John Newby of Kentuck Red Dog Potters wraps an art piece purchased at the 2022 Druid City Arts Festival in Government Plaza, Saturday May 21, 2022. [Photo/Will McLelland]](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/05/21/NTTN/665a1ebb-b6b0-4a22-8397-f23e7c6d5208-TUS_DCAF2022WEM5195.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Parking
Hundreds of men and women are envisioned to show up at the pageant at the 5-acre Federal government Plaza. Absolutely free parking will be readily available during the downtown area, including at the city’s free parking deck, which is adjacent to the plaza.
For more, see www.druidcityartsfestival.com.
Attain Ken Roberts at [email protected].
