Date of Event:
Saturday, October 3rd
12 – 6:30pm Parade and Festival
7:30pm Razzmatazz Gala at Leapin Lizard Gallery, 726 Main Street
Location:
Mainstrasse Description:
Fantasy Fest, a family friendly event for both young and young at heart takes place in MainStrasse Village and includes an afternoon of crafters and street performers including Pickled Brothers Juggling, Sword Swallower Comedian Team, Brian Gill and His Cool Critters, Dream Weavers Celtic Story Teller, Tallulah and her Dance Troupe, Mayan Ruins Musical Band, Pharaoh’s Drumming Circle of Cincinnati, and Greg Harper on his Famous Penny Whistle. Fantasy Fest invites visitors to tour Mainstrasse, where over 70 tiny doors can befound as portals from the fairy realm! At 5:30 everyone is invited to participate in the foot parade around the Islands and down Main Street. The Razzamatazz Gala to be held at the Leapin Lizzard Gallery beginning at 7:30 pm will feature the music of Sylvester and the River City String Band, Barbara Baxter and Mr. Elf and includes a Fairy Window Auction.The Auction is a Fund Raiser For a Scholarship program For Baker Hunt Children's Art Classes. This is an opportunity to participate and wear your FANTASY FINERY!
Tammy B Stephens Fine Arts, Encore! Design and Karen Rentz, Jean St. John, Mayor Denny Bowman, Commissioner Shawn Masters, Commissioner Mildred Rains, Commissioner Jerry Stricker, Commissioner Sherry Carran, City Attorney, Frank Warnock, Alex Mattingly, City Manager Larry Klein, Gary Keller, Dora Rice, KKG, Dan Brown, curator, Sandy Stonebraker and Danielle Eullit, The Doors of Mianstrasse, Steve Mullin, Donna Wilson, Therese Lusby and The Butler Foundation, Aymie Majerskie and Barking Fish Lounge, Matt Bledsoe, Troy Hitch and Big Fat Brain, Liz Wu and Play it Forward, Kurt Strecker, Heather and Billy Tackett, Black n Bluegrass Rollergirls, Jennifer Baldwin and Art Machine, Brian Harmon, Molly Malone's, Lizz Godfroy and Leapin Lizzard Gallery, Madison Theater, StepnOut Studio, Dave Laug and Baker Hunt, Katie Brass and Carnegie Visual and Performing Center for the Arts, Richard Kern and The Avenue, Sidebar, Downunder, Fritz Kuhlman, Kathrine Nero, Butch Callery, Bud Thurman, Kathie Hickey, Dave Grome and Millimetre Creative, Westside Action Coalition, Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association, Rhonda Whitaker at Duke Energy, Paul Gottbrath and BeConcerned