Published: April 24, 2008 12:53 pm            

Celebration: Festival of the Arts

CHARLESTON — Celebration: Festival of the Arts will run Friday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27, at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston.

The festival will feature a variety of indoor and outdoor programs and arts activities throughout the three-day event. Admission to the festival is free.

This year’s event includes:



Friday, April 25

• 11:30 a.m. — Food booths open; EIU Jazz Lab Band on the Quad Stage

• Noon — How green are you? Library Quad; Second Annual Celebration Bags Tournament, Library Quad

• 12:45 p.m. — Little Boy Jr., Quad Stage

• 2 p.m. — Roses and Sake, Quad Stage

• 4 p.m. — American English, voted number one Beatles tribute band, Quad Stage

• 6:15 p.m. — EIU Collegiate Band Concert Band, Quad Stage

• 6:30 p.m. — Sing-A-Long Sound of Music sponsored by the Charleston Community Theatre and the Tarble Arts Center Roberson Auditorium, Lumpkin Hall; tickets: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students (EIU and high school), $3 youth (under 14)



Saturday, April 26

• 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Art Fair, Library Quad

• 10 a.m. — The Littlest Dancer Lecture and Demonstration featuring performances by McAfee North Gym and Nova Scotians Latin, jazz and folk rock, Quad Stage

• 11 a.m. — Meet Clifford the Big Red Dog, Library Quad, sponsored by WEIU TV

• 11 a.m. — Food booths open, Library Quad

• 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Prairie Plant Sale, sponsored by the Botany Club

• 11:30 a.m. — The Hobo Wives, Quad Stage

• Noon to 3 p.m. — Children’s art activities, east side of the Library Quad

• 1 p.m. — Multicultural Concert, McAfee Auditorium. A celebration showcase featuring traditional Illinois old-time music; New Mules, Quad Stage

• 2 p.m. — Motherlode, Quad Stage

• 3 p.m. — Airtight, Quad Stage

• 4:30 p.m. — Sing-A-Long Sound of Music sponsored by the Charleston Community Theatre and the Tarble Arts Center, Roberson Auditorium, Lumpkin Hall. Tickets: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students (EIU and high school), $3 youth (under 14)

• 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. — The Hobo Wives, Quad Stage

• 6:30 p.m. — Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Quad Stage



Sunday, April 27

• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Art Fair, Library Quad

• 11 a.m. — Mark Dvorak, Quad Stage; Food booths open, Library Quad

• Noon to 3 p.m. — Children’s Art Activities, east side of the Library Quad

• 12:30 p.m. — Dennis Stroughmatt et l’Esprit Creole, Quad Stage

• 2 p.m. — Sing-A-Long Sound of Music sponsored by the Charleston Community Theatre and the Tarble Arts Center, Roberson Auditorium, Lumpkin Hall. Tickets: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students (EIU and high school), $3 youth (under 14)

• 2 p.m. — Elaine Fine and John David Moore Recital sonatas by Joaquin Turina, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Gabriel Faure, Tarble Arts Center

• 2:15 p.m. — Mhondoro Rhythm Success, Quad Stage

• 4 p.m. — EIU Wind Symphony, Quad Stage.