Saturday Night I spent a couple of bucks in order to ride the Ferris Wheel. It was totally worth it just so I could see all the people below enjoying
Arts Beats & Eats. We took a few spins around and around and thankfully a couple of shots turned out of the crowd below!
This is across the street from the train station. The festival continued down the street past the tall building for about 1 mile south.
There were tons of people. I'm looking forward to when the news reports the actual total wristbands sold. This is the north end of the festival in front the "Alternative" Music stage and several of the food vendors. The festival also has several other stages: Rock, International, Main Stage, Country, &, and Americana. Friday night I enjoyed the rock stage where my friends' band the
Insyderz played. The stages are booked for the entire festival and I have been able to hear Macy Gray, The Royal Oak Symphony, and so many of the acts all the way at my house! The power of sound travel!! Tonight Clint Black will finish up the event at 7:30. I'm sure we'll be able to hear him while we do our last food rescue with
Forgotten Harvest. There is a kids zone where there were smaller rides, games, caricatures, and a Karaoke booth that
our church sponsored. My friend Drew (who went on the Haiti trip) manned the booth for an enormous number of hours. He had to listen to Mylie Cyrus for more hours than a human should ever have to! On the cross streets there are couple hundred arts vendors with a huge variety for sale including ceramics, paintings, clothing, fabrics, wood, metal, glass, photography, graphics, jewelry, and prints. Yesterday I spent the afternoon with several friend walking through the arts area. I didn't buy anything but there are a few artists I really enjoyed; especially the
couple that took photographs of graffiti that had meaning. They would find a beautiful saying and capture it on "film". It was really neat.
And don't forget the eats. My favorite restaurants so far have been
Black Finn,
Cafe Muse,
Bo's Smokehouse, and Andre's Louisiana Seafood!
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