Artpark’s 15th annual Fairy House Festival takes place 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Artpark’s Lower Park.
The event opens with the Dragon Parade at 11 a.m. Those who wish to participate should arrive no later than 10:30 a.m. Follow the dragon, humans and fairies down the Red Brick Road to Artpark’s Fairy House festival grounds.
The Fairy House Festival is an event filled with hands-on art activities and featuring a woodland tour of numerous Fairy Houses locally designed and built by professional artists, families and community groups.
Purchase Mystical wares at the Mythic Market Place. Hear an enchanting harp drifting through the woods and listen to stories at the Storytelling Place. Mix magical potions, welcome fairies into your home by making fairy doors, become a fairy wearing wings or a mushroom hat, get your face painted or sip some fairy tea. All ages can delight in dancing with bubbles and wandering through the woods to find Fairy Houses. Enjoy a variety of interactive aerial, juggling, dance and music performances. The collaborative celebration brings together the talents of:
• The Birds Nest Circus Arts, Aerial, Juggling and Whimsy
• Amor and Heritage Inc., Latino Dance
• Kim Vincent Dance
• Devi Bollywood Dance,
• Nusantara Arts Dance Group, Gamelan Music Dance Performance
• Gold Summit Institute, Dragon Dance
• African-American Cultural Center, Drum Workshop
• Mara Neimanis and Morgan Mincer, Fairy Frolic and Fun
• Anthony Hyatt, Fairy Minstrel
• Artpark Bridges
• Story telling by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
• Sallyanndra, Violin performance
• Bánóg, Irish Trad Trio Band
• Katherine Berquist playing Celtic/Renaissance harp
• Members of the Celtic Spirit Band, Scottish pipe and drum
Advance tickets are available at ticketmaster.com, artpark.net and at the Artpark box office.
The lower park is just off the South 4th Street entrance. Visitors are asked to park in upper parking lot B (Portage Road entrance).