mary&parrish events

With just eleven weeks to move, plan and coordinate this festival, and ten of those almost gone, we have what looks to be a fantastic event on our hands. It has been wonderful working with the Durham Arts Council staff to build a team for the upcoming event. Due to the site change, every detail is different this year for the 32nd annual event. Re-designing the two-day arts festival is the sort of challenge that allows us to enjoy our careers. The TV commercials are running, the event guide will come out in the Herald Sun next Wednesday, and MIX 101.5 is gearing up to do some give-aways next week. A full line-up and event info can be found on the Durham Arts Council’s website. The event still needs another 60 or so volunteers to help run the event but we have a week left to recruit. For those philanthropists out there who support the arts, please sign up to volunteer!

Centerfest, the largest arts festival in Durham, NC, is moving from the 5 points downtown area to the edgy warehouse-looking W. Main Street. Flanked by Brightleaf Square and Downtown Durham, this move is a blessing from an events manager’s perspective. Perpendicular traffic pattern and wide streets, large red brick walls that “secure” the perimeter, and the historical Liggett Myers overpasses (for lack of better word and there surely is a word to describe them) make for a perfect setting for a 2005 Durham arts festival.