All About Uptown Festival: A Celebration of Art & Living
September 26
, 2009
The second annual All About Uptown Festival: A Celebration of Art and Living is set for Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the heart of the historic Uptown community. This free one-day festival is designed for visitors and residents alike to experience everything that makes the Uptown community vibrant, including legendary food from Uptown chefs, renowned artists, several of Dallas’ top performing arts groups and cultural organizations, and the hottest music and entertainment.
Peppered among Uptown’s finest restaurants and bars, galleries, one-of-a-kind shops and high-end boutiques, the festival will feature crowd pleasers such as the Viking/Factory Builder Stores Chef Showcase, Post Properties Pets R Uptown by City Vet, State Thomas Historic District tours and the Dean Foods Kids Korner. Spend a beautiful Saturday meeting new friends amongst the unique culture and entertainment of Uptown. Then, when the sun goes down, rock into the evening with live music from some of the most talented local bands.
The festival is located on Fairmount Street from McKinney Avenue to Howell Street. Free parking is available at the Crescent Real Estate Tower next to the Rosewood Crescent Hotel, or event-goers can ride DART to the City Place station and connect with the McKinney Avenue Trolley.
For more information on the All About Uptown Festival please visit www.AllAboutUptown.com or call 469-341-0613.
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Drink Specials:
- T.G.I. Friday's: 4 pm - 7 pm: $4 Long Island Iced Tea & signature margaritas, $3 premium pint features, $2 domestic pint features, $1 premiums / 11 am - 12 am: $2 Red Stripes
- Tuk Tuk Asian Cuisine: 5 pm - 7 pm: $3 beer, $3.50 wine
- Greenz: 5 pm - 7 pm: $2 beer, $2 wine / $3 appetizers
- Hook Line and Sinker: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1.75 domestics, $2.75 imports
- Primo's Bar & Grille: 11 am - 4 pm: $3 Bloody Mary's & mimosas
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butidigressdfw, says:
There is also a parking garage under the Quadrangle building that sometimes keeps the bars up for Theatre 3 parking on the weekends. It's at LaClede and Howell.
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alexander troup, says:
Yea, it is Historic district all right, Historic for tearing things down.... As for Art event's,they come and go, but then again I have been going down there 30 years so things have to change........less cars would be helpful, more bikes and walking...the street car..all of these things could make for a great street event,like they have back east...any suggestions....A/T...Dumb is cool...
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Travis Bush, says:
This probably would have been a good one to display/sell some of my work at, but $350 for a booth and only one day, just kills me.
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alexander troup, says:
Your right Travis,the price for one day is too much,again ..who is running this town...will they pay you...because you bring in around 5.000 to 25.000 worth of fun...for their dumb..one location place that year....and I know that area,..run by cream pies who came in from the North last year.....A/T,....Bargan,haggle and fist to cuffs,I am going to sell you the Manhatten Island first.....
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jtmbls, says:
But just think of all the Affliction shirts you would get to see. Totally worth the $350.
Yeah, that Uptown is all about the arts!
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alexander troup, says:
And what if it rain's again.......A/T UMBRELLAS AT YOUR LOCAL ART EVENT...
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jtmbls, says:
So why do you suppose they made the fee so high? Hmmm...
You know, I’m thinking some guerrilla art-showing tactics are called for in this situation. What are they going to do if you just show up with, say 10 of your artist friends and crash their little party? Or just set up somewhere close by like a sidewalk by a busy parking lot?
I say let them see some real Dallas culture!! Not some synthetic version they are trying to manufacture.
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Travis Bush, says:
eh..I might have to go reconnoiter. If anything bad were to happen, I could always say I was incited by an orangutan.
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jtmbls, says:
Hell, if you can get at least 5 artists to agree to it, I'll bring a big sign that says "The Real Party is Here" and some lemonade. Would say beer but it's probably not wise to bring alcohol into an already high-risk situation.
Worst case scenario, you get a ticket and a couple of minutes in the press. And there is no such thing as bad press. Just ask Paris Hilton.
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alexander troup, says:
To crash a party these days is almost Bonnie and Clyde not Orangatang....A/T,Crash more parties then John Dillinger...
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jtmbls, says:
That was supposed to read The Real p ART y is Here.
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