Panoply Arts Festival

Panoply Arts Festival

The Panoply Arts Festival is an annual three-day celebration of the arts in Huntsville, Alabama. Panoply has been a Huntsville tradition since 1981. The outdoor festival celebrates the arts with a wide array of performances, exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.

The festival is a production of The Arts Council, Inc., with sponsorship by Huntsville-area businesses and volunteer support up to as many as 2,000 people each year. The festival is held annually the last full weekend of April in Big Spring International Park in downtown Huntsville.

Over the years, Panoply has evolved into one of the region’s largest festivals, featuring activities and events like the “Global Village” – a gateway to the area’s diverse cultures – to FREE hands-on children’s activities to the “Official Alabama State Fiddling Championship.” Panoply had a record attendance of over 140,000 in 2007. The Southeast Tourism Society ranked the festival among their “Top Twenty Events” and Gov. Bob Riley recently announced it as one of Alabama’s Top Ten Tourism Events for 2007.

External links

* [http://www.panoply.org Panoply homepage]
* [http://www.artshuntsville.org The Arts Council, Inc. homepage]


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