Arts Festival Oklahoma Set Labor Day Weekend

June 11, 2007

Arts Festival Oklahoma Set Labor Day Weekend

Oklahoma City’s own Arts Festival Oklahoma is scheduled for Aug. 31 through Sept. 3, 2007, on the campus of Oklahoma City Community College, located in southwest Oklahoma City. The 29th annual festival remains a free event, open to the public.

Featured entertainment for this year includes the Bellamy Brothers on Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and The Drifters and the Bop Cats on Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Presented by Oklahoma City Community College, the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the Central Arts Association and Women of the South, the festival is one of the top arts and crafts shows in the southwest, regularly drawing more than 30,000 people.

A community celebration of visual, performing and culinary arts, the festival includes:

More than 150 visual artists from all over the country.
Non-stop entertainment.
A wide variety of food booths.
A children’s tent with hands-on arts and crafts activities.

Festival hours are Friday, Aug. 31, from 3 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 1, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 2, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is free. Parking on festival grounds is just $3 per vehicle. Oklahoma City Community College is located at 7777 S. May Ave. For more information, call 405-682-7576 or visit the Arts Festival Oklahoma Web Site.

For comments on the News Release contact:
Cordell Jordan
Media Relations Coordinator Marketing and Public Relations
Oklahoma City Community College
(405) 682-7590

Oklahoma City Community College