![]() Saturday night, the Unique Live Band will open for the headlining act The Vegabonds, who will close out the evening with a night of Southern rock music. Saturday on the Showcase Stage features local and regional talent throughout the day including the following acts: Tyler A.K., Them Damn Dogs, WANDA, Joe Cagle, DMRSoul and Lana White. This year, Arts Huntsville welcomes 15 musical performances to the Panoply Showcase Stage, sponsored by Buffalo Rock. Saturday and Sunday will feature demonstrations and takeaway activities for all ages on STEAM Street and at Creativity Corner, along with strolling characters and more. The festival welcomes back favorite local and regional musical acts to the Panoply Showcase Stage and local and national artists to the Art Marketplacefor all three days. At the same time, the pandemic has impacted Arts Huntsville and all area arts organizations, and it is also vital that we fund the expenses associated with this year’s event,” Dillon-Jauken said. “It is critical for our creative workers – our area musicians and artists – to have places like Panoply to perform and sell their work. Saturday and Sunday are free for the public to attend with a suggested donation of $10 per adult. ![]() The War And Treaty has previously performed with Mumford & Sons, toured with Jason Isbell and will be opening for John Legend on multiple tour dates this summer.įollowing their performance, a fireworks show will cap off the evening’s festivities. The dynamic husband-and-wife duo were named emerging artists of the year by the Americana Music Association and were featured at the 2021 Rose Bowl Parade Spectacular. ![]() The Friday Night Festival Preview will allow a limited number of attendees first access to shop the Art Marketplace and enjoy the Lamont Landers Band.Ĭlosing out Friday evening is Nashville-based headlining act The War And Treaty. With this change, only Panoply’s Friday evening event will be ticketed this year at $20 per person. This year’s festival is designed to limit touch points and close contact among festival-goers. “‘A Taste of Panoply’ will offer a much-needed opportunity for the community to once again experience the arts in Big Spring Park while supporting our local artists, musicians and food trucks.” “Panoply has been a Huntsville tradition for nearly four decades – a spring celebration of art, music and more,” said Allison Dillon-Jauken, Arts Huntsville Executive Director. Organizers say this year’s event will look different from previous years while still providing the community with an opportunity to safely celebrate and support the arts community. HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – The 2021 Panoply Arts Festival, “A Taste of Panoply,” is this weekend April 23-25, 2021 in Big Spring Park in downtown Huntsville. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Retrieved January 31, 2014.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. "22nd Annual Pan African Film Festival Night of Tribute this Friday, January 31". ^ Bennett, Wyllisa (January 30, 2014)."A Kaleidoscope of Continents: Inaugural film festival highlights beauty of pan-African experience". "Pan African Film Fest kicks off tonight at Laemmle". "The 19th Pan African Film Festival features eclectic lineup". "The world comes calling at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival". The films included feature-length documentaries, short documentaries, narrative feature films, narrative short films, and web series. In 2014, the film festival featured 179 films from 46 countries. In 2013, the film festival attracted approximately 30,000 patrons, and the arts festival attracted around 75,000. Films at the first festival included Sarraounia, Heritage Africa, and Lord of the Street. ![]() The Los Angeles Times said the films had universal themes as well as African themes: "the overthrow of colonial governments, the clash between modern values and traditional values, and tales of gifted artists". It featured over 40 films by Black directors from four continents. Glover and actress Whoopi Goldberg co-hosted the festival. The first official festival was organized in 1992 by actors Danny Glover and Ja'net Dubois and executive director Ayuko Babu. In its early years, it was held in West Africa, specifically in Burkina Faso (in February 1985, it was held in Ouagadougou and hosted by Thomas Sankara ). The Los Angeles Times in 2013 called the film festival "the largest black film festival" in the United States. It hosts a film festival and an arts festival in Los Angeles in February of each year. Pan African Film Festival ( PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, United States, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. Not to be confused with International Pan-African Film Festival.
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