The Castle Rock Artfest is one of the most interesting and popular local events in the Denver area. It has become a long-standing tradition in this charming town, drwaing huge crowds every year. The festival is a celebration of art in all shapes and sizes, as well as a chance for the local community to gather and be entertained. The Artfest features not just art, but muxic and other forms of entertainment, and it is very popular with the locals as well as people from further afield.
It is expected that about 25,000 people will take part in the festival this year to enjoy the work of over 170 different artists. The artists who take part in this festival come from across the whole country and they work in a huge variety of art and craft styles.
Awards will be presented for the best artworks on display. The festival will include work from a wide range of different artists working in different styles and mediums, including both arts and crafts. There will be awards for each class, including watercolor paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry and woodwork.
There will be live entertainment on the main stage throughout the festival. Acts include the Front Street Blues Band, Phat Daddy, hot Tomato's Divine Orchestra and Palmer Divide Blue Grass.
Other entertainment at the festival will include Group Talaloc Danza Azteca, strolling entertainers among the crowd, including the festival favorite the giant sunbird puppet, and a children's Imagination Zone. The Imagination Zone will feature storytelling, creative art projects and exhibits from a number of local organizations. Exhibitors at the 2010 Artfest include the local historical society, the Castle Rock Players, Castle View High School and HawkQuest Birds of Prey.
Food and drink will be available from a number of vendors, and there will also be the Artfest store where visitors can pick up a souvenir of the day.
A silent auction will be held by the local Chamber of Commerce, with the proceeds going to Castle Rock's Community Art Fund. The auction will take place between 1 pm and 3pm on Sunday the 12th, in the silent auction tent at the Artfest. Winning bidders will be contacted after the end of the silent auction. All of the items that are to be auctioned have been donated by the artists who created them. The auction items include paintings, jewelry and other art and craft items in a range of different styles.
The 2010 Castle Rock Artfest will be the 21st annual festival held in Castle Rock. This year's festival will take place on 11-12 September, 2010. The festival will be open between 9am and 6pm on Saturday the 11th, and between 9 am and 5 pm on Sunday the 12th. The festival will be held in the parking lots of the Town Hall and the Philip Miller Library in downtown Castle Rock.
Admission to the festival is five dollars. Seniors benefit from discounted entry of three dollars, while children under 12 can enter for free. Parking is available at no cost at the Douglas County Events Center, from where a shuttle service will conduct visitors to the site of the Artfest.
The festival relies on the services of local volunteers. Anyone is welcome to sign up to help, in return for free admission to the festival. Volunteers can commit to as much or as little time as they wish.
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