Omaha Summer Arts Festival June 28, 2009
10th & Farnam
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
The Omaha Summer Arts Festival, presented by First National Bank, is Omaha’s premier destination for art, entertainment and atmosphere. The Festival features 135 of the nation’s finest visual artists, two stages of continuous entertainment including national performers and a large hands-on children’s fair. The Festival includes artist booths interspersed with sidewalk cafes and local gallery markets enabling festival-goers to shop while they enjoy artist demonstrations and a sampling of wonderful food.
Official Website: http://www.SummerArts.org
Added by Omaha Summer Arts Festival on February 27, 2009
Comments
jack_urban
As nice as this event is for the people that like outdoor entertainment, it's not as wonderful for the downtown workers in and around the Gene Leahy Mall in the office buildings. Starting as early as Thursday night, streets are being blocked off and changed from one-way to two-way streets. I saw a couple of near misses because drivers are confused. I wouldn't want to be in the office building near 13th & Farnam with the new-age band playing loud music Friday afternoon. At least the area looked clean on Monday morning. This event has gotten so large it's time to move it to a new location. The Santa Lucia festival also used to block off the same streets but they moved to the waterfront where the city has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars developing and promoting. Parking is less than adequate in the current area. It doesn't seem to make any logical sense yet the city public works department seems to encourage the event to continue.