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Arts Across Illinois
Warm weather brings a bounty of outdoor arts festivals to Illinois. From Cairo to Chicago, host Phil Ponce takes you to places where arts the main event in Arts Across Illinois.
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
Every June the hills of Southern Illinois come alive with the sounds of music. The Southern Illinois Music Festival brings world class musicians to communities from Carbondale to Cairo.
June 6-27, 2010
www.sifest.com
Phone: 618-453-2776
OUTSIDE ARTISTS
April showers never seem to put a damper on the hundreds of artists who come together in a carnival of creativity for Champaign-Urbanas Boneyard Arts Festival. Its dedicated to the idea that art can be found anywhere and everywhere - from the University of Illinois campus, to downtown Champaign, downtown Urbana, and beyond.
April 15- 18, 2010
www.40north.org/events/festival.html
217-351-9841
FAIR & SQUARE
The excitement of spring isnt just found in nature. Its also the season of art fairs in the Midwest. One fast growing favorite is Art on the Square, which takes place the weekend after Mothers Day in the town of Belleville, twenty minutes east of St. Louis.
May 14-16, 2010
www.artonthesquare.com
618-416-3390
ALL THAT JAZZ
Saxophonist Ernest Dawkins is no stranger to great music, or to the underserved South Side Chicago neighborhood of Englewood. For the last ten years hes brought internationally acclaimed artists together for the Englewood Jazz Festival, celebrating the living legacy of jazz in this South Side community.
http://livethespiritresidency.org/
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