41st Annual Art & Wine Festival | Mountain View

One of America’s top art festivals, more than 200,000 arts lovers gather in Silicon Valley’s epicenter for this vibrant multicultural celebration.

The two-day festival features 600 professional artists and craftmakers showing exceptional handcrafted wares, live music, festive food and drink, microbrews and margaritas, an organic and green products showcase, health and wellness displays, home and garden exhibits and action-packed Kids’ Park with the new Best Buy School of Rock Stage, entertainment, amusements and hands-on art.

41st Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
September 8-9, 2012 (10am – 6pm) | Castro Street between El Camino Real and Evelyn Ave. | FREE

• Art & Fine Crafts: Handcrafted items by artists and craftmakers with 600 well-stocked booths featuring original work in glass, ceramics, metals, fiber, leather, wood, jewelry, and fine art.
• Live Music: 13 bands will play a wide-ranging musical mix—rock ‘n roll, Motown, Latin-reggae, R&B, country, and dance-‘til- you-drop disco—on the Civic Center Plaza Music Stage and multiple street locations throughout downtown
• Festive Food & Drink: Diverse food vendors plus award-winning wines, margaritas and microbrews.
• Artisan Specialty Food: Festival-goers can sample and purchase artisan-produced edibles, all using the very finest ingredients.
• Best Buy School of Rock Stage: You become the rock star playing DJ Hero and Guitar Hero 5, incredible interactive gaming experiences, on stage before adoring fans.
• Kids’ Park: Hands-on art booths, Mobile Rock’s 24-foot climbing wall, temporary tattoos, the tummy-tickling Froghopper and Helicopter rides, and more plus a Kids’ Park Community Stage.
• Comcast Pigskin Party Lounge: Sports fans will have a place to watch NFL and NCAA football and MLB pennant races on a giant LED screen in the Comcast Pigskin Party Lounge.
• Organic, Healthy & Green Products Showcase
• Home & Garden Exhibits
• Meet the Golden State “Warrior Girls” dance troupe

Links: Event details

Cost: FREE
Categories: Eating & Drinking, Fairs & Festivals, Kids & Families, Live Music, South Bay Submitted by Kelsey Bryant