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Old Pecan Street Festival Warms Up Downtown
By Kathryn | September 21, 2008
The weather may be starting to get a tiny little chill in the air but downtown Austin was warm this weekend with the fun and exciting Pecan Street Festival. This bi-annual street fair has been a part of Austin’s yearly calendar for almost thirty years now and it never fails to bring the city’s residents out in droves to enjoy the treats of arts and crafts, live music and great food. The festival seems to get bigger and better with each year that passes and residents attending this year’s event report that it continues to be a great featured event of downtown Austin.
The Pecan Street Festival is held on 6th Street, home to downtown Austin’s entertainment scene. The music scene that the city is known for thrives here and this is reflected in the live music that is an important part of the festival. There were six different stages set up this year including everything from a Latin stage to a children’s stage. These offered not only performances but also dance lessons and provided a good time to everyone in Austin who made it out for the event.
Although the music is an important part of the Pecan Street Festival, most people go primarily to check out the arts and crafts that are sold by the vendors who come to share their wares at the event. Local and regional artists were out there selling everything from hand carved djembe drums to watches made from wood, coconut and fiber. Traditional jewelry and painting crafts were also represented here.
The Pecan Street Festival is representative of a lot of the things that are really great about Austin and it’s fitting that the event is held in downtown Austin which is where the heartbeat of the city really is these days. The merging of music and art, the coming together of a community and the blending of both a historic event and a modern one are all what downtown Austin seems to be about right now. The Pecan Street Festival offered a tangible way to celebrate that!
Topics: Downtown Austin Living |