Arts and Sound Festival in new location

Sharon McLeay

Times Contributor

 

High winds during last year’s Arts and Sounds in the Park Festival prompted organizers to change the venue for Strathmore’s cultural event.
The name Arts and Sounds In the Park has changed to the Arts and Sound Festival, which gives the organizers more leeway to pick the location to showcase the various artist’s work and related booth displays. This year the event will be held at the Strathmore Ag Grounds.
“Last year we had a really bad storm, freak storm come through and wrecked all the tents, so we had to move to the ag grounds. So it was a wild, wild weekend. We had so much help and support; it still went off without a hitch. The ag society was tremendous and we really want to thank them for their help last year and their continued assistance this year,” said Coordinator Wanda Reinholdt.
“Because the weather was so unpredictable, and Kinsman doesn’t have very good indoor facilities, we decided to move to the ag grounds.”
Booths and visual arts will be indoors and the festival will utilize the stage area for preforming arts.
A new feature this year is a Friday night wine and cheese party, with piano and violin music from Bravo Duo, led by Megan Konschuh.
Reinholdt said they wanted to have something special for the Friday engagement. Visual art will be on display and Fieldstone Fruit Wines will be featured. Kim’s Catering will provide interesting hors-d’oeuvre. The night runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The wine and cheese function is an adult 18+ event.
Some of the mediums for the visual artists are poly glass, oil, realism sketching, abstract, and jewelry and wood. Performance art will feature guitar, a rock band, solo artists and spoken word. If there are any other artists or performing artists interested in participating in the event, there is still time to register.
“If the deadline is past, just give us call,” said Reinholdt.
The Arts and Sound Festival runs Sept. 25-26. Admission is free. All donations to the society are appreciated.
The farmers market also has their final day at the grounds on the same weekend, so people can enjoy both.