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Downtown Raleigh-City Plaza on Fayetteville Street
Downtown Raleigh, Fayetteville Street Saturday, July 31st 11:00am - 11:00pm Free Event

HIGHLIGHTS AND EVENT SCHEDULE
11 am - Parade down Fayetteville Street
From Morgan through the City Plaza with marching bands, floats, and local celebrities!

12 Noon - Festival Opens
Food and art vendors, street performers, 4 stages throughout Fayetteville Street, and more!

HIGHLIGHTS
Geoff Aaron"s MotoTrials Demo
Fayetteville Street between Hargett and Morgan St. Performance times are 2:45 pm; 5 pm; 7:15 pm
King BMX Stunt Show
Salisbury Street in front of Raleigh Convention Center. Performance times are 1:30 pm; 3:30 pm; 5:00 pm 
Cherry Bounce Wrestling
Hargett and Fayetteville St. Performance times are 5:15 pm and 7:30 pm
Maximus Circus
City Plaza. Come see Raleigh"s own stunt artists perform with light and flame.
Performances at 8 pm and 10 pm.
Grand Finale kicks off the fireworks.
Flying Saucer Beer and Wine Festival - Details
Hargett and Fayetteville St. Toast downtown with regional and international microbrews as well as fine wines.
Art Raleigh
In front of the Raleigh Convention Center. A festival inside a festival! Sample the best art hat the city and state have to offer. Produced by Artsplosure. 11 am-6 pm
Art Galleries
Raleigh Convention Center Lobby. Mini exhibitions from several premier area galleries and live theater and musical performances.
Carolina Hurricanes Alley
Martin and Wilmington St. Look up! On the side of the RBC building is the new logo for the 2011 NHL All Star Game here in Raleigh hosted by our Carolina Hurricanes! Official merchandise will be available for the first time!
Kids Zone
Martin and Fayetteville St. Slides, inflatables, games for all ages.
Artisan Market
City Plaza. Downtown’s premier venue for locally produced artisan food and crafts. 10 am-4 pm
Classic Cars
Morgan and Fayetteville Street. 6 Classic Cars line the end of Fayetteville Street.

Music Stages - Performance Schedule
Cherry Bounce Stage
Jews & Catholics 12:30 pm-1:15 pm
Cherry Bounce SPECIAL Guest 1:45 pm-2:30 pm
North Elementary 3 pm-3:45 pm
Lake Inferior 4:15 pm - 5 pm
I Was Totally Destroying It 6 pm - 7 pm
Bomba Estereo 8:15 pm - 9:15 pm
Javelin 9:45 pm - 10:45 pm
World Stage
Crucial Fiya (reggae) 12:15 pm -1:45 pm
Shana Tucker Trio (soul) 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos (zydeco blues) 4 pm - 5 pm
The Barn Burners (country) 5:30 pm - 7 pm
Old Habits (bluegrass) 7:30 pm 8:45 pm
Rubberband (funk / hip hop covers) 9:15 pm -10:45 pm
Raleigh Rocks Stage
Adam Pitts and the Pseudo Cowboys 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Will McBride Group 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Big Mama E & the Cool 3 pm - 3:45 pm
Wax Planet 4:15 pm - 5 pm
Sleep Control 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Airiel Down 6:45 pm - 7:30 pm
tHE Design 8 pm - 9 pm
Nigthshift 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Free Spirit Stage
Kappa Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi (stepping) 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
D.LIV(E) (spoken word/hip-hop) 12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
Schizophrenic Octopus (breakdancing) 1:30 pm - 2 pm
Sabrosa (spoken word/hip-hop) 2:15 pm - 2:35 pm
Krispy Kreme Donuts (eating contest) 3 pm - 3:30 pm
Spotlight Creative Studios (Bollywood Dance) 3:45 pm - 4 pm
Dasan Ahanu (spoken word) 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Lumpy’s Ice Cream (eating contest) 5 pm- 5:30 pm
Raleigh Amphitheater
Barenaked Ladies 9:15 pm - 10:45 pm (ticketed event through www.LiveNation.com and also avalable at the Amphitheater box ofice.)

10:45 pm - Fireworks
 


Associated Street Closures:
The following streets will be closed from 6 pm on 7-30-10 until 7 am on 8-1-10.

The 100 through the 500 blocks of Fayetteville Street.

The 00 blocks of Hargett Street, Davie Street and Martin Street.

Selected parking spaces on the west curb line of the 100 through 400 blocks of South Wilmington Street and the east curb line of the 100 through 400 blocks of South Salisbury Street from 6 pm on 7-30-10 until 7 am on 8-1-10.

The parade route is:

The participants will gather on the 100 block of Hillsborough Street beginning at 8 am on 7-31-10. At 11 am the participants will enter onto Salisbury and proceed south, left onto Morgan, right onto Fayetteville to Lenoir where the
participants will disassemble. The parade will end by 1 pm.

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