Festival In The Park will bring good music, good art and good times to Charlotteans and visitors from around the world. The sounds of big band music drift across Freedom Park’s lake whose still surface reflects the lights strung from Camelot exhibit tents. The scents of a variety of food fill the air, as small children with painted faces happily produce their first art work. Others find the many talented artists who can create an original work of art to grace their home or to give as the perfect gift. Exhibitor will showcase good music, good art and good times to Charlotteans and visitors from around the world, The sounds of big band music drift across Freedom Park's lake whose still surface reflects the lights strung from Camelot exhibit tents, a variety of food fill the air, as small children with painted faces happily produce their first art work, the many talented artists who can create an original work of art to grace their home or to give as the perfect gift, an opportunity to promote and stimulate interest in the arts, to see, hear, and learn from over 150 artists and crafts people who actively demonstrate and display their art, a thousand entertainers provide free ongoing performances at the main band shell, A sampling of the organizations who actively participate in bringing art and entertainment to the Festival are Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Carolina Raptor Center, the Carolina Clowns, the Magicians' Stage, the Charlotte Folk Society, the Actors Crib and the Jazz Arts Initiative and more.
