Rossini Festival

Downtown
Knoxville, TN 37902
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Telephone: (865) 524-0795x26

Embrace your inner Italian – Rossini Festival time is coming for the 11th Year! Events include the ever popular (and FREE!) Italian Street Fair!

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The 11th Annual event takes place Saturday, April 28, 2012 from 11:00 am – 9:00 pm downtown Gay Street and Market Square. The Rossini Festival is dedicated to celebrating the arts with a spectacular feast of dance, music and opera from the Region’s best talent. The Festival drew over 100,000 people from Knox County and the surrounding region in 2011 to showcase our wealth of culture, live entertainment and education with areas for children, culinary offerings, artisan exhibits and much more. The Rossini Festival International Street Fair is offered FREE to the community each year.

Highlights:

• Spans 10 hours, 11 city blocks and Market Square, 400 volunteers
• Local and Regional multi-cultural music and dance performances on 4 outdoor stages featuring 35 groups & 800 entertainers
• Local and Regional artisan exhibits featuring hand-crafted works
• (2) world-class fully-staged opera performances of Verdi’s Otello at the magnificent Tennessee Theatre
• (4) fully-staged opera performances of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at Carousel Theatre
• Family-friendly Fun Zone with interactive activities and arts engagement for youth
• Over 30 food/beverage booths, over 100 artisan exhibits