Here are some of the May Events…

  • Springfield, IL Old Capitol Art Fair: http://www.socaf.org/scholarships.html
    May 17th: (10-5) and 18th (10-4) around the Historic Capitol Building Downtown.
    Always has high quality vendors, unique goodies, and they really do a great job of providing tons of different mediums, hard to get into though. Maybe some day!! A

  • Friends of Murphysboro Art and Wine Trail Event: http://www.friendsofmurphysboro.com/events/wine-festival/
    Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th (Both 12-6 pm) What a great time line….
    This show was full of very high quality vendors. For their first time, they did an amazing job. There was good music too. It was a tad bit hot, but what can you do?? There was an admittance fee to visit the fair, a first for me! It was $3 for non-drinkers, and $15 for them to give you a wine glass that you take home, and you get to visit teh vineyard tents and get as many samples as you want. GREAT EVENT!! A+

  • Paducah Lowertown Art & Music Festival: http://www.paducaharts.com/festival.php
    Friday, May 23, 2008 5:00pm – 10:00pm
    Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:00am - 10:00pm
    Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:00am - 4:00pm
    This show was nice, but there were not as many shoppers as I thought there would have been. I visited Friday, but had to go back home becuse beware—DOGS HAVE TO BE MUZZLED!! Of course, it was not on the website, so vendors did not even know of the rules. Everyone felt sympaty for me and my upu though. This event had some really great displays at it, I got lots of great ideas. And there were not many purse vendors- no baby vendors either. There was very nice photography, and some beautiful painted silks. Oh yeah- the coolest Pottery Booth I have ever seen!! Lots of Chartruse in her displays. So professional!
    B for the muzzle situation.

*RESCHEDULED!! for JULY 11, 2008 (Friday)
Carbondale Downtown Wine and Art Fair (May 2- 3-10 pm, over an area of 3 blocks in the historic downtown area.
The link for information and the reserve a spot is here: http://www.southernillinoisspecialties.com/blog/documents
/CdaleMainstreet_May08ArtFair.pdf
-Thanks Shannon!

*Springfest in Makanda, IL. Live Music, Art Vendors, Good food and ice cream. Look for my hand sewn goods and other cool stuff in The Smelly Hippie on the Makanda Boardwalk. Don’t miss this one, hope to see you there. Call the Makanda township for more info on vending. (May 9-10, maybe the 11th too?)
Good time, not as many visitors as the Vulture Fest coming up in October.
B for the location.

*May 9- The SIUC Graphic Design/Communication Design Senior Thesis Show! In the Glove Factory near the SIUC Campus. Call SIUC for more info. This is a showcase of all of my classmates and myself’s work that we have created throughout the past few years. This is going to be really nice- hope to see you there!!!

*Paducah, KY Art & Music Festival:
Friday, May 23, 2008 5:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:00am - 10:00pm
Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:00am - 4:00pm

http://www.paducaharts.com/festival.php for more information

*May 11 is Mother’s Day, make something nice for her!!!

*May 17-18- Old Capitol Art Fair in Springfield, IL (E. Adams) Very nice and upscale event!! Have to apply pretty early to get into this one, but it is very nice to visit, and there is very high quality art to see and purchase if you are able here.

*Almost Anything Goes Fair (Taylorville) 217-824-3555 or tvillemainst@consolidated.net/ http://www.DowntownTaylorville.com/

*May Market (618) 537-4491

*Alton Block Party (618) 465-6676

*City Yard Sale (618) 277-8331

*Farmers’ Market (618) 826- 5114

*The Iris Farm (May 1-31, 2008) Mt. Vernon, IL - for more info on Mt. Vernon, please visit…http://www.mtvernon.com/newtourism/annualpage.htmc

May 22-26, 2008 HerrinFest Italiana 2008 Herrin Civic Center and Downtown Herrin
618-942-8445 or 1800-ITFESTA