From 3-11pm, ArtSlam will energize Bradenton’s Old Main Street with hundreds of artists, thousands of spectators, live music and some of the most unique public art projects you’ll ever experience.  Projects will range from body-painting and marionette shows to a custom skateboard park and the nighttime release of a thousand paper airplanes.

Enjoy “out-of-the box” tap dancing, hula hooping, an art fashion show, video projections, and a drum circle.   Make art on a potter’s wheel, help paint a community mural, create art from recyclables, and dance to the music of a number of bands.  Visit the food court, as well as the great assortment of downtown restaurants and pubs.  Cast a vote for your favorite creative team from 5-10pm.  Creative team prize winners will be announced at 10:30.

Art  banners on light poles are a new addition to Old Main St. in downtown Bradenton.  The Bradenton Downtown Development Authority Public Art program invited student-artists from three art programs to create images of the Manatee River to be turned into banners.  Twenty three pictures were selected to be turned into banners.  Realize Bradenton is pleased to present designs submitted by all of the young artists who submitted.

(sar-tay) expands the energy of the Ringling International Festival (RIAF). Join Sarasota & Manatee Counties the two weeks surrounding the RIAF, in a celebration of arts and culture in a variety of locations throughout the region.
Here is the link for the festival events.