44th Annual Fifth Avenue Arts Festival

Name: 44th Annual Fifth Avenue Arts Festival
Start: 2024-05-04T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-05T20:00:00-04:00
Location: CIED | Santa Fe College

Schedule

Sat May 04 2024 at 01:00 pm to Sun May 05 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

CIED | Santa Fe College | Gainesville, FL

Produced by the Cultural Arts Coalition.
Sponsored By Visit Gainesville Alachua County, The City of Gainesville, Santa Fe College, and Rastafar Ice LLC.
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VENDOR
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The Annual Fifth Avenue Arts Festival began in the summer of 1979. The purpose of the Festival was to share the rich cultural history of the 5th Ave /Seminary Lane community. The participation in the first year was less than 300 people. The Festival has grown each year to the point where it has hosted up to 10,000 people.
The event is three days of performing, visual and literary arts. The event is sponsored by a wide array of local businesses and community organizations.
The Cultural Arts Coalition’s purpose is to educate and empower the community by establishing and maintaining community-oriented programs through the use of arts, culture, and social awareness. The Annual Fifth Avenue Arts Festival celebrates African American culture through visual arts, artisans, traditional African American and modern dance, and music.
The Festival has several goals: to show that Fifth Avenue is a viable, living community that supports and appreciates the arts; to showcase African-American artistry and creativity; to provide information of all kinds-political, historical, health care, and community services.
The Fifth Avenue Arts Festival has held an important place in the Alachua County events calendar for over 40 years. It is part of a permanent exhibit at the Library of Congress in
Washington, D.C. (https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/loc.afc.afc
l egacies.200002860/default.html) and has been listed in Florida Black Heritage Trails.
The Fifth Avenue Arts Festival is an established cultural event that will attract visitors from outside Alachua County, enhancing its economic impact on the county. We continue to attract thousands of attendees and host more than 150 performers and exhibitors. These visitors contribute to our local economy as they patronize local restaurants, hotels and shops as well as the festival vendors. We hope the Festival will attract visitors interested in art, culture, and local history, especially minority people residing within a 2-hour radius of Gainesville, and encourage them to stay longer to participate in the festival’s many activities.
Sponsors of the Festival have included local government agencies, Cox, Nationwide, Gainesville Sun Mercedes-Benz, American Airlines, UF Shands, Santa Fe College, University of Florida, and many local organizations such as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc, and many more. The Festival has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with individuals, businesses and organizations throughout the City and County of Alachua.