Name of Event

Date

Location

Renaissance Art Contest for students in grades K-6

Deadline for entering:  Thursday, October 1,

4:00 p.m.

Deliver to:

Central Office

Florence City Schools

541 Riverview Drive

Florence, AL 35630

Sonnet-writing Contest for students in grades 7-12

Deadline for entering:

Thursday, October 1,

4:00 p.m.

Deliver to:

Central Office

Florence City Schools

541 Riverview Drive

Florence, AL 35630

Chess Tournament for students in grades K-12

Tournaments in schools, September 1 through October 9; notify Billy Warren of winners’ names by Friday, October 9

Playoff by age categories at the Renaissance Faire, Saturday, October 24,

10:00 a.m.

First Fridays in downtown Florence, free admission

5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on October 4

The streets of downtown Florence

Art Expressions: Exhibit by the Shoals Artists Guild

October 1-30 (open same hours as the Faire on October 24-25)

Kennedy-Douglass Art Center, 217 E. Tuscaloosa Street

Costume-making workshop, free (Bring 3 yards of fabric.)

Saturday, October 10, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Studio in rear yard of Kennedy-Douglass Art Center, 217 E. Tuscaloosa Street

Renaissance Feast (authentic food and entertainment of the period), $25 per person; seating limited to 200

Saturday, October 17, 7:00 p.m.

Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum (ticket sales begin Wednesday, October 1, at Kennedy-Douglass Art Center in downtown Florence)

Alabama Renaissance Faire: Admission Free

Saturday, October 24,

10 a.m. – 6 p.m.;

Sunday, October 25,

Noon – 6 p.m.

Fountain-on-the-Green

(Wilson Park), downtown Florence, Alabama