Show Arts Fest promotes dancing in the streets Amanda Chamberlain Globe Weekly News To be painting dancing and singing in the street for four days in a row might mark an artist as a bit of an eccentric But with the arrival of the annual Utah Arts Festival downtown downtown downtown down down- town local and national artists will convene and do just that displaying their performance dance and visual arts to the eager public This topsy festival will hold down the turf at Library Square this Thursday through Sunday starting tomorrow and goes from I noon to 11 pm p.m. 8 pm p.m. on Sunday The event annually hosts numerous sights and booths with many opportunities for both visual al and audible demos One hundred and thirty booths to be exact have enlisted for the big event housing everything every every- everything thing from face painting to intricate ors A slew of local merchants also help complete complete complete com com- this large booth community so samples samples samples sam sam- ples and coupons aplenty will undoubtedly be stuffed into the hands and mouths of festival attendees The musical performers at the festival will represent every genre except heavy metal hop Hip-hop bluegrass reggae classical pop rock and more will resonate the summer city air via the festival concerts Jazz will dominate these concerts as bands like The Latin Jazz Fact Factory ry with their Afro Afro- Cuban beats and jazz rhythms The Red Rock Hot Club with their classic jazz from the and and Fat Soul with their Jazz-Funk Jazz fusion expose audiences to nearly every type of jazz you can think of and some you cant can't Entertainment waxes diverse at the festival covering other areas outside of the music scene Everything from book readings and slam poetry to skits and comedy will reign top stage-top with first class acts One of the slam poets Mike McLane will be rattling off lines alongside an author reading by Chris Crow Also the humorous the name Saliva Sisters will be Clong C- C skit performing aD an hour hour- long and will turn loose several sev sev- eral comedians to kill lull the crowd with laughter Other of the many acts include the Latin American vocal choir en Utah performances by Repertory Dance Theater Theat r Other Summer Festivals Saturday July 16 VANS WARPED TOUR Utah State Sunday Saturday July 9 10 BLUES BREWS FESTIVAL Gallivan Center Saturday Aug 13 GALLIVAN FOLK BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Gallivan Center Tuesday Aug 16 Usana Amphitheater Wednesday Aug 17 BB KING BLUES BASH Deer Valley Resort Park City I Sun Sat Aug 29 27 PARK CITY I JAZZ FESTIVAL Deer Valley Resort I Sat Sept 24 ROCK RIBS FEST S Gallivan Center I Contact v 9 I Gallivan Center USANA USANA- I Deer Valley Resort 43 I I j and a childrens children's dance company alon along with I a II poetry reading from cowboy poet Stan Several exhibits will take place inside the library as well such as The t I Art of the Bop Book featuring displays and a lecture and Fear Feared IsIo 9 Film wi With all a showing the in k the library's auditorium I booths performance acts and dis dis' displays fw two plays t this if yf years year's S Utah Arts Festival took over over weeks SL to construct and The end H of fl the months to Plan event will signify the use of the sweat time and expertise over ove 1 1000 vol volun p rs The band G is is an Love and Special Sa Saucer F 1 example of such volunteers volunteers' volunteers The benevi 18 for or musical group donated its tin time e on June ticket a benefit T concert at Library SW Square Th nr fund this proceeds I for these volunteers went td weeks week's festival Anyone wishing t call help the in in any way Wf by bl enrolling as a volunteer c Can V volunteer Th The hotline hotine at I children cost under this year IS 7 for adults and d fr frs free free Jor for s sion n is is 4 U as is the age of 12 Senior adze admi P the aA admission between VS Lunchtime J Special adur pm at the n the he hours of noon on and ana 3 J TIckets Thursday and Friday Events Evens s. s are sold anything but at the door or and md do not include admission cal performances and access to the music musi-l S. S E. E Library Square is located at j It |