2008 EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN BURBANK

Here's a sampling of events that you can expect in Downtown Burbank in 2008. Please make a note of these on your calendars! We are always eager to include Downtown Burbank businesses in all of our activities, so let us know if you are interested in partnering on sponsorships, tie-ins, or with new ideas. Please make a note of these on your calendars!

Downtown Burbank ARTS Festival
June 21 & 22
November 8 & 9

Make it a day of great art, music & food at the San Fernando Valley’s biggest arts festival. Meet more than 100 award-winning artists selling original works, demonstrating their craft and discussing the creative process, Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22 from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. both days. Admission is free. The event repeats in the fall (date to be announced.)

This not-to-be-missed event happens outdoors on San Fernando Boulevard between Magnolia and Angeleno in Downtown Burbank. Attendees can purchase or commission unique works of art at affordable prices, enjoy live musical entertainment, watch pottery wheel demonstrations and see chalk artists recreate masterpieces on city streets.

If you are an artist and wish to apply, please contact wcartists@sbcglobal.net or call 818.709.2907. Applications are also available on-line at http://www.westcoastartists.com

Come Out & Dance!
Thursdays in July and August

Downtown Burbank turns into an open-air dance hall as thousands swing and jive under the stars to the best in live music every Thursday in July and August. Festivities kick-off at 6:00 P.M. with free swing and salsa classes. Once the band starts at 7:00 P.M., participants will dance the night away on AMC Walkway. Concerts are free, and are presented by the Downtown Burbank Partnership.

Taste of Downtown Burbank
Thursday, October 2

Plenty of tasty treats from around the world are available at Taste of Downtown Burbank, one of the biggest outdoor food festivals in the San Fernando Valley. The festival features more than 30 restaurants including many favorites as well as some new and exciting eateries. It’s an amazing party that benefits a really wonderful cause – the Burbank Community YMCA scholarship fund, which makes the YMCA’s programs affordable to the entire community. For further information, check out www.tasteofdowntownburbank.com

Trick-or-treat in Booo-tiful Downtown Burbank
Halloween day, October 31

Parents are invited to bring their little ghosts & goblins to Downtown Burbank on Halloween from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. for an early evening of trick-or-treating before all the bigger ghosts come out! Participating Downtown Burbank merchants will provide treats. The core area of trick-or-treat activity is on San Fernando Boulevard between Magnolia Boulevard and Angelino in Downtown Burbank. Booo-tiful Downtown Burbank is free and open to the public.

12 Days of Holiday Cheer
December 1-12

Downtown's biggest festival heralds the holidays with more than 30 fun activities for twelve days and nights. Events range from happenings in Downtown Burbank, at Burbank Town Center and the City of Burbank Mayor's Tree-Lighting ceremony. Also featured will be a Downtown parade, merchant and restaurant events, strolling musicians, choirs and family favorites like Snow Day, Reindeer Run and Breakfast with Santa.