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Here's a sampling of events that you can expect in Downtown Burbank in 2008. 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!
Taste of Downtown Burbank • October 2Plenty of tasty treats from around the world are available at Taste of Downtown Burbank, one of the biggest outdoor food festivals in region. The festival features more than 35 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. Tickets will be available online starting August 19. For further information, check out www.tasteofdowntownburbank.com
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.
Make it a weekend of great art, music & food at one of largest open-air arts festivals in the region! For two days, Downtown Burbank streets are filled with more than 100 award-winning artists selling original works and demonstrating their craft, Saturday and Sunday, November 8 & 9. The event is free and open to the public.
Now in its fifth year, this must-see art event attracts more than 30,000 people, who come to browse the one-of-a-kind oil paintings, prints, sculptures, photography, ceramics and more on display. 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. It’s the perfect way to experience a European-style street festival with great shopping, outdoor dining and entertainment... all combined in an inviting downtown setting.
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 www.westcoastartists.com
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.
Shop for fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers every Saturday in the Downtown Burbank Farmer’s Market located behind City Hall. For more information about the market, contact Carolyn Hill, market manager, at 626.308.0457