DOWNTOWN BURBANK NEWSLETTER
June 2005

Downtown Burbank announces the return of the successful Downtown Burbank Fine Arts Festival, which is the East Valley’s largest and most diverse outdoors fine art event.  The festival has now grown to 80 artists and is scheduled for the weekend of June 11 & 12, from 10:00 A.M. to dusk.  The Downtown Burbank Fine Arts and Chalk Festival is free and open to the public.

The festival has expanded to include San Fernando Boulevard between Magnolia and Orange Grove, and on AMC-16 Plaza.  San Fernando Boulevard will be closed to vehicular traffic for the Saturday and Sunday shows.  Parking in the nearby 9,000 parking spaces is free.  Produced in cooperation with West Coast Artists.

The two-day outdoor exhibition is a juried collection of art for sale by leading commercial artists, designers, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists and jewelers from workshops across California, Arizona and Nevada.  All work is original, one-of-kind and executed by the artists themselves, with nothing manufactured, imported or purchased for resale.

All of the artists are scheduled to attend in person with a number of them executing works on-site.  The public will have the opportunity to share in the artistic process and to watch skilled artisans work in a variety of media: oils and watercolor, photography, sculpture in wood, stone, metal, clay, iron and glass, fiber art, precious stones, jewelry, pottery and stained glass.

For further information or to find out how to participate in the show, please contact Ronda Mills at 818.709.2907 or apply via the internet at www.westcoastartists.com

MERCHANT MANUAL 

Downtown Burbank has just completed an important guide that you will be receiving soon.  Called the Merchant Manual, it is designed to give you much of the information that you need in order to operate a business in Downtown Burbank.  When you receive it, please take a few minutes to read it carefully because it contains a wealth of information – not just do’s and don’ts, but demographic information on Downtown Burbank shoppers, important phone numbers, a list of all retail and restaurant businesses with address and phone numbers, and the  2005 events calendar.

We hope that you find the new guide thorough and useful.  Please let us know if there is something we overlooked.  To order additional copies, please call 818.238.5173.

SPACE OPPORTUNITIES IN DOWNTOWN BURBANK
As a new feature, every month we will highlight retail & restaurant space opportunities in the Downtown area.  If you know of a tenant who might be interested in any of the below spaces, please contact the broker directly:

Downtown Burbank Fine Arts and Chalk Festival
Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12, 2005
A two-day outdoor exhibition and sale of art by 90 leading commercial artists, designers, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists and jewelers selected from workshops across California and the Southwest. All work is original, one-of-kind and executed by the artists themselves, with nothing manufactured, imported or purchased for resale. The Downtown Burbank Fine Arts Festival returns for a second engagement in 2005, on November 12 and 13. For more information and to apply to be in the show, see www.westcoastartists.com

Swinging Sounds from Downtown
Thursday nights in July and August -- 6:00 -9:00 P.M.
Eight nights of dancing outdoors on the AMC Plaza to the tunes of Southern California’s leading live
bands every Thursday in July and August. Events kick-off at 6:00 P.M. with free dance classes and/or games. Bands strike up at 7:00 P.M. Concerts run for approximately 2 hours and are free and open to the public.

Outdoor Picture Show
Wednesday nights, June 22 – August 10
Fun starts at 6:30 P.M., showtimes are 8:30 P.M. on IKEA Plaza adjacent to Burbank Town Center. For further information, please call Burbank Town Center at (818) 566-8556.
 

For events, shop and restaurant listings, film times, parking information or to contact us, visit

www.downtown-burbank.org

Downtown Burbank's official website.

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