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Art
Car Weekend 2008
COOL
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATIONS!!
Required for all volunteers - Please choose one
of the following dates and come by to get your assignment, volunteer
badge and the best Art Car Volunteer shirt EVER!
Wednesday,
April 30, 2008 - 6 to 8:00pm
Volunteer Orientation/Happy Hour
Sponsored by Capital One
408 Webster Street, Midtown
713-435-7700
Saturday,
May 3, 2008 - Noon to 2:00 pm
Volunteer Orientation at the new park!
Discovery Green
1500 McKinney
The
2008 Art Car Weekend
May 9 and 10
features the 21st Annual
Art Car Parade
Presented in partnership with the Houston
Chronicle
Friday, May 9, 2008
Main Street Drag
9 am -1 pm
More than 80 art cars will visit more than 30,000 people who
otherwise may not be able to experience the parade, stopping
at children's hospitals, schools and community centers.
Art
Car Sneak Peek - 6 - 9 pm
at
the Orange Show,
2402 Munger Street
FREE
This lively symposium features live music, illuminated art cars,
and lots of SURPRISES. We're
closing down Munger Street for an old-school block party with
an art car twist. Get your first peek at the amazing new vehicles
for 2008!
Saturday,
May 10, 2008
Art
CARTailgater! 9 am Start
Watch
the show before the show - come watch the cars line up - Taft
and Allen Parkway
VIPit
Party opens
at 11 am
Watch the parade from the cool of the shade as you sip ice-cold
beverages and enjoy tasty treats from Houston-area restaurants.
The VIPit party offers the absolute best viewing of the Art
Car Parade. Tickets: Adults $125, Children $15. Guaranteed to
sell out! Contact the Orange Show at 713-926-6368 or click the
image below to purchase tickets online through our secure server
21st Annual Houston Art Car Parade on Allen Parkway at 1
pm
Enjoy the eye-popping extravaganza that is the country’s
oldest and largest Art Car Parade as over 250 fantastic mobile
works of art motor down Allen Parkway from Taft to Bagby and
back.
Party
on the Green: Art Car Awards Ceremony and Celebration!
Immediately following the parade, Art Cars invade
Houston's newest downtown destination for a rockin' after-party.
See the entries close up and cheer the winners as they're announced.
Discovery Green - Lamar Street at Crawford FREE
