Festival Extends Call for Volunteers
07 Feb 2007
by: Sarah McClellan-Brandt
Fort Worth, Texas (Feb. 4, 2007) — MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival, the largest of its kind in the Southwest and growing, has issued a call for volunteers to help with the event by signing up for the new, “Team MAIN ST.!”
Now in its 22nd year, the April 19-22 festival needs all the extra hands it can get to assist event managers. Between 1,200 and 1,500 people usually volunteer to execute various functions, including guest relations, beverage support, merchandising, volunteer support, artist hosting and MAIN ST. Creates! area operations, all while being surrounded by world class artists, food and entertainment.
“There is no way we could put on the quality event that we do without the support of our volunteers,” said Volunteer Coordinator Christine Boren. “Team MAIN ST. is a fun way to bring everyone together to help us present this world class event to the community.”
Benefits include a festival shirt, service pins, raffles for free American Airlines tickets and more. Shifts vary by responsibility. To help out this year, sign up at www.MainStreetArtsFest.org. For more information, e-mail volunteerinfo@dfwi.org or call 817-336-2787 x 24.
About MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival
Regarded as one of the nation’s premier fine art and fine craft fairs and winner of international awards, MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival is produced by Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., and is presented by Coors Light. The festival hosts tens of thousands (over 450,000) of people annually during the four-day visual arts, entertainment and cultural event. MAIN ST. showcases nationally recognized artists, savory food, live concerts, performance artists and street performers on the streets of downtown Fort Worth.
This year’s festival will be held April 19-22, 2007, and is ranked 9th in the nation among fine art and fine craft shows by the prestigious Harris List and 10th in the Art Fair Source Book.
About Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc.
Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist in making downtown Fort Worth a vibrant, healthy and attractive place in which to work, live and visit. As a nonprofit, Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., relies on the contributions of its many corporate sponsors and individual supporters in order to maintain the quality of the special events it produces, including the Sundance Square Parade of Lights and MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival. These events recently won 11 Pinnacle awards from the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), and five awards from the Texas Festivals and Events Association.