Hoboken Spring Arts & Music Festival

Sunday May 1, 2011 • 11am to 6pm
ADMISSION IS FREE • Rain or shine
Washington Street - between Observer Highway and 7th Street

Featuring over 300 artists, sculptors, photographers and craftspeople as well as rides, games, face painting, local businesses, restaurants, food vendors and much more.

HFA has our very own table as we hold a Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Bake Sale! (see below)

3 Stages of live music with performances by:
Ian Hunter & the Rant Band singer songwriter, former lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople. www.ianhunter.com

The Baseball Project
featuring Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey of REM, Steve Wynn of The Dream Syndicate & Linda Pitmon of The Pretty Babies. www.thebaseballproject.net

Bern & the Brights (www.facebook.com/bernandthebrights)
Davey & the Trainwreck (www.reverbnation.com/daveyandthetrainwreck)
The Fuzzy Lemons (www.thefuzzylemons.com)
Frankie Morales & the Mambo of the Times Orchestra (www.thefrankiemorales.com)
Dawnie from Peanut Butter n Jammin (www.dawniemusic.com)
Goodbye Friday (www.myspace.com/goodbyefridaynj and www.facebook.com/goodbyefriday)
Mad Dog Mary (www.myspace.com/maddogmary)
The Pretty Babies (Blondie cover band) and much more

Performance Schedule
Schedules are tentative and subject to change.

Observer Hwy (bet. Newark & Observer Hwy)
Noon - Davey & the Trainwreck
1:00 pm - Bern & the Brights
2:00 pm - The Pretty Babies
3:00 pm -The Baseball Project
4:30 pm - Ian Hunter

Sixth Street Stage
12:30 pm - Bandwidth
1:15 pm - NYC School of Rock - www.schoolofrock.com
1:45 pm - Garden Street Music
2:25 pm - Goodbye Friday
3:15 pm Gene d Plumber
4:00 pm - Mad Dog Mary
5:00 pm - Frankie Morales and the Mambo of the Times Orchestra

Children’s Stage
located in the Capital One Bank parking lot on 3rd Street:
11:45 am - Hudson Dance & Movements Alice in Wonderland Preview.
12:15 pm - Mimi Kids Yoga - www.mimikidsyoga.com
12:45pm - Hoboken Dual Language Charter School (HoLa)
1:15pm - Genesis Dance Company.
2:00 pm - The Fuzzy Lemons
3:00 pm - Dawnee from Peanut Butter & Jammin
4:00 pm - The Fuzzy Lemons
5:00 pm - Dawnee from Peanut Butter & Jammin

Special features include
Fine artists are located between 2nd & 3rd St., so if you are an art collector, this is the place to be. Oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, sculpture, mixed media, etc.

Children’s area on 3rd street with rides, games, creative activities, puppet show, face painting, clowns, balloons, live performances and much, much more:

Crafters display / sell handmade: pottery, metalwork, wood items, furniture, blown & fused glass, quilts, household items made from recycled materials, cementware, batik clothing, hand painted furniture, candles, jewelry, dried florals, soaps & lotions and much more

Food: Lots of great food throughout the fair. Hoboken restaurants will set up street cafes offering an eclectic variety of international foods such as: Thai, Indian, Greek, French, Mexican, Cajun and Italian

How to Get Here
Located just 3 blocks from all public transportation: PATH, NJ Transit Trains & buses, NY Waterway Ferries & the Hudson Bergen Light Rail. For details, visit: http://www.hobokennj.org/visit/how-to-get-here

Sponsors
Optimum, NY Waterway Ferries, United Water, The Hoboken Reporter & The Hudson Current,
Capital One Bank, Sheraton Suites, Port Authority of NY & NJ

How to Get Here
Located just 3 blocks from all public transportation: PATH, NJ Transit Trains & buses, NY Waterway Ferries & the Hudson Bergen Light Rail. For details, visit: http://www.hobokennj.org/visit/how-to-get-here

For more info call 201-420-2207 or email gfallo@nullhobokennj.org.

For updates, visit: http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/human-services/cultural-affairs/arts-music-festival/