12th Annual Coral Springs Festival Of The Arts set for March 19-20

Festival to feature an array of artists

Come out and enjoy a weekend of art, culture and entertainment at this year’s Coral Springs Festival of the Arts, set for March 19 and 20.

Now in it’s 12 staging, the festival will feature an impressive array of 200 artists and crafters and an exciting schedule of music and performing arts entertainment.

Kicking off the festival on March 18 and 19 will be two days of literary workshops at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts specially designed for writers, editors and illustrators where presentations on poetry, mystery, suspense, and Photoshop for illustrators will be held.

During the Festival, music will vary from calypso, reggae, to country, a rock and roll violinist, a 19-piece jazz orchestra playing big band sound, salsa and merengue and a Tina Turner tribute band. The performing arts stage will include performances by an 18-member banjo band; former members of the folk group The Highwaymen; multicultural dance groups from Peru, Ireland, and India; the Broward Women’s Choral Group, and Japanese drums.

Produced by Howard Alan Events, the festival will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.