Sunday
29
Apr
14th Annual Gourd Festival
Event Time: Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-3pm
Dates: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Ozark Empire Fairgrounds Springfield, MO
Admission: $5 for weekend pass. Free parking.
We're shaking it up for 2012...join us for a weekend of gourd art appreciation, fun for the kids, food and a great time!
Get Prepared EXPO
Event Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Dates: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-Plex - 3001 N. Grant (I44 exit 77) - Springfield, MO 65803
Admission: $10.00 at the door, $8.00 coupon on the website.
Get Prepared EXPO, the largest and most comprehensive preparedness EXPO in the USA. - - With national talk show hosts: Vincent Finelli, Beth Ann, John Moore, Bill Federer and more. - - Teleseminars with James Wesley Rawles, Bob Chapman, and Julia Schopick. - - The Get Prepared EXPO is an educational experience centered on teaching survival for the whole family. Tornadoes, earthquakes, ice storms, and floods all cause disruptions in our daily lives. Even man made events can cause disruptions. We want you and your family to be safe. Attending the USAPrepares.com Get Prepared EXPO is the first step in preparing for natural and man made disasters. - - 100 Exhibitors and 50 seminars including: high yield gardening, wind and solar power, food storage, water filters, freeze dry food, preparedness equipment, radiation detection equipment, crisis medicine and natural healing, personal and home defense, guns and ammo. - - Please bring your family - Please tell your friends - Children under 12 free
www.GetPreparedEXPO.com
816-600-1485
Friday
04
May
Artsfiesta!
Event Time: 6-9pm
Dates: Friday, May 04, 2012 - Friday, May 04, 2012
Location: Founders Park at Jefferson Avenue and Water Street in downtown Springfield
Admission: Adults $5, kids 10 and under are free.
ArtsFiesta is a Cinco De Mayo celebration of Mexican art, culture, and music from 6-9 p.m. May 4 at Founders Park at Jefferson Avenue and Water Street in downtown Springfield.
http://ilove.springfieldmo.org/post/21028447307/celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-with-artsfiesta-may-4
Saturday
05
May
C-Street Market
Event Time: 8am-1pm
Dates: Saturday, May 05, 2012 - Saturday, May 05, 2012
Location: Historic Commercial Street at Jefferson Avenue - Footbridge Pavilion
Admission: Free
C-Street Market, the sweetest little market in town, gathers every Saturday from 8am to 1pm mid-April through mid-October. Nestled under a beautiful, shaded, sculptural red pavilion designed and built by students from Hamons School of Architecture, shoppers will find a leisurely environment in the shadow of the Jefferson Avenue Footbridge. Artisan vendors are small-scale farmers, bakers, crafters and neighbors with gardens who blend an appreciation of simpler times with the desire for a more friendly and intimate market experience. Persons interested in becoming one of our cherished vendors, visit www.itsalldowntown.com/cstreet.
www.itsalldowntown.com/cstreet
417 831-6200
Alzheimer's Association Wine Auction & Gala
Event Time: 6:30 pm to Midnight
Dates: Saturday, May 05, 2012 - Saturday, May 05, 2012
Location: OzAir Charter Service Hangar - 2525 N. General Aviation Avenue Springfield
The Alzheimer’s Association Wine Auction & Gala invites you to join us for a wonderful evening of good food, good wine and good will. This extraordinary event brings together an affluent group of wine enthusiasts, business, civic and social leaders. - - Thanks to generous sponsors, the Wine Auction and Gala provides a large portion of the needed funding for programs and services. The 2011 gala was a great success generating $196,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association, Southwest Missouri Chapter. We are especially proud that proceeds from this event will be used to help individuals and their families who are struggling with Alzheimer’s disease here in southwest Missouri. To date, the Wine Auction and Gala has raised more than $1 million used to promote the mission of the Alzheimer’s Association and our vision of a world with Alzheimer’s. -
wineauctionandgala.org
417-886-2199