Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival

From Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival Website:

Founded in 1985 as a collaboration between the City of Fairfax and George Mason University, the Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival aimed to enhance the communitys awareness of the many arts and cultural opportunities in Fairfax and encouraging expansion of the arts through supporting fledgling arts organizations in the community. In the past decade, Spotlight has begun offering six different scholarships to high school seniors to study arts at Mason and Northern Virginia Community College.

30th Annual Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival starts on April 17th with a glittering evening at Old Town Hall celebrating three decades of arts in the City of Fairfax. Sponsored by the City of Fairfax in cooperation with George Mason University and the arts community of Fairfax, Spotlight on the Arts continues its commitment to support and encourage the awareness of cultural opportunities in the greater Fairfax community. It has grown into a significant three-week festival and is now considered one of Virginia's foremost arts festivals. With outstanding music performances from leading musicians, quality arts exhibitions, dance (both classical and modern) stimulating theater performances, community activities and events including The Arts mean Business -- an Art Walk through Old Town Fairfax highlighting businesses with an artistic twist, "Temptations" an Art Show in association with Our Daily Bread, and the hits of last year including the International Children's Festival and Fashion in Motion, this year with the new twist of wearable art! This years Festival of youth, of music, of dance and so much more all highlight the emerging vibrant art scene in historic Old Town Fairfax.

We are delighted to bring you so many exceptional events in the Spotlight Spring Festival this year. In the spirit of a festival all participating groups endeavor to bring you the best arts and cultural events on offer during this years program -- come and enjoy the festival!