Due to rain, the department has postponed tonight’s scheduled opening of the 57th Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell until tomorrow night, Saturday, June 8.
Tomorrow night’s program will begin at 7:15 p.m. with children’s activities and entertainment, including a stilt walker, balloon art, face painting, an organ grinder and a make and take puppet project. At 8:30 p.m., Virginia Repertory Theatre will present “Town Mouse/Country Mouse,” a children’s theatre production based on the fable, on the main stage.
The program will repeat on Sunday, June 9 at the same times.
The Festival of the Arts is the department’s summer-long program of free outdoor family entertainment that takes place at Byrd Park’s Dogwood Dell amphitheater located at 1100 Blanton Avenue. The entire season’s program can be found on the department's website under Cultural Arts.
For future postponements or cancellations, please call the Dell Hotline at (804) 646-DELL (3355).
