Town of Cary issued the following announcement on Apr. 29.
More than 170 artists from across North Carolina will converge on Cary for the annual Spring Daze Arts & Crafts festival at Bond Park on Saturday, April 30 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Spring Daze features more than 170 North Carolina artists, entertainment on three stages, delicious festival food, and Cary's annual Earth Day Celebration. Scattered between artists, food and staged entertainment is the Kids World and PlayZone; Earth Day Lane, the Town of Cary’s Earth Day Celebration; and Cultural Arts Row, where patrons can learn about Cary’s non-profit arts organizations. A digital version of the Festival Booklet and Festival Map are available online.
The festival is a juried art show, and every exhibiting artist at the festival this year is from North Carolina, with many also calling Cary home. In addition, the internationally-recognized topiary sculptures of Michael Gibson will be featured in Section C of the festival. Gibson, a self-taught topiary artist and currently the Artist-in-Residence helping to restore the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden in Bishopville, SC, has been beautifying residential and commercial spaces throughout the country with his unique works for 25 years. Gibson will be onsite to discuss the art of topiary and his current work with Pearl Fryar, while demonstrating his own style in real time.
With limited parking at Bond Park, and early voting taking place at the Cary Senior Center, patrons are encouraged to utilize alternative means of getting to the festival. A free festival shuttle bus will leave the Town Hall Parking Deck every 20 minutes between 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. A direct shuttle will also leave from Green Hope High School every 30 minutes between 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Access to Spring Daze is also available using the Oxxford Hunt, Black Creek or White Oak Creek Greenways. The Cary Senior Center parking will be reserved for early voting only.
A safe, designated drop off area within the Bond Park Community Center parking lot will also be open for rideshare passengers, who walk to the event from the lot after being dropped off.
Additionally, GoCary, Cary's public transit service, offers inexpensive and reliable transportation around Cary throughout the year. For Spring Daze, anyone can ride all fixed routes for free with route 4 having direct access to Spring Daze at Bond Park. GoCary service runs every half hour, operating between 6 a.m.-10 p.m. If you do not live along or near GoCary’s route 4, consider using route 3, 5, or 6 inbound to transfer to route 4 at the Cary Depot. If you take route 1 or 2 (Maynard Loop), transfer to route 4 at Maynard Crossing Shopping Center in front of Kroger. For more information on routes and schedules, visit gocary.org.
Due to festival traffic, the GoCary stop at Cary Senior Center will not be available; however, a temporary stop will be located at the corner of Maury O’Dell and High House Road for those traveling inbound to the Cary Depot. For those traveling west on High House Road towards Highway 55, there is a stop located across High House Rd. in front of St. Michael's Church.
Accessible parking will be available at the Bond Park Community Center, 150 Metro Park Drive, and Ropes Course parking lot. There is also a handicap-accessible shuttle that travels inside the park.
In the event of inclement weather, Spring Daze will move to Sunday, May 1 from 1-6 p.m. Updates will be posted to townofcary.org/rainout and on the festival’s Facebook page, CaryArtDaze.
Individuals planning on attending can text SPRING to 51597 to subscribe to SMS event updates throughout the day. For more information, visit townofcary.org/springdaze or dial 311 in Cary, or (919) 469-4000 from outside Town limits. And for more fun in Cary, follow the Town on Twitter @TOC_Fun and check out our events calendar!
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