03 Jul Overtown Music and Arts Festival To Take Place On July 14, 2018
Headliner Market Group (HMG), City of Miami Chairman Keon Hardemon, and the Southeast Overtown / Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) proudly announce the return of the Overtown Music & Arts Festival (OMAF). The annual street festival will take place Saturday, July 14, 2018, from 11 am. to 7pm. in Miami’s Overtown Business and Entertainment District on NW 2nd & 3rd Avenue between NW 8th & 10th Streets.
The highly anticipated festival is set to bring back music and arts to the Historic Overtown neighborhood once again while promoting economic development and community enrichment. The goal of the festival is not just a free concert but to offer the neighborhood a day to enjoy local food, art vendors, crafts, a youth zone and more. This year, the festival is in search of a few select local artists to take over a 10 x 10 booth and showcase their unique work. Artists must be willing to actively create pieces or art live on site. Artists who are willing to create and sell their art during the festival can email OvertownMusicArtsFestival@gmail.com to submit their interest.
Headliner Market Group, known for promoting “The World’s Greatest Party” at LIV on Sundays, is responsible for the festival production. The festival has brought people from all around South Florida. In more recent years, there has been an increase of guests from other states as well. Due to Headliner Market Group’s commitment to the community and neighborhood, this event continues to give back.
Michael Gardner, CEO of Headliner Market Group, always strives to make the festival larger and more distinguished than the year before. Gardner has been a powerhouse in Miami’s nightlife and entertainment scene for over 15 years and is a huge marketing mogul in the Miami community. He uses resources from his other marketing endeavors to make sure the event remains free for everyone, but still filled with just as much entertainment as a ticketed event.
“When we first started producing this festival in 2014 our goal was to have it grow each year with visitors from not only South Florida but from around the world.” said Michael Gardner. “I think we’re achieving just that. So many new businesses are opening in Overtown while at the same time the existing businesses are seeing a growth in new customers. We are honored to have been given the opportunity by Chairman Hardemon and the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA to assist in the mission and vision they have for Overtown.”
Attracting some of the world’s top contemporary performers and artists, OMAF has entertained a growing and enthusiastic audience that reached near 10,000 nation-wide festival goers in the past year. Below are more features that are continuing at this year’s Overtown Music and Arts Festival.
- MAIN STAGE
Globally renowned artists will once again showcase their talents at the Overtown Music & Arts Festival Stage this year with a stellar lineup that includes Estelle, Jon B, Ginuwine, Michael Sterling, and much more! - OMAF ART EXPO ZONE
The Art Expo Zone is established to nurture artistic excellence and artists’ entrepreneurial spirit. The zone will showcase colorful paintings, photography, multi-dimensional mixed media works, pottery and handcrafted jewelry by local artists. Additionally, local and world-renowned artists will be painting, creating, and selling works on-site at the festival this year. - INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATION
Every year OMAF features an interactive installation and this year’s installation is called EUME (short for Eumelanin, the pigment that makes up brown and black complexions) by Danielle of The Kern Firm. This is the trilogy of previous installations that were used at the OMAF. - FOOD VENDORS
Festival goers will be able to experience a variety of local food trucks and vendors onsite that boast BBQ, ethnic, and vegan options fit for any and all guests to enjoy at the festival this year. - T.E.E.S. YOUTH ZONE
Teens Exercising Extraordinary Success (T.E.E.S.) Youth Zone is presented by the Green Family Foundation and activities this year include a kids’ cooking activation at the “What’s Cooking” tent where kids can make their own quesadillas and create their own cupcakes. The Youth Zone will also feature fitness activities, competitions, bounce houses, hands-on science experiments, and music and live stage performances from popular teen dance duo, Ayo & Teo, The Tainerz, and more of our young talented South Florida youth. In addition, this year the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Technobus, a mobile technology innovation lab, will be on site for all to enjoy until 3 p.m. and The Bass Art Museum will be giving away take-home art kits and administering various art activities on-site.
For more information about The Overtown Music & Arts Festival please visit www.overtownmusicandartsfestival.com or visit Facebook
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