From Texas swing and classical strings to stand-up comedy and silver screen, the ACANSA Arts Festival of the South provides central Arkansas with arts opportunities for a spectacular September.
ACANSA provides an invigorating line-up, from Sept. 13 – 28, of world-class music, dance, theatre, culinary and visual arts to partner venues in Little Rock and North Little Rock.
Single event tickets begin at $20, and several educational and visual arts opportunities are free. “This sixth year of the Arts Festival is ACANSA’s greatest celebration to date,” says Dillon Hupp, Executive Director. “We’re collaborating with international, regional and local artists to provide an array of dynamic arts and cultural events.”
Every ACANSA Arts Festival brings together arts lovers from across the State, and this year is no exception. The festival launches on Friday the 13th with an opening reception that’s free to the public at the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Roberts Library, followed by a ticketed performance of Texas swing and early jazz by the ever-popular Hot Club of Cowtown from Austin, TX.
Three weeks later, ACANSA shares in opening the season for Arkansas Symphony Orchestra by hosting world-renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta and Time for Three.
The weekends in between bring an eclectic blend of entertainment, including BODYTRAFFIC, a contemporary dance company from the west coast, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire with Argenta Community Theatre, Children’s Art Day, international mime Bill Bowers, and Austin Music Award winner, Gina Chavez and her band.
For tickets and the complete schedule of more than a dozen events, visit www.ACANSA.org or call ACANSA’s office in Little Rock at 501-663-2287.
ACANSA Arts Festival of the South exists as a visual and performing arts festival dedicated to building a more dynamic and engaging community through the arts and enriching the cultural vitality of the region. Founded by Charlotte Gadberry with the help of hundreds of dedicated volunteers throughout the central Arkansas community, the first ACANSA Festival was held in 2014. The Festival’s name, ACANSA, is borrowed from the Quapaw word for “southern place.”
