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Coming Events On The Island

April 17

May 29

July 10

Nov. 27, 2010

Art Walk

ArtWalk takes place in existing commercial galleries, non-profit arts spaces and what are called "other walls," restaurants and retail stores, for example. Each exhibits art and welcomes viewers with open doors, later hours and refreshments .

www.galvestonartscenter.org

Spet. 25-26, 2010

Galveston Island Shrimp Festival

Gumbo Cookoff Sept. 28 9:00 am @ Saengerfest Park with more than 80 teams. Gumbo Stroll @ noon purchase a cup and teste the best gumbo prepared by Local Restaurants. 5k Run/Walk @7:00am @ Moody Gardens, Strand Walkabout @ noon and on Spet.26 @ 11:00am @ Stewart Beach, Whimcycle Shrimpcycle a casual cruiser Stewart Beach to Float Bar. The catch? This will be a Costumed Bicycle Ride! Come up with the Best Shrimp or Sea Life Coctume and Win!!!

www.galveston.com/shrimpfestival

 

Sept. 27, 2010 @ 6:00 - 8:30pm Moody Gardens

This the Best Party of the Year Epicurean Evening

More than 60 Hoteliers, Restaurateurs, Vendors and Suppliers. Cuisine and Beverage Sampling, The Lagerset Silent Auction on the Island (with the best bike of the year to be auction off from Island Bicycle Company)and Door Prize Drawing.

Advance Tickets Online @ www.epicureanevening.com

Phone 1-888-939-8680

Begins March to September 2010

Music Night on The Strand

Popular tunes from every genre will rock downtown night life every 2nd Saturday of the month through September (weather permitting). Houston-area bands as well as local talent will play in Saengerfest Park from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

 

Begins March to November 2010

Movie Night on the Strand

Schedule during the first Saturday of every month. At Saengerfest Park, 23rd and Strand.  Movie goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, a blanket and plan a date or night out with friends and relax in this unique outdoor venue.

www.galveston.com


Oct. 30, 2010 @ 11am - 9pm

Greek Frestival

27th Annual Greek Frestival, Authentic Greek Food, Live Music, Performances, Kid Area and Shopping!

Phone 409-762-7591

Dec. 4, 2010 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Dickens on the Strand

37th Annual Dickens on The Strand, a holiday festival, where bobbies, Beefeaters and the Queen herself will be on hand to recreate the Victorian London of Charles Dickens. Characters from Dickens novels walk the street. Food and entertainment fill the area with sights and smells that take you back to another era.

Presented by Galveston Historical Foundation, Dickens on The Strand will take you and your family on an enchanted journey through history as a bustling 19th Century cityscape comes to life. For an entire weekend, hundreds of costumed vendors and performers will provide a look at the pomp and pageantry of the British Empire, at a time when commercial and cultural ties provided a strong connection between London and Texas’ largest and richest city.

Centered in Galveston’s The Strand National Historic Landmark District, located approximately one hour south of downtown Houston, the family festival will include parades, non-stop entertainment on the festival’s stages, plus strolling carolers and roving street musicians, bagpipers and entertainers. Additionally, costumed vendors peddle their wares from street stalls and rolling carts laden with tasty culinary delights and Victorian-inspired crafts, clothing, jewelry, holiday decorations and gift items.

Advance tickets (purchased on or before December 3, 2010) are $9 for adults and $4 for children age 7-12.

Tickets purchased at the gate are $12 for adults and $6 for children age 7-12.

Children under the age of 7 are admitted free. Visitors to the festival dressed in Victorian-era costumes will be admitted for half-price at the gate.

Tickets are non-refundable. The festival is open rain or shine. GHF is not responsible for independent transactions between visitors and vendors. Pets and ice chests are not allowed into the festival area. Scooters, skateboards, roller blades or skates and other recreational "wheels" are also prohibited.

Book lodging for Dickens on The Strand online at www.galveston.com… or toll free at (888)939-8680. Remember, when you book lodging via Galveston.com, you'll automatically received up to $500 in money-saving Galveston coupons to use during your stay. View participating organizations at www.galveston.com…

** Coming to America via Galveston Island**

**Forgotten Gateway**
Beginning November, 2009 & Ends Sept 11,2010

This is the quintessential immigrant success storys- they arrived tired and poor, and their brood was likely a huddled mass but it has a Texas twist: They were among an estimated 200,000 immigrants who came to America via the port of Galveston Island brtween 1865 and 1924 among the 10 biggest immigrant ports of the 19th and 20th-century. People do not think much about Galveston Island as a National port of entry to the United States. Forgotten Gateway a new exhibit that chronicles Galveston as a major port of entry for U.S. immigrants.The roughly $1.5 million Forgotten Gateway exhibit tells this stroy though photographs, film footage and present-day accounts from hundreds of newcomers to the U.S. and the descendants of Galveston first immigrants.

Need a Room or more Info go to www.galveston.com

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