Madison Holiday Arts Festival set for November 28

The crowd-pleasing Madison Holiday Arts Festival, produced by Madison Arts and Culture Alliance (MACA) will return for it’s ninth consecutive year in downtown Madison on Friday, November 28, 2014 from 1pm to 5 pm.

This highly acclaimed Festival draws hundreds of residents, artists, musicians, dancers, singers and visual artists to Madison’s central business district for a creative and entertaining day of live performances and interactive events in non-traditional spaces throughout the town. Several of Madison’s most popular shops, storefronts, restaurants and businesses including Drip Coffeehouse, Provident Bank, Short Stories Community Hub and Rose City Framemakers are on board to host both visual and performing artists.

MACA has once again put together an exciting and entertaining line-up of performers and events including classical guitarist Darren O’Neill; jazz pianist Jerry Vezza; Dance Innovations Performance Company; caricaturist Andrew Pungot; The Old Parts, a barbershop quartet; and local rock bands Kings Road, Rosewood and The Unplugged. This year, MACA and Rose City Framemakers are partnering to include a Pop Up Art Gallery showcasing several established New Jersey artists as well as a number of works by Drew University art students. All the performances are scheduled to conclude in time for everyone to enjoy Madison’s traditional Santa Parade along Main Street at 5:30.

The Holiday Arts Festival is presented free to the public by The Madison Arts & Culture Alliance, a coalition of arts organizations, cultural institutions, historic societies, colleagues and friends, dedicated to encouraging collaborations among the wide ranging cultural offerings in Madison. Our ongoing mission is to help strengthen our community through arts participation, recognizing that Madison, New Jersey is a town with rich and diverse cultural activities.

The festival is made possible in part by a grant from Morris Arts and support from Investors Bank. For more information about the festival or about MACA, visit our website www.madisonartsnj.org or email us at info@madisonartsnj.org

Photo: Kings Road Band, one of the three bands performing at Short Stories Community Book Hub on November 28.