THURSDAY Big Wheel Dinner Parties Thursday, April 17 6:30 - 8:30pm Various Private Homes $100 per person The Orange Show Art Car Ball Thursday, April 17 7 - 11 pm, rain or shine Allright Parking Garage 1301 Main Street, rooftop Tickets, $40 $30 for Members free for children under 12 $45 at the door The party of the century, except it happens every year. You get art cars, art crowds, performance art, music you can dance to and much more fun than you'd believe it was possible to have on top of a parking garage.
	FRIDAY Main Street Drag Friday, April 18 10 am, rain or shine An organized, impromptu procession of magnificent art cars through the Texas Medical Center, Museum District, downtown's Main Street and Market Square. Art Car Symposium Friday, April 18 6:30 - 9:00 Museum of Fine Arts 1001 Bissonnet $5 admission free to art car participants Artists, photographers, curators, writers, scholars and other folk who are extremely well-qualified to do so will discuss the art car phenomenon at this lecture series. Funded in part by the Brown Foundation.
	SATURDAY 10th Annual Roadside Attractions: The Artist's Parade Saturday, April 19 1 - 2 pm, rain or shine Houston International Festival grounds Downtown Houston Start line is Allen Parkway at Taft $6 if you enter festival site otherwise it's free The original, the biggest and the longest-running art car parade in America. Nearly 200 spectacularly embellished vehicles and other wheeled transports will strut their stuff for an anticipated quarter-million viewers. "One of the most outrageous automotive events anywhere in the world ..." Autoweek's Ultimate Car Places, 1996. The Artists Parade Awards Ceremony Saturday, April 19 2:15 - 3 pm Houston International Festival grounds Downtown Houston American Zone Free to art car participants More than 30 awards, $4700 in prize money and lots of in-kind awards will be given out to the judges' picks for best art car, lowrider, classic car, contraption, skater, musical performance entry and more. Post Parade Debriefing Celebration Saturday, April 19 directly following the awards ceremony Buffalo Bayou Park and Fonde Park Lot H Where to unwind from all the excitement. Obviously, car artists will abound, making this a great place to pick up valuable tips on glue-gun technique and where to buy Bondo in bulk.
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