The 8th annual Artisphere Festival will be held Friday, May 11 through Sunday, May 13, 2012 in the West End of downtown Greenville. Artisphere is a three-day celebration of visual and performing arts that includes a children's area, Kidsphere, with free craft activities and a Culinary Arts Café featuring downtown restaurants. For more information about festival attractions visit www.artisphere.us.

Please note the important information below regarding event hours and road closures.

May 11 (Friday)                             4 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

May 12 (Saturday)                       10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

May 13 (Sunday)                          11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Road Closures - Friday, May 11 to Sunday, May 13

5/11 - 4 a.m. South Main Street between Court Street and Augusta Street

5/11 - 4 a.m. West Camperdown Way between South Main and Rhett Streets

NOTE: All road closures will remain in place for the duration of the festival

and roads will be closed to vehicular traffic.

Road Openings - Sunday, May 13

Breakdown of the event will begin at 6 p.m. and should be completed by 11 p.m. Roads should be re-opened by 12 midnight.

We greatly appreciate your support of the festival and patience with logistics. We hope you will enjoy taking in some of the FREE activities mentioned above as well as numerous performances scheduled throughout the weekend.

If you have any questions, please contact the City of Greenville Special Events Staff:

Rick Sizemore at 864-467-2697 or email at rsizemore@greenvillesc.gov

Kevin Meyer at 864-467-2776 or email at kmeyer@greenvillesc.gov 

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you at Artisphere!