This is a TENTATIVE look at the 2008 event schedule.
Schedules are suggestions only and not fixed. Please let us know of any updates
(confirmed - not confirmed )
PRE-EVENT
Friday Sep 5 - Saturday Sep 6
Booth and digital media presence at Raleigh Wide Open to promote Spark Con
—SPARK CON WEEKEND—
Thursday Sep 18
9p: KICK OFF w/ Local Beer Local Band @ Tir Na Nog featuring:
I Was Totally Destroying It
Hammer No More The Fingers
The Young Sons
The Trousers
9p: Blue Mountain w/ Cory Branan @ The Pour House
all weekend: healthSPARK challenge: tips for what ails you from local experts
Friday Sep 19
9a-12p: ideaSPARK: “Our City, Our Web” @ Urban Design Center
12-1p: NC Symphony and Opera Co. of NC @ Urban Design Center
2p-5p: ideaSPARK: “Our City, Our Design” @ Urban Design Center
3p-7p: GroundSPARK / Streetpainting Festival @ Moore Square / Martin St
6:30p: danceSPARK: Immediate Theatre performance @ Loft 135
8p: FashionSPARK + bodySPARK @ Moore Square
9p: beehive wig competition/presentation
7:30p: Ari Hest w/ KS Rhoads + GreenSky Bluegrass @ The Pour House
8p: Suicide Blonde w/ Gerry McCrudden @ Tir na Nog
9:30p: storySPARK & musicSPARK host storytellers session featuring Kenny Roby & Terry Anderson @ Slims
10p: yogaSPARK hosts African Drum Circle @ Moore Square
10p: Schizophrenic Octopus presents Breakdancing Competition @ Loft 135
10p: fashionSPARK After Party @ Mosquito
Saturday Sep 20
all day: GroundSPARK / Streetpainting Festival starts @ Moore Square / Martin St
9a-9p: BugFest @ Museum of Natural Sciences featuring: bugs as food, insect education, beehive wig contest live bands
9a-5p: ‘Kidphoon’ Scavenger Hunt @ Marbles Museum
9a-6p: yogaSPARK in the park @ Moore Sq
10a-4p: bazaarSPARK @ Moore Square
bazaarSPARK: fashion designers, crafters fleamarket, farmers market, rock&shop
12-4p: Scrap Exchange build-a-thon, groundSPARK area @ Moore Square / Martin St
2-4p: Hoola Hooping and African drumming @ Moore Square
2-7p: graffitiSPARK @ Moore Square
2-4p: stroySPARK readings @ Moore Square stage
G.D. Gearino,William Rokos, William Conescu
4p: storySPARK: War Stories from N&O news correspondent @ Pour House
5p: groundSPARK/ streetpainting awards & announcements
6p: Contra Dancing @ Moore Square
7p: Copeira Angola (Brazilian dance) @ Moore Square
7p-9p: BugFest Music @ Museum of Natural Sciences
7-8p: NC Symphony and Opera Company of NC @ Stage 2
8p: artSPARK / storySPARK / danceSPARK @ Moore Square
artSPARK: Image Slam
storySPARK: Dasan Ahanu & Lorrie Guess host Poetry Slam
danceSPARK: Schizophrenic Octopus perform on stage
danceSPARK: Katie and Stacey perform Acroentertainment
danceSPARK: Man v. Monster performed by Code f.a.d. Company
9p: Paddy Gibney w/ The Ghosts of Erin + Performance by the Inis Cairde
School of Irish dance @ Tir na Nog
9p: Stacy Kidd @ Solas
10p: Urban Sophisticates w/ Blount Harvey @ The Pour House
10p: Richard Bacchus & The Luckiest Girls w/ Lonnie Walker @ Slims
10p: storySPARK After Dark: erotic poetry @ Metro
Sunday Sep 21
9a-12a: yogaSPARK in the park @ Moore Sq
12noon: Public moment of silence followed by reception @ Moore Square
12-2p: 1% for Peace and Unity Church present International Day of Peace initiative @ Moore Sq.
2p-4p: Next Steps to SPARK on! @ Urban Design Center
8p: filmSPARK @ Moore Square
9p: Eymarel w/ J. Wail @ The Pour House