Provincia America Austrorientalis - Events (Nova Roma)

• Rossini Fest: Everyone is welcome to attend our Roman area at the Itallian Street Festival, Rossini Fest, in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 19th. We will be setting up vendor booths and displays in or around the Legio V encampment area. Attendance usually runs about for the weekend. Citizens and Vendors are requested. Anyone interested in attending, please contact Lucius Vitellius Triarius at lucius_vitellius_triarius@yahoo.com for more information, or contact us on the provincial mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/austrorientalis

From their website at http://www.knoxvilleopera.com/rossini/:

April 19, 2008, Gay Street and Market Square in Downtown Knoxville

One of the Southeast’s most alluring cultural attractions, Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival brings a taste of Europe to East Tennessee and celebrates the color, fun and excitement of opera and Italian culture.

The festival combines world class opera performances, art exhibitions, wine tasting, and a wide variety of other community events with a vibrant Italian Street Fair on April 19th, from noon to 9pm, in which Knoxville’s Gay Street is transformed from a busy downtown thoroughfare to a colorful European festival with three stages featuring a range of entertainment options, an upscale Artisan’s Market, the smells and tastes of authentic Mediterranean foods and beverages, and a special children’s area with entertainment, fun and games.

This year's festival features performances of Tosca at the Tennessee Theatre.