Provincia America Austrorientalis - Events (Nova Roma)

• Rossini Fest: Everyone is welcome to attend our Roman area at the Italian Street Festival, Rossini Fest, in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday, April 25, 2009 (Noon-9PM). Hopefully, the Provincia will be setting up vendor booths and displays in or around the Legio V encampment area. Attendance usually runs about 40,000 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 www.rossinifestival.org

April 23-26, 2009 (Street Fair - 25th only)

Gay Street and Market Square in Downtown Knoxville

Noon - 9:00 pm

Admission to the 2009 Italian Street Fair is free.

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 and craft exhibitions, wine tasting, and a wide variety of other events with a vibrant Italian Street Fair on April 25th, from noon to 9 pm. Downtown Knoxville’s Gay Street is transformed from a busy 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 on Market Square with entertainment, fun and games.

2009 featured Rossini Festival attractions include Knoxville Opera’s presentation of “Pagliacci” (Clowns) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo

• Saturday, April 25, 6:00 p.m.
• Sunday, April 26, 2:30 p.m.

at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street. Tickets available at Knoxville Opera, 865-524-0795, ext. 1.

In addition, a fully-staged, costumed UT Opera Theatre production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (Don Juan), directed by Carroll Freeman, at the Bijou Theatre

• Thursday, April 23
• Friday, April 24, 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday, April 25, 2:00 p.m.
• Sunday, April 26, 8:00 p.m.

Tickets available from the UT School of Music or at Tickets Unlimited. Vendor applications for the 8th Annual Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair, slated for Saturday, April 25, 12-9 p.m. on Gay Street and Market Square in downtown Knoxville, may be downloaded below. For further information about the 2009 Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival, contact Knoxville Opera Production Manager Don Townsend or call 865-524-0795, ext. 26.