Artoberfest Tickets Selling Fast! Get Yours!!!

We are a week and a half away from Artoberfest, our premier fundrasing event for NCLAC's Annual Holiday Arts Tour. The event will be held at the Ruston Historic Firehouse, and we are so excited about how things are coming together. Our volunteer project planning committee, which consists of Meg Waters, Megan Davenport, Rebecca Taylor, Lauren Coleman, Allie Bennett, and Hannah Bustamante, is doing an excellent job!

We've sold well over half our 120 tickets, and since we cannot sell tickets at the Firehouse, we plan to sell out before the event begins at 5 pm next Friday, October 1.

If any tickets remain, they can be purchased from a NCLAC representative through the box office in the Dixie Center for the Arts that night.

However, if you were hoping to buy tickets that night, don't wait. We plan to sell them like mad this week and next. Call us at 318-255-1450 or stop by the Dixie Center for the Arts between 10 am and 1 pm Wednesday through Friday.

We look forward to seeing you all there! Look for more Artoberfest updates this week. For more info now, you can also click here and then scroll down.

Artoberfest to serve up brews, aid local arts

A 200-year old European tradition will unite with Southern hospitality Oct. 1 as the North Central Louisiana Arts Council (NCLAC) offers a special fundraising event. NCLAC has scheduled its first Artoberfest, to be held from 5-9 p.m. in Ruston’s Historic Fire Station, and tickets are now on sale.

“Like the traditional Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, our event will feature good music, good food, good beer, and good fun,” said Leigh Anne Chambers, NCLAC executive director. “2010 seemed the perfect time to put this plan into action since Oktoberfest began in 1810.”

Proceeds from the event will benefit NCLAC’s 13th Holiday Arts Tour, which had an estimated economic impact of $64,480 in 2009, Chambers said. This year’s tour is set for Nov. 19-21.

Beer-tasting will highlight Artoberfest, but German food will also be on tap via a German Food Cook-off, and the event will also feature a “Best of the Region” appetizer contest featuring favorite local bar food and appetizers from participating restaurants.

“Our Southern hospitality will be evident for all to see,” Chambers said.

NCLAC is soliciting donations of beer from well-known Louisiana breweries and distributors, as well as from smaller boutique breweries throughout Louisiana and the South. Among the pledged participants are Lazy Magnolia Brewery in Mississippi (three brews), Marsala Beverage in Monroe (four brews), and 3Docs Brew House in Ruston.

“We want to offer local and area residents a taste of something new,” Chambers said. “The traditional Oktoberfest in Bavaria is the world’s largest fair, with more than 6 million visitors. We’d like to capture some of that excitement here. Not only will Artoberfest offer an enjoyable, entertaining evening; it will also offer area residents a chance to support the arts and our local economy.”

Tickets are $35 each for NCLAC members and $45 each for non-members. For more information, call (318) 255-1450 or visit the NCLAC offices in the Dixie Center for the Arts, 212 N. Vienna, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Only 120 tickets will be sold. Firehouse contract stipulations specify that tickets cannot be sold at the door, so if there are remaining tickets the night of the event, they will be sold at the Dixie.

Artoberfest Update

We have received confirmation of our first beer donations! Lazy Magnolia Brewery in Mississippi will be donating 3 brews, andMarsala Beverage in Monroe will be donating 4! These are not your average brews, so join us October 1 to taste the night away.

What is Artoberfest? NCLAC is organizing our first ever Artoberfest. In keeping with the traditional Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, NCLAC’s Artoberfest will feature good music, good food, good beer, and good fun.

When and Where A premier fundraising event for the North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Artoberfest will take place October 1, 2010 in the Ruston Historic Firehouse.

Activities Beer-tasting will be the highlight of the evening. NCLAC is currently soliciting donations of beer from big-name Louisiana breweries, such as Abita, and from smaller, boutique breweries throughout Louisiana and the south.

Executive Director Leigh Anne Chambers said, “We want to offer local and area residents a taste of something new.”

With that goal in mind, NCLAC will also include a German Food Cook-off and a “Best of the Region” appetizer contest, including all the best bar food and appetizers from participating restaurants.

NCLAC is looking forward to an exciting, fun-filled evening, and we hope you will join us.

Tickets Tickets are $35 each for members ($45 each for non-members) and will go on sale August 16. For more information, please call 318-255-1450 or visit the NCLAC offices in the Dixie Center for the Arts between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Per the Firehouse contract, tickets cannot be sold at the door, if there are remaining tickets the night of the event, they will be sold at the Dixie. Buy early though! Only 120 tickets will be sold.

What Your Ticket Does Your ticket does more than provide entry to an entertaining evening. Proceeds from this fundraiser will help promote the 13th Annual Holiday Arts Tour, a program with an estimated economic impact of $64,480 last year.

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