What: Ribbon-cutting ceremony for World’s
Fair Park Performance Lawn
When:
2 p.m. Wednesday,
July 3, 2019
Where: World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn,
north of Cumberland Avenue along 11th Street
Who: Mayor Madeline Rogero; staffs from
the Public Building Authority, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects, Christman
Co. and the City Special Events Office; additional project contractors and
participants
City officials will mark the official opening of the newly renovated
Performance Lawn at the south end of World’s Fair Park with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony. Participants include representatives from the project team members:
the Public Building Authority; McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects, Inc.;
Ross/Fowler; Fulghum, Macindoe, & Associates, Inc.; Vreeland Engineers; and
Christman Co.
The
$2.5 million project updated water and electric service, improved drainage, and
added new sod, pervious paver hardscaping and an enlarged entry area and gates.
The Performance Lawn and the greenway
that borders it have been closed to public use since January. The first event
to use the lawn will be the City’s Festival on the Fourth on Thursday, July 4.
After
Festival on the Fourth, the performance lawn will be closed to complete
construction in between scheduled events.
CELEBRATE WITH THE CITY AT FESTIVAL ON
THE FOURTH
The
City of Knoxville hosts the community-wide Festival on the Fourth celebration
at World’s Fair Park on Thursday, July 4, 4-10 p.m. Everyone is invited to
enjoy free activities, live music and the City’s largest fireworks display.
This
year’s festival also marks the debut of the park’s improved Performance Lawn.
The $2.5 million project updated water and electric service, improved drainage,
and added new sod, pervious paver hardscaping and an enlarged entry area and
gates.
“We’re
excited to host this family-friendly holiday event,” says City Special Events
Director Judith Foltz. “The new lawn is a wonderful addition for both the
Festival on the Fourth as well as future events in World’s Fair Park.”
Festival
on the Fourth features a variety of entertainment, activities and food vendors
on the Performance Lawn, Festival Lawn and inside the Tennessee Amphitheater.
Live family entertainment on the Home
Federal Bank Family Fun Stage at the Tennessee Amphitheater includes:
n 4:15 - 4:45 p.m.: K-Pop Dancers
n 5 - 5:45 p.m.: Dre Hilton
n 6 - 7 p.m.: The Amazing Magic Show with Tim Pressley
Activities
in the Regal Kids Zone on the Festival Lawn include mini-golf, a water balloon game, Legos by Bricks 4 Kids, a climbing wall
and a Eurobungy trampoline. Families can also enjoy face painting and a photo booth.
On
the park’s Festival Lawn Stage, Bary Jolly performs Jimmy Buffet’s songs from
4:15 - 5:30 p.m., followed by classic rock covers by the Bicho Brothers from 6
- 7:30 p.m.
Music
on the Performance Lawn Stage begins at 5 p.m. with a performance by the Stoney
Point Bluegrass Band.
At
8 p.m., the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 35th annual Free Pilot
Flying J Independence Day Concert featuring KSO Music Director Aram Demirjian
begins its performance. Patriotic
favorites from Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa and John Williams will be performed.
The program will showcase tributes to the 75th
anniversary of D-Day with selections from "Saving Private Ryan" and
the 50th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing with selections from the score of
“Apollo 13.”
The
City’s largest annual fireworks display begins at 9:35 p.m. The Symphony’s
performance and fireworks display will be broadcast live on WBIR-TV Channel 10
and WBIR.com from 8-10 p.m.
Free
parking is available in the 11th Street, Locust Street, Walnut Street, State
Street and Market Square garages, as well as the City’s Blackstock lots on
Grand Avenue. ADA parking is available at the Fort Kid parking lot on World’s
Fair Park Drive.
Guests are invited to bring chairs and
blankets, but no coolers, alcohol, pop-up tents, canopies or pets will be
allowed. In addition, scooter vendors will activate geofencing around the fair
site to prohibit scooters from entering.
Be advised of the
following festival-related road closures:
n World’s Fair Park
Drive between Clinch and Grand avenues will be closed 2-11 p.m. Thursday;
n Clinch Avenue between
Henley and 11th streets will be closed 2-11 p.m. Thursday; and
n Henley Bridge between
Hill and Blount avenues will be closed 4-11 p.m. Thursday.
Other
holiday closures
City
offices, Parks and Recreation centers and indoor pools will be closed Thursday,
July 4. Outdoor pools will be open 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and resume normal schedules
on July 5. Cecil Webb Recreation Center will be closed Friday. West Haven
Recreation Center will be closed the full week, July 1-7.
Residential
garbage and recycling pick-ups will continue as scheduled; Thanksgiving and
Christmas are the only days of the year when residential curbside
trash and recycling are not picked up as scheduled.
City
recycling centers will be open July 4, however, Goodwill attendants will not be
on site to accept household goods donations.
The
City's Solid Waste Management Facility at 1033 Elm Street will be closed July
4. Free Day for city residents will be held on its normally scheduled day of
Saturday, July 6.
Knoxville
Area Transit will suspend bus and trolley service on July 4, and the Customer
Service Counter will be closed. Regularly scheduled services resume July 5.
