Bee Cave welcomes Pecan Street Festival From the cover
The overview
During the festival May 3-4, the Galleria’s streets were lined with vendors while performances took place on the lawn.
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The Pecan Street Festival has been held in Austin on Sixth Street since the late 1970s, but this spring the event found a new home in Bee Cave for its 50th anniversary. The move came after changes were made to Sixth Street, including new safety measures put in place by the city of Austin, making hosting the event downtown challenging. In total, 170 artists and vendors convened May 3-4 at the festival’s new location in the Hill Country Galleria to share artwork, food and music with attendees who were able to explore Bee Cave’s shops and businesses while attending the free festival. With the festival now wrapped up, city o cials, artists and festival producers are sharing their thoughts on how the event went and what may be in store for future festivals.
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Independence Day Festival has been hosted for over a decade. “We think we are going to be aiming to come back into Austin [for the next festival] rather than Bee Cave, but Bee Cave was very success- ful,” Pecan Street Association President Shannon Sedwick said. “It was a really good festival. It was packed. They had tons of the kind of crowds that we used to get back in the day of young families with kids and strollers.”
In March, festival producers at Special Events Live announced the relocation of Pecan Street Festival, citing challenges imposed by the intro- duction of new safety bollards and fences along Sixth Street as the reason for their departure. While the city of Austin suggested other loca- tions downtown, such as Congress Avenue, none were ultimately deemed viable for the festival, organizers said. Instead of Austin, producers turned to the Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave, where the group’s
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170 arts/crafts vendors
30 sponsors
12 musical acts
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