100th Birthday Kick Off with May Day Celebration at Theatre Memphis
The event features artists and artisans' booths, food trucks, performances, and more!
Theatre Memphis will turn 100 years old on May 20, 2021, and will be hosting a May Day Celebration event on May 1, 2021, on the campus of the newly renovated facility as the first of several related events. There will be over 20 artists' and artisans' booths in the parking lot along with five premier food trucks to service the crowds. A performance stage will also be on the grounds all day, 10am - 4pm, with a wide variety of offerings, along with roving entertainment. A cash/credit beverage bar will also be open.
Vendors with booths participating can be viewed at https://theatrememphis.org/may-day-artist-artisan-booths. Those include visual artists, potters, vintage and original clothing and accessories, specialty food chefs and more. The day's entertainment will vary from puppetry to dance demonstrations and comedy. The full list of performers can be seen at https://theatrememphis.org/may-day-entertainment. The food trucks serving that day are Good Groceries, El Mero Taco, Memphis Dim Sum, Cousins Maine Lobster and MemPops.
More details on the entire event are at https://theatrememphis.org/may-day-celebration. Masks will be required for this free outdoor event, with all current safety COVID-19 protocols enforced.
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Speak, Salvation, Speak Hattiloo Theatre (8/13-9/06) |
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Emerge: New Student Dance Works Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (3/26-3/27) |
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Rigoletto The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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CLUE Orpheum Theatre (9/15-9/20) |
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Leanne Morgan Thompson Boling Arena (12/12-12/12) |
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Continuum: A Faculty and Guest Artist Choreographed Dance Concert Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (11/20-11/22) |
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A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson Poems Park (9/19-9/19) |
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Opera Memphis' 70th Anniversary Concert Overton Park Shell (10/10-10/10) |
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Clue The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (9/15-9/20) |
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Mozart’s The Secret Gardener (La finta giardiniera) The Morrow Lawn at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens (4/10-4/17) |