Italian Street Fair: May 4-6, 2007, Gay Street and Market Square in Downtown Knoxville

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 exhibitions, wine tastings, and a wide variety of other community events with a vibrant Italian Street Fair on May 5th, in which Knoxville?s Gay Street is transformed from a busy downtown 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 with entertainment, fun and games. The Italian Street Fair drew over 65,000 people to downtown Knoxville last year. This year, we're expecting many, many more!

This year's festival features two sizzling performances of Carmen at the Tennessee Theatre, first on Friday, May 4 at 8:00 p.m. and again on Sunday, May 6, at 2:30 p.m

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