Mayor's First Day Festival 2011
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Your guide to the Mayor’s First Day Festival
- Join Mayor Karl Dean for this free community celebration as we welcome the beginning of a new school year with entertainment, educational activities, informational booths and school supplies!
- The event will take place at Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville.
- Doors open at 2 p.m. and the event will last until 4 p.m.
- All Metro Nashville Public Schools students are invited to attend. All students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
- Please bring a canned item to the event for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Most needed items are canned meat, peanut butter, canned fruit, mac and cheese, canned beans, rice and cereal.
- We will be having a Mayor’s First Day Festival after-party from 4-7 p.m. on August 7 at Rocketown located at 601 4th Avenue South.
Mayor’s First Day Festival After-Party
- After party poster
- Sunday, August 7, 2011 from 4 - 7 p.m.
- Rocketown: 601 4th Avenue South
- Admission is free.
Featuring
- DJ LUNCHBOX from 107.5 the River
- Rhyme Lab - Marathon Rap Song
- Jam Lab - Open lab with specific focus on students playing music together
- Driven - Open art studio focusing on painting and/or mural and paint by numbers project
- Video Editing - Green screen video editing workshop
- Elevation - Hip Hop dance workshop
- Sports - 3 on 3 Basketball tournament
- GRAF Demo - Audie
More Information about the Mayor's First Day Event
- Register as a Vendor
- Volunteer at the Festival
- To become a sponsor, please contact Etta Bell, ebell@nashvillechamber.com, (615) 743-3153
In 2000, Metro Government adopted the following civil service rule (Section 4.17) to provide leave for city employees on the First Day of School. View Section 4.17.
For more information or questions, please call (615) 862-6000.