Weekend Planner: Nativity Art Festival, BBSO Opening
The Farmers Market's Harvest Festival, the Banana Festival, and 'Follies' headline events.
The 2008 Best of Show from the Nativity Art Festival was "Kauai" by Phil Gibbon.
Timothy Wittlinger
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It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do this weekend.
Birmingham Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time.
- Follies opening
When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Where: Village Players Theater
Why Go: The Village Players latest production, Follies, opens this weekend. With famous numbers from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, the musical has been described as both compelling and sophisticated. - Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra opening gala
When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Pine Lake Country Club at 3300 Pine Lake Rd. in Orchard Lake
Why Go: The Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra kicks off its season with an opening gala featuring lakefront dining followed by the concert. - Harvest Festival
When: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday
Where: Birmingham Farmers Market off North Old Woodward Avenue
Why Go: Learn more about Birmingham’s agricultural heritage at the Farmers Market Harvest Festival. In addition to the area’s freshest produce, families will learn about the evolution of farming with hands-on activities for all ages. Shoppers can see and pet farm animals at the event, courtesy of Bowers School Traveling Farm. - Nativity Festival of the Arts
When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Where: Nativity Episcopal Church at 21220 W 14 Mile Rd. in Bloomfield Township.
Why Go: More than 40 juried artists will present their work in a gallery setting. Free admission to gallery during the day. - Banana Festival
When: 2-7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: St. Paul United Methodist Church at 165 E. Square Lake Rd. in Bloomfield Township
Why Go: The funky festival features a bounce house, clowns and face painting, games for all ages, a tour of a fire truck, Ban-Joes Banjo band entertainment, the Praise Band, banana splits and hotdogs. A showing of Raiders of the Lost Ark is set for 6 p.m.
What else is going on this weekend?
Tell us in the comments.
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"Follies" by the Village Players
September 16, 2011 / September 17, 2011 / September 23, 2011 / September 24, 2011 / September 30, 2011 / October 1, 2011 at 8:00 pm -
Village Players
34660 Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI -
BBSO Opening Gala - Pops at Pine Lake
September 17, 2011 at 6:30 pm3300 Pine Lake Road, Orchard Lake, MI -
Harvest Festival
September 18, 2011 at 9:00 am–2:00 pmN Old Woodward Ave & Harmon St, Birmingham, MI (Birmingham Farmers Market) -
Nativity 28th Festival of the Arts
September 16, 2011 / September 17, 2011 / September 18, 2011 at 10:00 am–5:00 pm21220 W 14 Mile Rd, Bloomfield, MI (Nativity Episcopal Church)
