Check out the Loring Park Art Festival to see original works by over 140 visual artists. While strolling through the park's beautiful gardens, you'll hear musicians playing, see stage performances, and various art forms like painting, photography, prints, jewelry, glass and more. There are plenty of food booths and children's activities available so the kids won't get bored and you'll have no reason to be hungry.
The Southern Theater has been bringing fine theater to the area since 1910, that's over 100 years of theater, from vaudeville, to silent films, foreign language films, and stage productions - minus a couple of other career ventures and hiatuses. Presently, the Southern prides itself on being the finest theater in the area to catch productions of independent arts.