Event includes performances from Ned and the Dirt, wares from local artisans
Yearly event, Craft. Bar. Happy. Weekend kicks off Friday, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Columbia Museum of Art, promising a weekend full of great local art, music, and food. The event continues on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and includes crafting workshops for everyone, from the most serious crafters to people who are just getting started.
Friday night kicks off with local music favorite, Ned and the Dirt, who will be performing songs off of their most recently released album, “Giants.” The album will also be for sale for those who were unable to buy it at their album release show in May. Greater Columbia Society for the Preservation of Soul, a soul and R&B based group, will perform as well.
As well as being able to view crafts made by local artists, there will also be food available from The Wurst Wagon, a local food truck that specializes in authentic German sausage, J’s Concessions,cq selling fair food such as French fries, candy apples, and the like, as well as Earth Fair, a local,healthy supermarket.
When you enter the event, you will to see Columbia Museum of Art’s crowd-sourced community gallery exhibition, a project that features 100 artists who faced the challenge of creating a work of art within a one by one by one foot area. The event will also feature “Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh,” and the collection galleries within the museum.
Admission to Craft. Bar. Happy. Weekend is $10 for non-members, $6 for members, $4 for students and free admission for children under 10. The event promises to be a great weekend full of local talent, so be sure to check it out if you have the chance.