Night street view through purple loops of Resolution Oak tree on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina at First Night Raleigh festival
Since its first festival in April 1980, Artsplosure has presented scores of outdoor programs and large-scale festivals featuring thousands of established and emerging visual, performing, and interdisciplinary artists in numerous traditional and non-traditional indoor venues and outdoor settings. Past and present Artsplosure-produced events include the Jazz & Blue Music Festival, the African American Cultural Festival, First Night Raleigh, Live & Local Hillsborough Street, and its namesake event, Artsplosure - The Raleigh Arts Festival.
Artsplosure also offers programming and production support for other events seeking artistic components, such as J. Cole’s Dreamville Music Festival, IBM’s Wide Open Bluegrass, Destination Dix Festival, and more.
Through our work, we strive to produce quality events that make the creativity of the most imaginative and celebrated artists accessible to the public – all in an effort to enrich our community and inspire greater love for the visual and performing arts.
Night street view through purple loops of Resolution Oak tree on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina at First Night Raleigh festival
Two acrobatic street performers holding onto a pole above a large crowd on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh at the Artsplosure - Raleigh Arts festival
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