NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The 9th Annual NEON Festival is returning to Norfolk this week and is expected to attract nearly 7,000 people.
The two-day art experience, being held Oct. 17-18, will feature installations, fashion shows, music performances and pop-up galleries throughout a three-block radius inside the Mermaid City’s NEON District. For the first time ever, 14 local curators and event producers awarded grants by the Downtown Norfolk Council will be featured.
“We have all these new entertainers and DJ’s and artists,” said Rachel McCall, Downtown Norfolk Council vice president. “They were selected by our committee, and then they were given the grant to then create their own programming, and we paired them with one of the local venues that participate in the festival.”
Thursday night’s entertainment will be housed at the newly renovated Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
“We will be inside the new wing of the Glass studio in their amazing new hot shop,” she said. “People will be blowing glass. We have some live music. We have blood yoga. It should be really fun. And then we have a free dance concert at the Hague School.”