Old Dominion University will hold its Fifth Annual Public Arts Festival, BUBBLE FEST, on November 7-8, 2025. The event will take place on the ODU campus in Norfolk, Virginia. It is free and open to the public. The Barry Art Museum will be closed for expansion during the festival.
This year, the main feature is a bubble installation by Australian design studio Atelier Sisu. The installation was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to represent the idea of living in a bubble. Festival activities will run each evening from 5 to 9 p.m. Events include performances by ODU’s dance association, drum line, majorettes, the Rhythm Project, and Sisters in Silica.
Other activities include the ‘Ephemeral Corridor’ with a Bubble Zone, live sugar-blowing, a ‘Bubblecade’ by Video Game Design, glass blowing by the Chrysler Museum of Art, and an art mobile from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Food trucks, a Monarch marketplace, and festival merchandise will be available…