September 17– 26, 2009
Mark your calendars now for the
exciting new arts event that draws
visitors from the southeast and beyond!
2009 Performance Applications now Available...click here!
Ken Sharp of 182 Deerfield Lane, Eatonton, GA 31024 was our winner of the 2009 Westobou Festival Get-Away!
What did he win? »
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Interactive Festival Map available! Venues are listed by Dance, Music Other, Theater and Visual Arts. Click on a venue link to view the list of events, dates, times, cost and directions. Our Lodging Partners are also featured!
City starts to "do Westobou"
Arts festival begins with concert, display
By Steven Uhles, Augusta Chronicle
The inaugural Westobou Festival opened Thursday night with a little British Invasion and some quiet meditation.
The 10-day festival officially kicked off in front of a packed Augusta Common. Eyeing the grassy expanse anxiously as crowds began to filter in, Kathi Dimmock, managing director of the festival, said there were equal parts nerves and anticipation as the event finally began...
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2008 Porter Fleming Literary Competition Winners Announced! Winners are invited to participate in a special literary program during the 2008 Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival. View Winners! 
The 10-day Westobou Festival,
September 18 – 27, will encompass
downtown Augusta, Georgia,
including Augusta State University
and Paine College. Each day and evening will feature
an array of dance, musical,
theatrical, and visual arts events
to
dazzle visitors and showcase the
wealth of local and regional artistic
talent that has exploded in this area.
Augusta’s major arts organizations – Ballet, Opera, Symphony – have embraced the Festival. The Morris Museum of Art, the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Historic Augusta, The Imperial Theatre, Artists’ Row, Augusta State University and Sacred Heart Cultural Center all plan special exhibitions and activities as well.
Westobou Festival Sponsors
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