81st Annual Exchange Club Kite Festival at Zilker Park (81st Zilker Park Kite Festival)
An AKA Sanctioned Kite Festival
|
Date & Location:
|
03/01/2009
|
Zilker Park
2100 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX US
|
|
Activities:
| Fun Fly | | Fun For All Ages | | Kids Kitemaking | | Workshops | |
|
Description:
|
Texans celebrate the spring by flying every kind of kite imaginable and we’re doing it on Sunday March 1, 2009 in Austin, Texas. The Exchange Club Kite Festival at Zilker Park has been held annually for 80 years. There is no admission or registration charge. The 2008 festival drew a crowd well over 15,000. Everyone is welcome whether they fly their kite or come to see the hundreds of kites in the air. Competition is for single line kites but every kind of kite is welcome. Categories include largest, smallest, highest angle, steadiest, most unusual and strongest pulling. All ages are eligible to compete in categories for youth and adults. See our web page for events and rules. Trophies are awarded to first, second and third place winners. The Oldest and youngest competitors win trophies too. All kites entered must be home made. Sport Kite, buggy, fighter kite and other kite flying demonstrations will be held all day. David and Susan Gomberg are our special guests. Proceeds from vendor sales go to help children in crisis. Come on down and enjoy “Kite Day” - an event that is uniquely "Austintatious". While you are here, enjoy the SXSW music festival and other spectacular spring happenings in the “Live Music Capital of the World”. Rain date is Sunday March 8, 2009.
|
|
|
|
For additional information contact:
|
|
Directions:
|
From Interstate Highway 35, take the Riverside Exit going west towards downtown Austin. Turn left onto Barton Springs Road. Stay on Barton Springs Road, it ultimately goes through Zilker Park. Stop when you see kites in the air.
|
|
|
|