Gloworama, feat. H-E-B’s 1st Annual Illuminated Art Car Parade, Lights The Way Thanksgiving Weekend
Downtown Houston will be glowing brightly with an evening of lights, artists and machines kicking off the holiday season on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 1001 Avenida de las Americas (in front of the George R. Brown Convention Center & Discovery Green. The night procession of art cars in H-E-B’s 1st Annual Illuminated Art Car Parade will begin immediately following the 9 p.m. closing of the 50th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts AutoRama.
Schedule The Invincible Czars perform “Nutcracker Suite”
7:30 pm
Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney
Free
Austin’s The Invincible Czars, known for composing a “…frenzied, turn-of-the-century riot inducing classical music…” The Dallas Observer, continues to spread a unique variety of holiday cheer by performing their zealous take on Tchaikovsky’s classic “Nutcracker Suite” at Discovery Green on Saturday, November 28 at 7:30 p.m. to open the park’s ice skating season. Their re-imagined “Nutcracker Suite” appeals to everyone from children to the young at heart seeking to experience the classic holiday tradition in a radical new format that is certain to delight.
VIP Balcony Viewing Party
7 pm – 10 pm
George R. Brown Convention Center balconies
$150, advance purchase only
Get a bird’s eye view of the illuminated art car parade complete with cuisine, open bar and complimentary access to AfterGlow, the official afterparty of Gloworama.
H-E-B’s 1st Annual Illuminated Art Car Parade
9 pm – 10 pm
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Free
See art cars like you’ve never seen them before! It’s Gloworama with spectacular lighting, fire and music making this a parade you will never forget. An electrifying procession of illuminated art cars, brimming with light and color, will weave its way down Avenida de las Americas in front of the George R. Brown Convention Center. An incredible, new 3D light show projected on the George R. Brown Convention Center and never-before-seen in the United States, accompanies the cars and artists as they travel down the avenue and empty into the George R. Brown Convention Center and bask in the Afterglow!
AfterGlow
10 pm – 2 am
George R. Brown Convention Center, Hall A, 1001 Avenida de las Americas
$25 advance purchase
$35 at the door
Party the night away with the illuminated art cars, artists, live music from the Rich Latimer Band, pop-up performances from Luminosity, Ninja Noodles, The Renegades and Their Collection of Carnies, Red Agent Aerialist, Roller Derby Girls and other visual delights you have come to expect from the art car artists. Illuminated costumes encouraged, cash bar.
GLOWORAMA BOX OFFICE
Tickets for all events with Gloworama are available on-line at www.illuminatedartcarparade.com or at the door on event night. VIP tickets are only available for advance purchase. Ticket prices may be subject to increase at the door.
A full listing of Gloworama’s events can be found at: http://www.illuminatedartcarparade.com
Gloworama is generously sponsored by H-E-B, Houston Downtown Alliance, Art Cars of Houston, ABC-13 KTRK, City of Houston Convention & Entertainment Facilities of Houston, City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Bud Light, LD Systems, Continental Airlines and O’Reilly Auto Parts AutoRama in Houston.
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