Fabulous Food!

The best place to look for food as artistic inspiration is, of course, the Festival Dining Tent. The restaurants are taking Paradise City's food theme to heart, and pulling out all the stops for their best menus ever! Enjoy a glass of wine while sampling a diverse menu of culinary delicacies.

Just a few of the tantalizing choices...

pad thai and crab rangoons... glazed garlic chicken curry... gourmet burgers... dim sum... grilled quesadillas... strawberry shortcake... key lime tarts... homemade ice cream... mango lassi and fresh-squeezed lemonade... bubble tea...
wine bar and beer

The delicious art of cooking
at Paradise City, presented by:

Eastside Grill • Paradise City Tavern
Mama Iguana's • Amber Waves
Spoleto • Great Wall
India House • Bart's Ice Cream

Live on the Soundstage!

While you're dining, enjoy a terrific lineup of music every afternoon.

Roger Salloom & Friends • Saturday, October 9
     A seven-piece band of some of Northampton's finest musicians provide bass, drums, keyboards, at least two horns, Barbara Ween on vocals and Roger on guitar.

The O-Tones • Sunday, October 10
    New! A Swing and Motown band that will melt your hearts and get your feet dancing. Named the 'Best Swing Band in the Valley', this eight-piece band has three stellar singers, bass, rhythm and lead guitars, hot sax, drums, boogie-woogie piano and lots of soul.

Columbus Day is New Orleans Day! • Monday, October 11
    The fabulous sax player Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers winds up the weekend at Paradise City. He brings his four-piece band and a repertoire of New Orleans-flavored jazz and rhythm and blues.

Saxophonist
Charles Neville

Friends gather in the Dining Tent

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Sculpture Garden

Every season brings change to Paradise City's permanent outdoor Sculpture Garden, along with a wellspring of fantastic ideas for your home landscape. There's a brand-new crop of outrageous sculptures and functional garden pieces, created especially for the garden by our exhibiting artists.

Stroll through the trees and flowers, admire this season's placement of works and then cast your vote for the 'People's Choice Awards for Outdoor Art' - your favorite piece displayed in Paradise City's Sculpture Garden. More about the garden...

Special Exhibit!

Don't miss 'crEATe: Food as Artistic Inspiration' an exceptional show-within-a-show celebrating the delectable relationship between food and art. The artists and designers of Paradise City will interpret the subject of food through the prism of fine and functional art, inspired by our passion for cooking and our appreciation of nature's bounty. Read more...

Silent Art Auction

Paradise City's Silent Art Auctions have raised more than $200,000 over the years to benefit many local community non-profit organizations.

In the spirit of the show's theme of 'art and food', Paradise City Arts Festival's annual Silent Art Auction at the October 2010 event benefits the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Hundreds of beautiful and valuable works of art and fine craft donated by Paradise City artists will be auctioned off over the three days of the show. Read more...

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Hands on Creative Activities and Dynamic Demonstrations!

Master Potter Tim Scull is renowned for his enormous pots and platters, distinguished by the marks of wood vapor, raku, saggar and pit firing. Stop by Scull's booth at Paradise City for fascinating insights on clay and a bravura demonstration of his ceramic skills.

For the Kids!
Take part in Table for Ten activities sponsored by Museums10 every day. Try your hand at 'Possibilities by the Plateful' as you explore the artistic potential of the paper plate. Pick up a Scavenger Hunt for the art detectives in your family. Learn about Museum10's rich menu of fall events and exhibitions, and be sure to enter their restaurant gift certificate contest.

And after the show...

.......there's always something happening in Northampton and the surrounding area - museums, fine dining, visitor attractions, unique shopping and more. Support our sponsors!

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