This is a TENTATIVE look at the 2008 event schedule.
Schedules are suggestions only and not fixed.

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Friday Sep 5 - Saturday Sep 6

Booth and digital media presence at Raleigh Wide Open to promote SPARKcon

Thursday Sep 18 (SPARKcon WEEKEND)

7p: artSPARK: Impromptu Local Art Gallery @ TBA
9p: KICK OFF w/ Local Beer Local Band @ Tir Na Nog featuring:
I Was Totally Destroying It
Hammer No More The Fingers
The Young Sons
The Trousers
9p: Blue Mountain w/ Cory Branan @ The Pour House
all weekend: healthSPARK challenge: tips for what ails you from local experts

Friday Sep 19 (SPARKcon WEEKEND)

9a-12p: ideaSPARK: “Our City, Our Web” @ Urban Design Center
2p-5p: ideaSPARK: “Our City, Our Design” @ Urban Design Center
3p: GroundSPARK / Streetpainting Festival starts @ Moore Square / Martin St
7p: danceSPARK TBA @ TBA
8p: FashionSPARK & bodySPARK fashion show @ Moore Square
7:30p: Ari Hest w/ KS Rhoads + GreenSky Bluegrass @ The Pour House
8p: Suicide Blonde w/ Gerry McCrudden @ Tir na Nog
9:30p: storySPARK & musicSPARK host storytellers session featuring Kenny Roby & Terry Anderson @ Slims
10p: yogaSPARK hosts African Drum Circle @ Moore Square
10p: Schizophrenic Octopus presents Breakdancing Competition @ Loft 135
10p: fashionSPARK After Party @ Mosquito

Saturday Sep 20 (SPARKcon WEEKEND)

all day: GroundSPARK / Streetpainting Festival starts @ Moore Square / Martin St
9a-9p: BugFest @ Museum of Natural Sciences featuring: bugs as food, insect education, beehive wig contest live bands
9a-5p: youthSPARK and Marbles host ‘Kidphoon’ scavenger hunt @ Marbles/Moore Square
8a-6p: yogaSPARK in the park @ Moore Sq
yogaSPARK: yoga and meditation classes for all ages, belly dancers, contortionists, workshops
9a-6p: Meditation in the park led by 1% for Peace, Zen, Pranayama, Unity Church and others
10a-4p: bazaarSPARK @ Moore Square
bazaarSPARK: fashion designers, crafters fleamarket, farmers market, rock&shop
12-4p: Scrap Exchange build-a-thon, groundSPARK area @ Moore Square / Martin St
2-7p: graffitiSPARK @ Moore Square
2-4p: storySPARK readings @ Moore Square stage featuring
G.D. Gearino,William Rokos, William Conescu
4p: storySPARK: War Stories from N&O news correspondent @ The Pour House
5p: groundSPARK/ streetpainting awards & announcements
7p-9p: BugFest Music @ Museum of Natural Sciences
8p: artSPARK / storySPARK / danceSPARK @ Moore Square
artSPARK: Image Slam, Burning coal performance
storySPARK: Dasan Ahanu & Lorrie Guess host Poetry Slam
danceSPARK: Schizophrenic Octopus
9p: Paddy Gibney w/ The Ghosts of Erin + Performance by the Inis Cairde
School of Irish dance @ Tir na Nog
9p: Stacy Kidd @ Solas
10p: Urban Sophisticates w/ Blount Harvey @ The Pour House
10p: Richard Bacchus & The Luckiest Girls w/ Lonnie Walker @ Slims
10p: storySPARK After Dark: erotic poetry @ Metro

Sunday Sep 21 (SPARKcon WEEKEND)

9a-11a: yogaSPARK in the park @ Moore Sq
12noon: Public moment of silence followed by reception @ Moore Square
1p & 2p: 1% for Peace and Unity Church present International Day of Peace initiative @ Moore Sq.
2p-4p: Next Steps to SPARK on! @ Urban Design Center
8p: filmSPARK @ Moore Square
9p: Eymarel w/ J. Wail @ The Pour House