The Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau plans a Five Start Arts Festival the weekend of September 25-27.  It will highlight Kansas artists in both local businesses and tents in downtown Abilene .

Activities will kick-off Friday, September 25 at 6 p.m. with live music at the main stage on 2nd Street with a line up of family entertainment. Saturday morning there will be a free pancake breakfast hosted by Eagle Communications beginning at 7 a.m.  Artists open their booths from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and again on Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Bright balloons will signal the local business featuring an artist.  Other artists will display their works in tents around the 2nd Street vicinity of Broadway and Spruce Streets.

A schedule of live entertainment on two stages downtown will be released in the coming weeks. A tent filled with children’s activities will be hosted by Frakes & Co. on Saturday and Sunday, and there will be food vendors the entire weekend.

The “Taste of Abilene” which debuted last year will return Saturday, September 27, with doors opening at 6 p.m.  Tickets may be purchased for $20 at the CVB office inAbilene. The “Taste” willbe held in the historic depot on 2nd Street providing a chance to sample delicious dishes from local Abilene restaurants.