40 Days + 40 Nights (An Arts and Culture Explosion) is back! The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge is hard at work and will annouce guidelines and deadlines by May 1.

The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge will also coordinate the Third Annual Roanoke Arts Festival: City Soul! as part of 40 Days + 40 Nights.

Please continue to check this web site www.4040fest.com or www.theartscouncil.org for more information.

Please note: 40 Days + 40 Nights (An Arts and Culture Explosion) and the Roanoke Arts Festival: City Soul! are promotional opportunities ONLY. The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge does not have funding to pay artists, arts organizations or cultural organizations for their participation.

However, this is a wonderful promotional opportunity! We will promote all events and activities via FREE take away booklets, print/radio and social media applications. Participation is free to members of The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge. A nomimal fee - to cover administrative costs - for non-members is $100.

More information coming very soon!