Pick It Up, Oxford!: Double Decker Arts Festival 2009 in Oxford, Mississippi features Earth-friendly vendor: Art By The Case

Monday, May 4, 2009

Double Decker Arts Festival 2009 in Oxford, Mississippi features Earth-friendly vendor: Art By The Case

The Double Decker Arts Festival in Oxford, Mississippi is first and foremost a street party. No doubt, over 100 vendors were involved, selling everything from wall art to cupcakes, from cheese serving pieces to neon glowy necklaces, from kudzu baskets to fried pickles.

The amount of garbage strewn in the streets after this festival is horrendous. By evening, the square resembles a Mardis Gras side street, in much need of a hose-off. The city of Oxford, however, does an incredible job of cleaning up after this festival. It is quite amazing, to leave the festival late at night, cups and napkins blowing around like tumbleweeds in the streets, and then to drive through a completely clean Oxford square the next day. My applause goes to the city of Oxford on this - it is SO important to get all of that trash properly disposed of, before it winds up in our ravines and little waste water streams in the hilly terrain of our town.

The festival also offers rides on the authentic double decker buses of Oxford, for which the festival was named.The highlight of this year's festival, for me, was Art By The Case.