It’ll be sad to see it go,

but it’ll be fun to watch it leave.

The Art | Everywhere opening night was one of the best nights of my life. It was also, by many accounts, one of the more fun nights on Granby Street in recent memory. (Click here for Hannah’s review of the festivities.) It was kind of magic, to be honest. Here’s proof:

It was all so fun we’re getting the band back together for another night of loving art, loving music, loving comedy, and loving (as they say) life. It’s July 1st. Here’s the Facebook page so you can invite all your friends.

Dah rules... play by em. (Click on this for a larger version.)

This time there will be as much of an emphasis on the street performance as the art itself. Our larger goal is to make Norfolk (and the region) as artified as possible. The art in the windows was a temporary thing; music and performance on the streets goes on and on and on.

Here are a couple articles on how we’re going to make this happen: We Want to Busk You Up and Facilitating Street Performance in Norfolk. Join our little revolution on Facebook here.

If you’re a musician or street performer, we want to invite you to come out and play with us. But you’ve got to know the rules and play nice. (We’re thinking long term, not a night of mayhem here.)

A few basics: You can’t be in the street or impeding pedestrians; do not actively solicit tips (an open case is fine); and don’t be amplified. (See the insert for specifics.) And if a business owner or a cop asks you to do something that sounds reasonable, be nice about it. We can work together on this. No drama, y’all, only love.

The Rundown (Links are to Facebook event pages & clips):

6pm. Reception for musicians, artists, property owners, and organizers at Jack Quinn’s.

Hahahahhahahahha!

7pm. Music in Here Again! at Art Everywhere @ aLatte Cafe

This will feature The Darling Starlings (Liz McClendon and Skye Zentz); Drew Worden; Sarah Carter; and Ronnie Talman and The Tumbleweeds.

7-10pm. AltDaily’s kickoff of the Norfology campaign: a red carpet video shoot at Granby Theater. Tell us what you love about Norfolk.

8pm. Open Mic Poetry @ Bean There Cafe

10pm. Humor in Hell’s Kitchen @ Hell’s Kitchen

The lads blew the roof off last time, and we expect them to again. Alex Kypros, Brendan Kennedy, CB Wilkins, Kim Durfee, Jerome Middleton, Regi Elliott, and Tim Loulies, with occasional intrusions by George Booker.

11pm. Pawn Shop Lifters @ Hell’s Kitchen

“This Hampton Roads trio, fuses equal parts rock, Americana and blues into dense guitar-driven anthems about the everyday life of the 21st century country boy,” said local heartthrob Shugrue.

I just made myself so excited for this night my ear popped off like Mr. Potato Head…. So you’ll have to excuse me for a minute.

Join up on Facebook. Invite your friends. We. Run. These. Streets.