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Momentum - Hot Glass | Cool Music is a three-day festival of music and art in downtown Toledo, Ohio with a focus on the revitalizing waterfront. It will be the first festival in the newly renovated Promenade Park! The event celebrates Toledo's rich artistic history and its promising and evolving forward trajectory. Momentum includes: “Momentum After Dark”, a music event in the Warehouse District, “Glass, Music, & Art Festival” with over 20 glass & design vendors, music, food trucks, and public art in Promenade Park, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and the Music of Prince in Promenade Park, and the month long “Momentum Juried Competition & Exhibition” which will award to $10,000 to artists working in glass and glass-related materials. Full weekend schedule: September 15 7:30pm-10:30pm Toledo Symphony Orchestra performing The Music of Prince | Promenade Park Backed by the TSO and featuring members of His Royal Badness’ own band, The New Power Generation, we bring you all the hits from Little Red Corvette, 1999, and Raspberry Beret to When Doves Cry and Purple Rain. LA-based lead vocalist Mackenzie Green was specifically chosen for this production because he has the look, the voice, and the style of Prince. Performed like never before, this symphonic tribute honors the legend, the icon, the megastar...Prince! The concert will be free for the community. September 16 & 17 10:00am-5:00pm Glass, Music & Art Festival | Promenade Park September 16 5:30pm–10:00pm Juried Competition and Exhibition Opening Reception | Secor Building 8:30pm–1:00am Momentum After Dark | Multiple venues in the Warehouse District The Momentum exhibition will showcase artworks from regional and national artists working in glass, glass related materials, and materials referencing glass to celebrate this unique narrative and the work that evolves from it. Additional information is available at www.theartscommission.org/momentum