It's that time of year again...to buy your tickets to the annual Taste of Arlington! If you buy online before Saturday, a $20 ticket will provide you with 8 Tastes. Tickets will also be sold Sunday at the street festival for $25.
Taste of Arlington is one of the most popular annual events in Arlington that turns the Ballston area into a fun street festival. This year’s Taste of Arlington is this Sunday, May 22 from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
The street fair will happen rain or shine and will include singing and dancing performances by local artists, games for kids, and tons of food and drink from local vendors. Over local 40 restaurants will be participating, and attendance is expected to be around 15,000 throughout the day.
Catherine Haynes was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. When she received word of the tornados hitting her hometown and surrounding areas, she decided to take action locally.
Soon after hearing about the great losses in her family’s neighborhood, Catherine Haynes was talking to her husband and said, “I feel helpless and I don’t feel like I can help my parents. I feel like we ought to get together and try to help the community as a whole, since I am not there to actually help them get the tree off the house, or get the yard straight."
The couple decided to put the relief effort online and see how many people they could get behind them. The Facebook fan page has grown to over 160 “likes” and is a place where you can find the various drop-off locations, as well as a list of supplies needed. Home goods have become a particular identified need by the aid centers.