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WHERE DO YOU BLUE MOON?
BLUE MOON’S PETER ANDERSON FESTIVAL KICK-OFF FEATURES PUB CRAWL
Story by Cherie Ward
Photos courtesy of Chandeleur Outfitters, Murky Waters and F.E.B. Distributing
The annual Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival just keeps getting better and better and this year’s kick-off event is going to be even more spectacular than previous launch parties.
Oh, patrons still got to raise a glass to last year’s Blue Moon Art Project participants and snack on tasty treats, sip beer, listen to music, and bid on silent auction items, but instead of a stationary party, this year’s Blue Moon Kick-Off was a six-restaurant pub crawl with a football theme.
The event was set for October 15 and the participating restaurants each offered a different beer with a complimenting food pairing. The night began downtown in the City of Discovery at the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce-Main Street-Tourism Bureau tent set up at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Government Street in front of Chandeleur Outfitters.
And there were also a couple of puzzling surprises
along the way. “The pub crawl started with stopping by
the tent and getting your first puzzle piece,” said Chamber President and CEO Cynthia Sutton. “At each stop, participants got another puzzle piece to let them know where to go next and theyliterally built an art piece that was theirs in the end.”
The event ended at Murky Waters on Government Street where pub crawlers found Elizabeth Huffmaster, the 2023 Blue Moon Art Project Winner, signing posters of her award-winning artwork.
F.E.B. Distributing Company is a long-time presenting sponsor of the Peter Anderson Festival, a partnership created 14 years ago with the inaugural Blue Moon Art Project.
“It’s been a great complement to the festival and become an avenue to attract more and more artists each year,” said Jeff Bertucci, F.E.B. Distributing vice president of operations. “We are extremely proud to showcase the winner’s art every year in all of the promotions we do.”
Bertucci added when they approached the chamber 14 years ago to sponsor the Blue Moon Art Project, there were similar Blue Moon art events at festivals throughout the country.
“And now, ours is the only one that’s still going strong,” he said.
Pub Crawl started at Chandeleur Outfitters...
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2023 Blue Moon Art Project Winner, Elizabeth Huffmaster (far left), was in attendance.
...and ended at Murky Waters.