Sunday, May 29th 2011, marked the date of the 22nd annual 4th Street Lilac Festival, a one day event that has been known to draw over125,000 Calgarians.

The festival is pleased to offer a wide array of entertainers and over 500 craft, food and entertainment vendors along the 13 blocks of the festival.

“With something for almost everyone to see and do we had participants dancing in the streets to the smooth sounds and scrumptious tastes. Fourth Street is known for it's diverse cultural restaurants - "you can eat around the world on 4th " - and those restaurants took to the streets that day selling samples of their fabulous menus.”

The Lilac Festival has been voted " Calgary 's best free festival" by FFWD (Calgary 's News & Entertainment Weekly) readers for the last THIRTEEN years running.

For more information visit: http://www.4streetcalgary.com/lilacfestival/