#IceFestCLE and Brite Winter - Cleveland Winter Outdoor Spectaculars

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Julie Smith
Stuart O. Smith, Jr.


#IceFestCLE & Brite Winter - Cleveland Winter Outdoor Spectaculars

2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor
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Brite Winter - "Cleveland’s Premier Winter Art & Music Festival"

What more can we say? Cleveland knows how to have fun in the winter! We had a a great time at these two outdoor winter spectaculars!

#IceFestCLE

2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor

2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor was a three-day event over the February 20-22, 2015, weekend.

We knew we would not able to attend the fun daytime actvities at Ice Fest, since we had a very busy weekend already planned with Friday's PechaKucha Night Cleveland, Saturday's WebSigCleveland.org meeting, and Brite Winter, plus other family commitments. Finally, we planned to end the weekend with Sunday's joint meeting of Film & Forum - Cleveland/Cleveland Machine Intelligence discussion of the artificial intelligence film, Her. All really great events!

Yet, after seeing all fun activities online via @NCoastHarbor and the #IceFestCLE hashtag, we decided we HAD to make the time to stop by in the evening as we were heading to Brite Winter.

2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor Schedule
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2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor Ice Sculptures
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When you see our photos of the impressive sponsors' ice sculptures, you will know we were happy we made the time to stop and see them!

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Here are tweets we saw leading up to @NCoastHarbor's #IceFestCLE, and our @sos_jr tweets with the photos from our visit. We recommend following @NCoastHarbor to learn of more Cleveland happenings. We already see @NCoastHarbor promoting their next big thing.

Thank you to all the sponsors of the 2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor who made this event possible. We truly enjoyed seeing the ice sculptures!

2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor presented by ...
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2015 Ice Fest at North Coast Harbor Sponsors
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Brite Winter - "Cleveland’s Premier Winter Art & Music Festival"

Brite Winter 2015

We go to Brite Winter every year. It is a must-attend event. Held on February 21, 2015, this year's Brite Winter was bigger than ever! It had a record number of bands and art installations.

Brite Winter's Fluri the Yeti
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Brite Winter Festival 2015
Cleveland’s 6th Annual Outdoor, Winter Art & Music Festival
February 21, 2015 from 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm in Ohio City – Cleveland, Ohio.

In addition to three outdoor stages, Brite Winter will feature artists at Great Lakes Brewing Co. Tasting Room, Market Avenue Wine Bar, Old Angle Tavern, Mitchell’s Ice Cream and Town Hall.

Brite Winter is an outdoor, winter art and music festival in Cleveland, OH. The festival, founded in 2010, is a free event that is made possible through donations, community grants & partnerships. The 2015 Brite Winter Festival will feature art installations, games, activities and more than 60 musical acts across the Ohio City Market District including three outdoor stages and five indoor stages.

Here are our photos from the evening:

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There was so much going on that night, no one could see it all. We concentrated on meeting some of Brite Winter's participating partner organizations. Here are a few that we want to highlight (see more details about these ands others in our tweets):

We share photos, articles, and we hope, the spirit of the evening, through our @sos_jr tweets and retweets. Particularly with the organizations mentioned, please take time to learn about their activities. Enjoy!

Thank you to all the Brite Winter sponsors for a great evening!

Brite Winter's  Foundations Supporters and Sponsors
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See our 2014 blog post: Cold Brite Winter & Hot Cavs Game -- it was 14° degrees in 2014 at Brite Winter!

We are looking forward to #Brite16 -- fill out their 2015 survey to help plan for 2016 at: Brite Winter - Goers Survey 2015