Live: Ongoing coverage of LAAFF via Twitter & YouTube

Posted on by Jake Frankel

The Lexington Avenue Art and Fun Festival is happening in downtown Asheville this weekend, Sept. 3-4. Below the videos is an aggregation (moderated) of Twitter dispatches from the local celebration (hashtag: #laaff).

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Sneaky McFly and Unifire, LAAFF 2011.

Video by DocJen.

Dancing at LAAFF (“Don’t you hate it when kids cramp your style?”)

Video by belleterrenc

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Video slide show by russdodson:

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One thought on “Live: Ongoing coverage of LAAFF via Twitter & YouTube”

  1. Sneaky McFly

    The fire artist are from the Asheville based troupe Unifire Theatre…www.unifiredance.com

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