BLACKTOP FESTIVAL HITS DOWNTOWN DENVER THIS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH FROM 2-10PM PLUS GALLERY CURATED "SIGHTLINE" REVIVED ON THE LED SCREEN, ALONG WITH "FILMS 4 PEACE"

The Denver Theater District is set to shake up the downtown art and festival scene this weekend with "Blacktop," an all-day lineup of live-music and art, taking place between 13th and 14th on Champa and the DCPA.  Champa street will be closed just south of 14th steet from 2-10pm this saturday for five great band performances as well as the entire "SightLine" program that was previously shown on the LED screen earlier this year for Create Denver week.  Those who came out for that event know that the weather was hardly cooperative that night......but this weekend will hopefully prove different, and with the program being broken up into four 20-minute segments, there's a good chance that it can be seen by many more people over the course of the day no matter what the weather is doing.

In addition, the Puma sponsored "Films 4 Peace" will also be shown on the LED screen, part of the recent World Peace Day initiative in which films commissioned by Puma by renowned artists from across the world (including Gregory Crewdson, Yang Fudong, Isaac Julien, Michael Nyman and more!) have been screened in venues around the world.  Of course, few of those screenings will be as grand as ours, the LED screen at 14th and Champa being one of the best vehicles for public motion-based art in the world. This years commissioned films include 35 mm live action, experimental animation and fine art approaches. Find out more about the project in advance by visiting http://films4peace.com

Films 4 Peace -  Still from Levi van Veluw's short film

Films 4 Peace -  Still from Isaac Julien's short film

"Blacktop" will certainly be the place to be this saturday, don't miss out on this free community event produced by Unit-E and supported by the Denver Theatre District, one that offers something for everyone.  Find out more about Blacktop by visitinghttp://blacktopfestival.com

If you haven't already viewed our short document of "SightLine" yet, view it online at https://vimeo.com/44178071

The band and LED art lineup for the afternoon is as follows:

2-240 SightLine Parts 1 and 2 / LED Screen

3-345 Rubedo / Bandstage

345- 405 SightLine Part 3 / LED Screen

415-5 Wild Pack of Canaries / Bandstage

5-520 SightLine Part 4 / LED Screen

530-615 Luke Wyland / Bandstage

615- 635 Ballet Nuevo

645-745 Nurses / Bandstage

745-805 Films for Peace / LED Screen

815-930 Cody ChesnuTT / Bandstage

We hope to see you there!