Cincinnati Flower Show& Cincinnati May Festival
Every year Cincinnati celebrates the spring with flowers and music.
In late April, the city hosts the Cincinnati Flower Show, the only exhibition (展览) of is kind on the continent. It's a fashion week for the gardening set: Leading gardeners show new flowers and the air is filled with talks of the latest trends and new colors. A show-within-a-show gives hobby gardeners an opportunity to show off their works, and other exhibits feature fine flower arrangements, table settings, and plants in indoor design. The nine-day schedule includes an opening ceremony, wonderful professional lectures, lovely tea parties, and gardening lessons.
The city welcomes visitors again a month later, to the Cincinnati May Festival, the oldest continuously held choral (合唱的) festival in the Western Hemisphere (半球) . Historic Music Hall was built to house the event five years later. The May Festival Chorus was founded in 1880. And the well-known Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (交响乐团) ( CSO) became part of the festival not long after its formation in 1895. Today the May Festival has few competitors across the world when it comes to presenting world-class performances. The concerts of two weekends in a row at Music Hall attract thousands of music lovers from all over the world.
Cincinnati Flower Show: 6201 Kellogg Ave.
Tel: 800-670-6808 or 513-872-5194
Cost: $20
When: 9 days in late Apr.
Cincinnati May Festival: Music Hall, 1241 Elm St.
Tel: 513-621-1919
Cost: Single concert $15
When: Over the last 2 weekends in May
Where to Stay: Cincinnation Hotel
(800-942-9000 or 513-381-3000, from $160)
