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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

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Chris Eure

The Paramount Theater
Executive Director

7:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Cville Gives Grant NightNow Open Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen & BreweryPosner Wealth Management

8:00pm EDT

An Evening with John CleeseNow Open The Paramount TheaterJohn Cleese • Division of Perceptual Studies

3:30pm EDT

Roundtable: Revitalizing Main StreetAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall SouthWinona Dimeo-Edgar • Ric Cavender • Becky Ceperley • Juanita Hardy • Mona El Khafif • Johnny Magdaleno • Hana Passen • Melody Warnick

5:00pm EDT

Life After Death with John Cleese and UVA DOPSNow Open The Paramount TheaterJohn Cleese • Bruce Greyson, M.D. • Jim B. Tucker M.D. • Edward Kelly, Ph.D. • Emily Williams Kelly, Ph.D. • Kim Penberthy, Ph.D. • Division of Perceptual Studies

10:00pm EDT

Silent DiscoFull Old Metropolitan Hall

9:00am EDT

Founding Stories - GRIT: Overcoming AdversityNow Open The Paramount TheaterNatalie Brzezinski • Mark Brzezinski • Bradford Manning • Leland Melvin • Bryan Smith • Mark Warner • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

12:00pm EDT

Founders Luncheon: Brands in the Age of DistractionAlmost Full Downtown GrilleMargo Bulka • Z Bryant • Magnus Hierta • Darcey Lacy • Lindsey Norment • StoryWare • Willowtree • Sir Speedy

2:00pm EDT

Master Class: The Creative CurveAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall NorthAllen Gannett • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3:00pm EDT

The Edge of EntertainmentNow Open Violet Crown - Theater 3Roben Farzad • Karen Seminara • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly

4:00pm EDT

A Vision for Charlottesville Climate LeadershipFull Violet Crown - Theater 4David Toscano • Wes Bellamy • Grey McLean • Charity Pennock • Sun Tribe Solar

10:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Back That Thing Up Dance PartyNow Open The Jefferson TheaterThe Jefferson Theater

10:00am EDT

Iron Chef Competition Charlottesville City Market