ARTfest
Thanks for coming to the 17th ArtFest on Saturday, the 23rd of August, 2025!
ArtFest now takes place
to the south side of Main Street --
lovely and shady, and with more room!
The seventeenth ArtFest took place on Saturday, August 23rd, 2025, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. surrounding the monument on the Square and down Market Street in downtown Bloomsburg, with more than seventy art and craft and fine food vendors and local non-profit partners and with live music by local performers all day and fun activities for people of all ages.
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See below for the full line-up of vendors, non-profit partners, and music.
The event provides a lively, comfortable atmosphere for the general public to see art, meet and talk with artists about their studio practices, and purchase fine artworks. Attendance has grown by leaps and bounds since the move to the Square in 2017; 4,000 people enjoyed one of Bloomsburg's prettiest streets on the #BestDayOfTheYear in 2024.
2023 promotional video
Downtown Bloomsburg has plenty of parking; you need to feed the meters 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, and in addition to coins you can now also pay through the Passport app; to sign up, go to PassportParking.com.
Downtown Blooomsburg, Inc. (DBI), the non-profit organization devoted to the betterment of Bloomsburg's downtown commercial district, founded ArtFest in 2009; The Exchange, a non-profit dedicated to bringing the arts to all communities throughout our region, has produced the event since 2016; and the Town of Bloomsburg has provided the venue and support services each year. Both DBI and The Exchange look forward to other events -- both in-person and on-line -- that our fellow citizens can enjoy safely; for more information, please visit DowntownBloomsburg.org and elsewhere here at ExchangeArts.org. For more information about the Town, please visit BloomsburgPA.org.
FastBridge Fiber provides sponsorship for ArtFest.
Come see them in their booth near the music tent!
Downtown Bloomsburg, Inc. founded ArtFest and provides ongoing support.
ArtFest is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
ArtFest receives promotional support from the Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau and Seven Mountains Media
2025 art and craft vendors
and non-profit partners:
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Cats In Bloom -- cat café information
Tower Mountain Studio Jewelry -- handmade silver jewelry
The Bloomsburg Singers -- information and Bloomopoly
Gaia Darling -- freshwater pearl and natural gemstone jewelry
Columbia County Historical Society -- information
TabbyCat Leather -- leather goods
Born Too Late Tie-Dyes -- clothing and accessories
Her Unruly Art -- framed original watercolors
Laurabee Studios -- recycled metal jewelry
Christine's Soap Box -- handmade soaps, scrubs, lotions, etc.
Bill Kassel Fine Art -- gouache, acrylic, and oil paintings
Chickadee Knacks -- stained glass
Laughing Fox Studio -- mixed media
Dave Aquilante Fine Art -- watercolors
Kathryn B. Jewelry -- handcrafted silversmith jewelry
Artwork by Keith Renard -- watercolors
Fly Me Home -- upcycled accessories
Windy Hill Woodturning -- hand-turned wood items
Camille Moser -- mixed-media acrylic and collage
Lisa's Gone Shopping -- Furoshiki fabric carryall bags
Luminary Photography Design -- photography
Four Suns Studios -- ceramics
Bookmobile -- Columbia County Traveling Library
Bloomsburg Public Library -- hands-on fun
Fishing Creek Watershed Association -- container garden contest
River Poets -- hands-on poetry
The Exchange's Art Cart -- all-ages fun
Susquehanna Greenway Partnership -- regional information
Jeremy's Journey -- education on addiction and overdose
Berwick Black Box Theater -- live theater information
Misho Fluid Art -- resin art
Grace Gallery -- reproductions of watercolor drawings
Myriads by Melissa -- jewelry and accessories
FastBridge Fiber -- EVENT SPONSOR
Wesley United Methodist Church -- sidewalk chalk​
Gail Fox Fine Art -- paintings and jewelry
Sew Crafty & Co. -- everything sewn
DODO's Treasures and Realistic Art -- acrylic paintings
Bad Kitty Knits -- fiber accessories
Inspired Designs by Liz -- metal and leather jewelry and more
Apple Creek Alpacas -- alpaca yarn and fiber
Katy the Bag Lady -- handcrafted bags and pouches
West Wind Jewelry -- gemstone and dried-flower jewelry
Nottingham Bonsai -- bonsai
Juliet's Balcony -- fiber art and mixed media
Mandala Jewelry -- button bracelets
Bloomsburg Food cupboard -- clay cups and bowls fundraiser
EOS Therapeutic Riding Center -- paintings done by the horses
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble -- all-ages fun
BeSMART For Kids -- gun safety
Columbia-Montour Action Together -- voter registration
The Women's Center -- information and activity
The Bloomsburg Children's Museum -- information and activity
Avery Hills Studio -- jewelry, leather, and fabric
Garman's Woodworks -- scroll-saw-cut items
Robin Vergari Art -- watercolor, acrylic, prints
Cheryl Bower Glassworks -- one-of-a-kind glass
​LZG Beaded Designs -- beaded jewelry and suncatchers
Claude Harrington -- oil and acrylic paintings
Premier Studios -- photography
Woodwork by RJ Designs -- wood items
English Hill Books & Art -- children's books and framed artwork
​​Sara Baker Handmade Stoneware -- high-fire functional stoneware
2025 food vendors:
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Dida's Incredible Edibles -- ice cream
Cool Beans Brew -- coffees, frappes, cold brews, teas, refreshers
Srijom's Place Thai -- Where Curry Meets Jazz
Fourth Taco -- American takes on world cuisines
Boppalouies -- comfort food
Big Pappy's Empanadas -- authentic Puerto Rican food
Project Pizza Company -- mobile pizza
Off the Grill -- gyros, crab cakes, grilled flatbread sandwiches
Brandywine Branch Distillers -- craft spirits & ready-to-drink cocktails
Confectionary Imaging -- alcohol-infused cupcakes
Freas Farm Winery -- PA-Preferred farm-to-table wine, mead, cider
2025 music/entertainment schedule:
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Raven Creek Bluegrass, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Uptown Music Collective, 11 a.m.
Molly's Boys Jug Band, 1:30 p.m.
S.O.U.P., 3:15 p.m.
