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ARTfest

2024 ArtFest in downtown Bloomsburg produced by The Exchange

We look forward to seeing you at 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 sixteenth ArtFest took place on Saturday, August 24th, 2024, 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 -- more than ever before! -- 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.

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If you would like to become a vendor at ArtFest, drop us a line at

Exchange@ExchangeArts.org and we will put you on the mailing list;

applications will go live in January 2025.

Bloomsburg 2021 ArtFest Happybeadz customers
Bloomsburg 2018 ArtFest Art Cart participant
Bloomsburg ArtFest CCDP non-profit booth

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, with thousands of people now enjoying one of Bloomsburg's prettiest streets on the #BestDayOfTheYear.

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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.

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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.

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ArtFest receives promotional support from the Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau and Seven Mountains Media

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2024 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

Columbia County Historical Society -- information

Bill Kassel Fine Art -- gouache, acrylic, and oil paintings

James Grimsley -- pottery

Born Too Late Tie-Dyes -- clothing and accessories
Dave Aquilante Fine Art -- watercolors

Laurabee Studios -- recycled metal jewelry

Christine's Soap Box -- handmade soaps, scrubs, lotions, etc.

Laughing Fox Studio -- mixed media

Angela Eschmann -- oil paintings

Kathryn B. Jewelry -- handcrafted silversmith jewelry

Artwork by Keith Renard -- watercolors
Windy Hill Woodturning -- hand-turned wood items

Gaia Darling -- freshwater pearl and natural gemstone jewelry

Lisa's Gone Shopping -- Furoshiki fabric carryall bags

Luminary Photography Design -- photography

Wild Rose Designs -- resin items and polymer-clay earrings

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

Save The Geese Bloomsburg -- children's book, information

burkhART and Design -- watercolors and acrylics

Misho Fluid Art -- resin art

Grace Gallery -- reproductions of watercolor drawings

TabbyCat Leather -- leather goods

Myriads by Melissa -- jewelry and accessories
Wesley United Methodist Church -- sidewalk chalk

​Designs by Billie Jean -- handmade jewelry

Gail Fox Fine Art -- paintings and jewelry

Sew Crafty & Co. -- everything sewn

DODO Realistic -- acrylic paintings

Bad Kitty Knits -- fiber accessories

Dantonio Designs -- jewelry

Apple Creek Alpacas -- alpaca yarn and fiber

Irish Blue Goat Milk Soap -- goat-milk soap, lotion, etc.

West Wind Jewelry -- gemstone and dried-flower jewelry

Nottingham Bonsai -- bonsai

Juliet's Balcony -- fiber art and mixed media

Mandala Jewelry -- button bracelets

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

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

Harris Woodcraft Designs -- handmade hardwood and epoxy items

​LZG Beaded Designs -- beaded jewelry and suncatchers

R. H. Brown Photography/Premier Studios -- photography

​Steve Martz -- paintings, drawing, prints, and stickers

English Hill Books & Art -- children's books and framed artwork

​​Sara Baker Handmade Stoneware -- high-fire functional stoneware

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ArtFest line-up

Download event guide here.

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Fishing Creek Watershed Association, Bloomsburg ArtFest
Sara Baker Handmade Stoneware, Bloomsburg ArtFest
Wesley United Methodist Church chalk art, Bloomsburg ArtFest
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2024 food vendors:

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Dida's Incredible Edibles -- ice cream

Heier's Home cooking -- chicken & waffles & more

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

The Gingham Table -- scratch-made, small batch, from family recipes

Shpoppy Shawn's Shmoked Cheese -- big smoke flavor

Brandywine Branch Distillers -- craft spirits & ready-to-drink cocktails

Confectionary Imaging -- alcohol-infused cupcakes

Project Pizza Company, Bloomsburg ArtFest

2024 music/entertainment schedule:

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Raven Creek Bluegrass, 10 a.m. and noon

Kat Holdren, 11 a.m.

John Sweeney & Scott Douglas, 1-3 p.m.

Stacia Abernatha & Sean Farley, 3-5 p.m.

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Bloomsburg ArtFest, Stacia Abernatha
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