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ARTfest

Bloomsburg 2019 ArtFest street scene customers

We look forward to seeing you at the 15th ArtFest on Saturday, the 19th of August, 2023.

The fifteenth ArtFest will take place on Saturday, August 19th, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. surrounding the fountain on the Square and up Market Street in downtown Bloomsburg, with more than fifty art and craft and fine food vendors and local non-profit partners, with live music by local performers all day and fun activities for people of all ages.

We will have the full line-up of vendors, non-profit partners, and music later in the year.

If you would like to exhibit at this year's event, click here.

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 100% since the move to the Square in 2017; in 2022, at least 3000 people attended.

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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 PANGO app; to sign up, go to mypango.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.

The Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau provides promotional supprt.

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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.

2022 art and craft vendors:

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

James Grimsley -- pottery

Born Too Late Tie-Dyes -- clothing and accessories

Creative Clay Works -- mixed media and ceramics

Marianart -- mixed media

Isa Kollgaard Artwork -- mixed media and ceramics
Beadweaver's -- hancrafted jewelry

Confectionary Imaging -- alcohol-infused cupcakes

Windy Hill Woodturning -- hand-turned wood items

Fly Me Home -- handmade and upcycled accessories and decor

Lisa's Gone Shopping -- Furoshiki fabric carryall bags

Lightsinger Images -- photography

The Children's Museum -- kids' activities

Fishing Creek Watershed Association -- container garden contest

River Poets -- hands-on poetry

The Exchange's Art Cart -- all-ages fun

Birds of Hope -- fundraiser for all ArtFest non-profit participants

Susquehanna Greenway Partnership -- regional information

Bloomsburg Public Library -- hands-on fun

The Women's Center -- information and activity

Action Together -- voter registration

Laurabee Studios -- recycled metal jewelry

TLQ Pottery -- ceramics and sculpture

Picture the Market -- mixed-media 2D wall art

Designs by Billie Jean -- handmade jewelry

Our Sustainable Family -- fiber and visual art

DODO Art -- paintings

Sew Crafty & Co. -- everything sewn

Bad Kitty Knits -- fiber accessories

Inspired Designs by Liz -- leather, metal, and bead jewelry

Apple Creek Alpacas -- alpaca yarn and fiber
Robin Vergari Art -- watercolor, acrylic, prints

The Essential Apothecary -- bath/bodyaromatherapy

West Wind Jewelry -- gemstone and dried-flower jewelry

Cheryl Bower Glassworks -- one-of-a-kind glass

Nottingham Bonsai -- bonsai

McCracken Arts -- paintings and drawings

Juliet's Balcony -- fiber art and mixed media

Mockpie Studio -- fiber art

Gail Fox Fine Art -- paintings, and jewelry

Mandala Jewelry -- button bracelets

Garman's Woodworks -- scroll-saw-cut items

Happybeadz -- jewelry

Katy the Bag Lady -- handmade bags

LZG Beaded Designs -- beaded jewelry and suncatchers

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

Glen Klein -- digital art

Sara Baker Handmade Stoneware, Artfest, Bloomsburg
ArtFest, Bloomsburg, fountain, by Jimmy May
ArtFest line-up
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To download this sheet as a pdf, click here.

2022 food vendors:

Dubelicious Grille -- Bloomsburg's best

Real Taste 570 -- Mexican street food

Project Pizza Company -- mobile pizza

Dida's Incredible Edibles -- ice cream

ArtFest, Bloomsburg, food truck line
ArtFest, Bloomsburg, Kerry Kenny

2022 music schedule:

Dan Hess, bluegrass, 10 a.m. and noon

Kat Holdren, 11 a.m.

Kerry Kenny Band, 1 and 3 p.m.

Molly's Boys Jug Band, 2 and 4 p.m.

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