Get Ready For Festival 2024!
Western Michigan artists, performers, food vendors, sponsors, and hundreds of volunteers are hard at work planning for Festival 2024.
You’ll experience your favorite traditional activities as well as new surprises. Four performance stages, cultural food booths, visual art exhibits and activities, and artisan craftsmen. Join us for Western Michigan’s unofficial start of summer!
Get the Festival 2023 digital program here:
Check back here often for the latest schedules, performer and food vendor lists, activities, and artist information.
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Here's the latest —
Visual Arts Exhibition Viewing Times Announced
The Festival Visual Arts Exhibition features both the Regional Arts Exhibition and the Youth Arts Exhibition. The Regional Arts Exhibition
2024 Food Vendors Are Now Listed
Come for the food. Stay for the Art! Along with many of Festival’s traditional favorites like Holy Trinity’s Greek Souvlaki,
2024 Performance Schedules Are Available
Download the complete schedule for stage and times: 2021 Performance Schedule Be entertained all weekend by West Michigan’s best musical
Take a Look at the 2024 Festival Poster
Festival of the Arts is thrilled to present our Festival 2024 poster. Created by artists Stephen & Taylor Smith of
Thank you to our 2024 Festival Sponsors
Novo Chiropractic
Life EMS
Penske
Trailer Express
Hyatt & Associates
Pioneer Construction
GRPL
Family Futures
City of Grand Rapids
Uccello’s
WNJ
Lost Art Brewery
The Rapid
KDL
Gordon Waters
Quota of Grand Rapids
DeVos Place
Great Lakes Access
Holy Trinity
Lowell Arts
WGVU
Kerkstra
Grand Rapids Comic-Con
Are you an artist, performer, food booth or vendor?
Applications for Festival 2022 Performers, Food Booths,
and Artisan Village are open now.
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