Saturday & Sunday, September 6 & 7, 2025
11am-5pm
Live Music: Sat 1-10pm, Sun 12-5pm
(Looking for info on the Home & Garden Tour? Click here!)
A special thanks to our key sponsors for 2024:
Music Lineup
Music will take place on a stage at the corner of Union and W. Wayne.
Here was the lineup for 2024:
Saturday
1:00 pm – Jessie Mae
2:30 pm – Dave and Carolyn Martin
4:00 pm – Mike Neglia and the Nobles
5:30 pm – Todd Harold
8:00 pm – Dave and Rae
Sunday
12:00 pm – 2 Before Noon
1:30 pm – Alicia Pyle
3:00 pm – West Central Quartet
Art Spaces
For the fourth year in a row, a selection of resident artists will open their home, yard, studio, or business for the public to view and buy art. You can visit them from 11am-5pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Here were the Art Spaces for 2024:
- Cool Stuff by Buff – 1317 W. Wayne
- Jake Patten & Becky Johnson – 924 W. Berry
- Shelley Ann & Christopher Rothgeb – 1020 Jackson
- Diane Groenert’s Art Garage – 1009 W. Jefferson (off the alley)
- Tigerpantsturp – 1104 W. Wayne Apt. 1
- Gallery 02 – 1115 Broadway
- Kreative Framing – 1117 Broadway
Art Exhibitors
We are excited to welcome the following artists to the 2024 ArtsFest. You can visit their booths on W. Wayne Street between Rockhill and Jackson from 11am-5pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Here were the Artists exhibiting at ArtsFest in 2024:
- Becky Thornburg – Fiber Arts
- Black Swamp Woodworking
- Butter Fingers Studio – Fiber Arts
- BYJON Leatherworks
- Carly Norris – Mixed Media
- Christy Arbogast – Fiber Arts
- D Young – Painting
- Deb Potis Photography
- Driggs Fine Arts – Painting
- Fort Wayne Clay Studio
- Garden Art by Tom – Metal
- Gavin Otteson Art – Painting
- Greycat Studios – Clay
- Jake Art – Painting
- Jillian Renee Art – Painting
- JLP Decorative Arts – Clay
- Jonathan Kaufman Photography
- Kitsuné Moon – Jewelry
- Lauren Steffen Art – Painting
- Linden Tree Pottery
- Lori’s Artistic Expressions – Mixed Media
- Mary Lou Morgan – Painting
- Mike Vargas – Metal
- Moving Art. In Time Wind Chimes
- Mushies & Meows – Mixed Media
- Quill Pen Studio – Clay
- Raymond’s Art Studio – Clay
- Rose Jewelry
- Shae Marie Ceramics
- Terri Shattuck – Photography
- Valerie McBride Design – Mixed Media
- y.v.made – Clay
Food Trucks
- Who Cut the Cheese
- Twist
- Wicked Wraps
- Local Apple Cart
- WTFish
- Shigs n Pit
- Abreus
Saturday Night:
Twist
Abreus
Sunday:
- Who Cut the Cheese
- Bravas
- Shigs n Pit
- Abreus
- WTFish
- Twist
- Local Apple Cart
Parking
Please reserve street parking in West Central for residents and utilize one of the parking options below.
- Swinney Park tennis courts off W. Jefferson (conveniently located near a ticket booth and trolley stop!) – 1424 W. Jefferson (this location may fill up, so please have a Plan B from the options below)
- Public lot at Van Buren and Wilt (located near Stop 3, just 2 blocks from a trolley stop) – 713 Wilt Street
- Lutheran Hospital lot off Broadway, between Wayne and Washington (located near Stop 5, just 1 block from a trolley stop – 618 W. Washington
- Lutheran Hospital lot on Main Street between Jackson and Union (just 1 block from a trolley stop and ArtsFest, please park on the west side of the lot near the Main Street bridge) – 924 W. Main Street
Paid Parking:
- Electric Works garage on the corner of Broadway and Wilt (free for the first 2 hours, 3 blocks from a trolley stop) – 1540 Van Buren