Fremont Festival Of The Art: August 5-6th
The Fremont Festival Of The Arts Is The Largest Free Street Festival West Of The Mississippi.
AUGUST 5-6, 2023 | 10AM-6PM | DOWNTOWN
FREE ADMISSION
It Attracts Nearly 400,000 People Annually And Has Activities And Entertainment For The Entire Family:
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Over 500 top-quality Art & Craft booths
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Unique services and special deals on products in Business Marketplace
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Artisanal prepackaged food sales in Gourmet Marketplace
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Food booths benefiting non-profit organizations
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Food trucks offering a variety of delicious street eats also benefiting non-profits
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Beer, wine and margarita sales in branded glasses
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Kids slushies in collectible cups
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Continuous music featured on 2 stages
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Street performers, including face painters, henna tattoos, balloons and more
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2 sections of rides and games just for the young ones in Kid City & Kid City West
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Kid friendly performances and demonstrations on the stage in front of Kid City
Just How Big Is The Festival? Take A Look At Some Of These Stats…
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2023 marks the 39th anniversary of the Festival of the Arts. The first festival was held in 1983 in the Fremont Hub.
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18,526 ice cream bars are consumed at the Festival.
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Approximately 13,230 glasses of wine are enjoyed during the two-day festival.
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23,552 mugs of ice-cold beer are poured during the Festival.
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More than 35,000 frosty cans of soda and bottles of water are sold to thirsty festival attendees each year.
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Nearly 10,000 pounds of ice is used over the weekend to cool off the Summer heat.
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The Festival of the Arts generates averages 3.3 tons of recycle materials and 1.75 tons of organic materials.
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Over 3,000 volunteers are needed to run the festival. The Chamber utilizes at least 800 for operations, 24 people sit on the Festival Planning Committee which is supported by 4 Chamber staff. Other volunteers work at a variety of non-profit booths throughout the festival.
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The Festival of the Arts has served as one of the largest fund raisers for local non-profit organizations. Nearly $11,000,000 has been raised over the festival’s 35-year history. Non-profits have used these monies to fund scholarships and medical research; support at-risk children and families in need; provide safe environments for high school children; fund after-school and sports activities.
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If you lined all the booths and attractions up in a straight line there’d be almost 4 miles of Festival fun.
