Artsfest

The 53rd Annual Artsfest will be held on May 29-31 on City Island, Harrisburg. The 3-day event will feature 100+ in-person juried artisans and craftsmen selling handcrafted works in sixteen different categories, including ceramics, digital, drawing, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and wood. The festival will also feature food trucks, specialty food vendors, the HBG Flea and a take-home kids activity kit. Additionally, there will be virtual offerings including an online artisan marketplace, demonstrational videos and a series of films to stream online courtesy of Filmfest.

Due to COVID-19, the festival has been moved to City Island to allow more room for social distancing, designated entry/exit points and one-direction pedestrian traffic flow. Additional health and safety modifications will be in place including handwashing stations, slightly reduced number of vendors which will be spaced 10 feet apart, capacity monitoring and social distancing markers. Masks will be required per CDC and local health guidelines.

The event is sponsored by Visit Hershey & Harrisburg, Explore HBG, UPMC, Capital BlueCross, Harrisburg Downtown Improvement District and Park Harrisburg.