Coming up on our 58th year in 2024, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is one of the top-ranked juried art fairs in the country, the highlight of the State College summer, one of the biggest non-football alumni weekends for Penn Staters, the summer’s economic anchor for downtown businesses, and the place to be for art, music, and fun the week after Independence Day.

Schedule of Events

11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Never Far: Songs of Hope & Celebration - Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza S. Fraser St., State College
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Nittany Knights - Sidney Friedman Park 241 South Fraser Street, State College
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Eric Ian Farmer & Friends - Allen Street Stage 123 S Allen St, State College
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Velveeta - Festival Shell Stage 100 W. College Avenue, State College
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Alice in Wonderland - Tempest Studios 140 Kelly Alley, State College
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Bellefonte Community Band - Sidney Friedman Park 241 South Fraser Street, State College
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Cat's Eye - Allen Street Stage 123 S Allen St, State College
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: David Zentner & the Nashville Music Co. - Festival Shell Stage 100 W. College Avenue, State College
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Hamlet: The Time is Out of Joint - Tempest Studios 140 Kelly Alley, State College