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General Information
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This is a FREE event! Come join the fun!
Thursday, April 14, 2011: 10:00a.m. - 10:00p.m.
Friday, April 15, 2011: 10:00a.m. - 11:00p.m.
Saturday, April 16, 2011: 10:00a.m. - 11:00p.m.
Sunday, April 17, 2011: 10:00a.m. - 8:00p.m
Important Note: The MAIN ST. Creates! area closes at dusk. The Exhibiting Artists are allowed to close at 8:00 PM (6:00 PM on Sunday); however, many of the artists elect to stay open much later to participate in the evening's festivities.
Where?
On Main Street in downtown Fort Worth between the historic Tarrant County Courthouse and the Fort Worth Convention Center.
What?
The Southwest's largest, four-day visual arts and entertainment festival, four days of fine art, food, fun and festivities! Rated as the Number 1 Arts Festival in Texas and the 3rd largest Arts Festival in the country as rated by the Harris List and the Art Fair SourceBook.
How Much?
There is no charge to attend this festival; however, food and beverage coupons must be purchased at coupon booths located conveniently throughout the festival prior to obtaining food and beverage products. Please check back after February 1, 2011 for updated coupon pricing.
Coupon booths accept cash, Visa, MasterCard and American Express. ATM Machines are located conveniently throughout the festival.
Questions?
For General Information, browse this site, email us, or call 817.336.2787.
For Media Information, check the Media Center, or contact
Diane Wolfe, 817.577.1779.
The prestigious Art Fair SourceBook has just released its 2008 national rankings, and MAIN ST. has come in at #3 in Fine Art and #6 in Fine Craft! The rankings are based on several factors, the most significant being the sales revenues of our participating artists. Over 1000 festivals are reviewed prior to establishing the rankings.
The MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival (MAIN ST.), Fort Worth's most honored event, celebrates its 26th year on April 14-17, 2011. MAIN ST., presented by Coors Light and produced by Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., hosts tens of thousands of people annually during the four-day visual arts, entertainment and cultural event. It showcases a nationally recognized fine art and fine craft juried art fair, live concerts, performance artists and street performers on the streets of downtown Fort Worth, stretching nine blocks on Main Street from the Tarrant County Courthouse to the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The prominence of Fort Worth's Old West history is evident on nearly every corner of the city. However, Fort Worth has grown by leaps and bounds in the area of arts and culture. And for the past 25 years, MAIN ST. has acted as one gateway to Fort Worth's cultural growth. Historically, "where the west began," MAIN ST. now escorts Fort Worth in thriving culture by welcoming and bringing together people from all sides of life-the cowboys and the artistic mavens.
The streets of downtown are filled with fascinating sights and sounds as more than 500 fine artists, dancers, performance artists, musicians, exhibitors and food vendors take part in the four-day celebration. Two hundred juried artists line the historic red bricks of Main Street weaving a diverse blend of texture and shape down the "magnificent mile" of visual art booths, performance stages and intriguing characters to create an explosion of color against the turn-of-the-century buildings and modern skyscrapers of downtown Fort Worth.
This year, MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival celebrates: 
- Quality fine art and fine contemporary craft of 200 juried artists from across the country
- Performing arts and music entertainment through more than 300 performances
- Culinary arts of the finest eateries, all on historic Main Street, from the Courthouse to the Fort Worth Convention Center.
- After hours showcase of the best in fine dining and entertainment in the safe and dazzling environment of downtown Fort Worth.
- More than 1,200 volunteers help run the free, four-day event, whose showcase is a national juried fine art and fine craft fair, including ceramics, paintings, photography, woodcarvings, glassworks, jewelry and mixed-media compositions.
The Juried Fine Art
Regarded as one of the nation's premiere fine art and fine craft fairs, MAIN ST.is recognized by the Harris List as the number one show in Texas and in the top five for the Midwest region. Art Fair SourceBook recognizes MAIN ST. as among the Top 500 art festivals in the nation.Art enthusiasts can choose from a variety of creative and original works of art including sculpture, painting, photography, woodcarvings, glasswork, jewelry, fashion, multimedia compositions and more. Over $4 million worth of art is sold during the festival with prices ranging from $50 for quality reproductions to several thousand dollars for signed limited editions pieces or one-of-a-kind treasures.
The Entertainment Side of the Street
Check out our entire entertainment
schedule! MAIN ST. jams with live music daily on three stages at the 26th annual festival April 14-17. Follow the full concert line-up, including local bands and festival favorites, at www.mainstreetartsfest.org.
The Gourmet Fare - Festival FoodWhether it's crawfish, turkey legs, bratwurst, gourmet hamburgers, funnel cakes or ice cream, festival-goers have choices to satisfy almost any taste bud. Sodas, beer, margaritas and Texas wines compliment a wide variety of food selections in MAIN ST.'s Gourmet Fare.