Do you enjoy art, music, and dance? Then you won’t want to miss the upcoming Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival on Saturday, Aug. 18. This will be the sixth time the event has taken place, and it just keeps getting bigger and better every year.
From Mill Street to the Gazebo, downtown Brunswick will be brimming with wonderful examples of art in all forms, styles and genres.
The fun will begin at 9 a.m. with more than 90 juried artists and artisans displaying and selling their artwork along the sidewalks of Maine Street in mediums ranging from painting to sculpture, mixed media to graphics, drawing to photography and fine crafts to fine arts.
At 10 a.m., the Cajun sounds of JimmyJo and the Jumbol’Ayuhs will start your toes tapping. They will be performing on the main stage in front of the Bank of America. The music will continue throughout the day with Sean Mencher’s rockabilly guitar picking from noon to 2 p.m. and the bluegrass/country sounds of the Backwoods Road Band from 2 to 4 p.m.
There will also be roving musicians throughout the day, including T’Acadie, Broad Band, No Banjos, and Sharon Pyne. And from noon to 4 p.m., David Bullard will present a number of singer-songwriters at the Gazebo on the Town Mall.
Adults and children alike are sure to enjoy performances from various dance teams and theater groups, as well as a wide variety of children’s events and art demonstrations that will take place on the Mall. Activities will include woodworking, basket weaving, spoon carving, face painting, hula hooping, henna tattoos, jewelry making, a transparent painting wall and much, much more.
For a full listing of current festival artists, visit www.brunswickdowntown.org/BOAF.
A huge thank you to the sponsors for this year’s event: Bowdoin College, Downeast Energy, Five County Credit Union, Good Day Maine Fox23, Hannaford, Little Dog Coffee Shop, Mid Coast Health Services, Peoples United Bank, Riley Insurance, The Bank of Maine, The Nathaniel Davis Fund, The Times Record, Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, and WCLZ. Without their generosity, this event would not be possible.
We are also grateful to all of the artists and artisans for their willingness to share their talents. We encourage you to come explore the magnificent wealth of artistic talent that surrounds you and to enjoy our wonderful downtown. Brunswick, Maine — It’s all here, all year.
FROM THE Brunswick Downtown Association
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