The Ninth Annual Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival is free to the public and takes place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, in downtown Brunswick. This event, hosted by the Brunswick Downtown Association, is designed to celebrate and foster an appreciation of the arts.
This juried, fine arts show includes more than 100 artists and artisans who will be displaying and selling their work along the sidewalks of Maine Street and on the Town Mall in downtown Brunswick, and features artists who work in an array of mediums from jewelry, fiber, glass, and ceramics to photography, watercolor and mixed media — all available for purchase. Thousands of visitors fill the sidewalks of Maine Street and the adjacent Town Mall to enjoy the Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival each year.
The event will include live music performes on two stages and a variety of roving musicians playing bluegrass, folk, Old Timey and Quebecois music.
From noon to 4 p.m., Dave Bullard will play at the Gazebo on the Town Mall with Brian Cullen and the Montsweagers (Celtic sounds) and Soundwavz (rock, blues and reggae).
A performance stage will be set up in front of the Bank of America building on Maine Street and will feature: JimmyJo & the Jumbol’Ayuhs (Cajun and zydeco), Pete Wiltham & the Cosmic Zombies (rockabilly) and the Cortellies (American). A second stage is located on the Town Mall in front of the Gazebo.
For kids, the Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival offers many children’s activities such as, face painting, hula hooping, kids crafts and henna tattoos. Art demonstrations will include woodworking, basket weaving, jewelry making and quilting, stone sculpting and more.
The Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival is sponsored by The Tontine Mall, Mid Coast Health Services, The Times Record and Little Dog Coffee Shop.
For more information about the Brunswick Downtown Association or the Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival, visit www.brunswickdowntown.o rg or call 729-4439.
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