Downtown Edmond Arts Festival

The Downtown Edmond Arts Festival welcomed thousands of attendees, artists, and volunteers over the course of the weekend.  

Vendor booths were set up by 157 artists from around Oklahoma and 14 other states for festival goers to browse, shop and discover unique finds.

Artists created works during the festival. Ann and Justin Franklin enjoyed the day celebrating their 28th anniversary and getting a caricature portrait drawn by Kelly Killough Studio, an Edmond Artist.  

The festival was also host to 24 food vendors. Foodies could enjoy everything from corndogs, bbq and gyros to fresh lemonade, wine-a-ritas, and dippin’ dots ice cream floats.

Live entertainment with 37 singers, dancers and bands on four separate entertainment stages delighted guests of all ages.

A children’s tent with facepainting, crafts and various characters such as Spiderman, Disney princesses and Peter Pan kept the younger visitors amused.

As with many festivals like the Downtown Edmond Arts Festival, it takes teams of people to bring everything together.

This year 80 volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help with artist support, signage, information booths, welcoming guests from the free shuttle service and more.

Michelle Schaefer, Festival Director, was pleased to report the almost 1,500 people rode the free shuttle service this year. Two and a half times more than participated in the service in 2023. This helped alleviate some of the parking issues compounded by on-going construction downtown.

As a free to attend event with no central entry point Schaefer explained there is no way to gauge the true attendance of the event, but she is working on collecting information from artists, food trucks and local restaurants to estimate economic impact benefiting the Edmond community.

Visit https://www.theedmondway.com/photos for multiple photo galleries from the event and submit any personal photos to share to publisher@theedmondway.com.