Press Release: LowellArts Presents the Fallasburg Arts Festival

LowellArts Presents the Fallasburg Arts Festival, the 51st Annual Fine Arts and Fine Craft Festival at Fallasburg Park, Lowell, MI, September 14 & 15

LOWELL, MI, Now in it’s 51st year, the annual Fallasburg Arts Festival is presented by LowellArts and will be held on September 14 and 15. The two-day festival includes over 100 fine art and fine crafts booths, timeless craft demonstrations, live music, children’s activities, and food booths. Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm. Admission is free. Location: Fallasburg Park, 1124 Fallasburg Park Drive, Lowell, MI, 49331. For more information, visit lowellartsmi.org.

Artist booths are juried and a broad range of different mediums are represented including jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, glass, fiber, mixed media, wood, painting, drawing, photography, floral, basketry, print-making, and more. Demonstrators of traditional crafts are located in the pavilion. Visitors of all ages are invited to watch the artisans at work. Demonstrations include: mosaic, fly tying, leather craft, origami, quilting, wood carving, weaving, and more.

Musical entertainment is held on an outdoor stage both days of the event, featuring a variety of music styles. Saturday music line-up: 10:15 Jamie Brackman and Amy Henderson, 11:30 Steam Powered Bluegrass, 1:00 Hawks and Owls, 2:30 The Bruce Matthews Band, 4:00 Josh Rose and the Founding Fathers. Sunday music line-up: 10:15 Easy idle String Band, 11:30 Weatherheads, 1:00 The Adams Family, 2:30 Jukejoint Handmedowns, 4:00 Fusion Rock Orchestra.

An enclosed Children’s Area provides children the opportunity to decorate and take home a pumpkin. Food booths offer an array of fall-inspired and festival foods, offered by local community organizations. Visitors are invited to purchase raffle tickets to win one of over 90 artist-made items donated by festival artists or the grand prize quilt created for the event. Annual attendance estimates are 25,000. This year’s event sponsors are Fifth Third Bank, Meijer, All-Weather Seal, and Local Spins.

Fallasburg Park is located off Lincoln Lake Road north of downtown Lowell at 1124 Fallasburg Park Drive, Lowell, MI. Lowell is located 14 miles east of Grand Rapids and 1-hour from Lake Michigan and Lansing. For more information, contact LowellArts at (616) 897-8545, e-mail [email protected]. Direct website link: lowellartsmi.org/fallasburg-arts-festival
To acquire images or to schedule an interview, please contact Janet Teunis at 616-897-8545 or [email protected].

About LowellArts
LowellArts connects artists and audiences through the visual and performing arts. Located on Main Street in downtown Lowell, LowellArts is a vibrant arts organization that has served the greater Lowell community since 1977. Annual programming includes: rotating gallery exhibitions, art and theater classes, house concerts, community theater, the Showboat Sizzlin’ Summer Concert Series (featuring free evening concerts every Thursday June through August by the Flat River), and the Fallasburg Arts Festival (a two-day juried art fair with 100+ artists, live music, and craft demonstrations held at Fallasburg Park).

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