Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™
State College, Pennsylvania

July 9-12, 2009 ~ Children's Day is July 8, 2009

The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts will bring over 125,000 people to downtown State College and the University Park campus of Penn State to celebrate the arts with its nationally recognized Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, gallery exhibition, Sand Sculpture and music, dance and theatrical performances in a variety of traditional and non-traditional venues.

We will update our site with 2009 information as soon as the information is available.

ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST:
~ 2009 Sidewalk Sale Applications Available (Deadline Jan. 30, 2009)    ~Mary Jackson: MacArthur Fellowship Recipient
~ View Images 2008 Winners!    ~ View the 2008 Sidewalk Sale & Exhibition Winners

PERFORMER INFORMATION:   The Arts Festival performer lineup is a combination of many genre. 
For each festival, we choose several groups representing a selection of these.  Want to Play?

The Arts Festival booking happens as follows:

January 15, 2009:   Electronic press kit or mailed press kit due. Mail to:
CPFA Entertainment
PO Box 1023
State College, PA 16804

January – April:   Booking occurs.  You will be notified only if you are accepted. 

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