Westerville Music and Arts Festival is Summertime Fun

The Westerville Music and Arts Festival is one of the biggest highlights of the summer season in Westerville, Ohio. This year they're celebrating 34 years of awesome entertainment and art.

Date: July 11 and 12, 2009
Saturday 11AM to 7PM; Sunday 11AM to 5pm

Location: Heritage Park, Westerville, Ohio

The entertainment and arts are dynamic and will be ongoing throughout the festivity. Entertainment will be performed on the Main Stage, Shelter Stage and Heritage Stage.

Youth Art is always popular and more than 100 young artists participate each year and their creations are thoroughly enjoyed by Festival visitors. Children ages 3 - 18 years are encouraged to participate.

Categories include oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolor, charcoal, tempera painting, pastels, black-and-white pencil drawing, color pencil drawing, pen and ink, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, weaving, calligraphy, black-and-white photography and color photography.

Awards will be given for first, second, third and honorable mention in each of the categories. There also will be a "Best of Show" award for each of the age groups and a "People's Choice" award voted upon by the public.

Westerville Walkway
The Westerville Area Chamber will once again offer the Westerville Walkway - a special area dedicated to local artists and civic service organizations.

Civic Corner
The Civic Corner is an opportunity for civic service organizations to educate Festival visitors on their programs and services. The Civic Corner is not an opportunity for groups to sell or solicit products or services. Please contact the website if you are interested.

Directions from I-270 to Heritage Park Everal Barn:

Take the Cleveland Avenue North Exit and go north on Cleveland Avenue past Schrock Road, past Main Street, to 60 N. Cleveland Avenue. From I-71, exit east on Polaris Parkway and then go south on Cleveland Ave.

There is NO Public Parking at the Festival Site.

Parking is available at:

   -  Sports Complex on Cleveland Avenue
   -  Calvary Bible Baptist Church on Cleveland Avenue all day Saturday, Sunday after 1PM

Parking is available at the following businesses on Collegeview (off of Main Street across from the entrance to the Festival):

   -  Americheer
   - Cable Express
   - West Camp Press
   - Mettler Toledo