Chesapeake Arts Center Presents Arts In The Park

Chesapeake Arts Center (CAC) will celebrate its 10th annual Arts in the Park free community festival on October 5 from 10:00am to 3:00pm. This milestone event will take place in front of CAC’s main theater and is expected to bring together over 1,000 local residents, art enthusiasts and community organizations for a day of vibrant entertainment, live music, a community mural project, delicious food, interactive art activities, stunning art displays, and exciting giveaways.

This family-friendly outdoor festival not only showcases the community's creative spirit but also raises crucial funds to support CAC's mission: fostering creativity, building connections, and inspiring joy through high-quality, year-round arts programming.

The concept for Arts in the Park was developed in 2014 as a way to bring the arts to the local, creative community in a safe, accessible environment. Over the past decade, the festival has grown from a handful of community and arts vendors and a few hundred visitors to over 70 vendors and more than 1,000 attendees. With this growth, CAC has expanded the footprint of the festival into the Brooklyn Park Middle School parking lot, added its Food Truck Alley, incorporated more free arts activities for children and adults, and grown the size of its stage to accommodate multi-piece musicians and theatrical performances.

The full array of performers, artists, and community vendors are being finalized and will be announced by mid-September. For more information, go to www.chesapeakearts.org/artsinthepark.