Umpqua Valley Arts Festival
June 27 - June 29
Set beneath the tall firs of Grove Park, this festival honors the creative spirit that lives in the Land of Umpqua. It’s an invitation to slow your pace, greet your neighbors, and spend a summer day in the company of artists who live and work close to the land.
More than 130 regional makers will share their work here—objects shaped by hand, by discipline, by devotion to process. You’ll find space to join in, too: collaborative art installations, hands-on projects for children, and artists at work throughout the park, generous with their craft.
Music and dance flow from two shaded stages. The scent of barbecue, wild berries, Umpqua ice cream, and a local pint draws us toward one another. This is not just a market, not just a festival. It’s a lived expression of place, of belonging.
Come to listen. Come to make. Come to witness beauty made slowly and offered freely.
This gathering is tended into being by the care of UVA volunteers, staff, and the many who believe that art belongs to all of us.