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Join Us July 1, 2 & 3, 2023 at the 32nd Annual Cherry Creek Arts Festival.

Admission: Free & open to the public

Festival Dates & Hours: 

Saturday, July 1, 2023 | 10 am to 8 pm  Accessibility hour from 9 am to 10 am

Sunday, July 2, 2023 | 10 am to 8 pm

Monday, July 3, 2023 | 10 am to 6 pm

CherryArts Concert for Arts Education | Sunday, July 2, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Location

Denver, Colorado
Cherry Creek North, the Festival is located on 2nd Avenue from Clayton to Adams and between 2nd and 3rd Avenues from Detroit to Adams.

About

Cherry Creek Arts Festival (CCAF) is a world-class and award-winning celebration of visual, culinary and performing arts. This year’s festival will include 255 national and international renowned and emerging artists, offering an interactive art experience for everyone. The weekend includes 20 performing artists, Creation Station with children’s activities and food. CCAF relies on the support of a number of partners, some of whom have supported the event for more than 20 years, who activate the site with innovative experiences.

The Cherry Creek Arts Festival is produced by CherryArts, a year-round nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide access to art experiences and support arts education in Colorado.

Festival Highlights

• An opportunity to meet and engage with 255 national and international artists, to learn about their background and process and purchase an original work of art 
• Student Art Buying Showcase on Sunday, July 2, at 1:30 p.m., which provides students from 22 Colorado schools the opportunity to purchase artwork to permanently display in their schools 
• CCAF Art Auction benefiting arts education, featuring donated art from over 90 juried artists exhibiting in the show; auction launches online June 26, continues onsite July 1, 2, and 3 at the Art Auction Festival Lounge, and ends the evening of July 3 
• Cherry Creek Arts Festival Opening Night Friday June 30 (Buy Tickets)
• CherryArts concert for Arts Education featuring Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe Sunday, July 2
  
• Family-friendly activities at Creation Station, including the Imagination Mural and creative art-making activities designed to engage and inspire children
• A selection of unique and tasty culinary delights from restaurants and food trucks, including boutique food trucks and interactive drink activations throughout the site 

Transportation

Bike: Secure parking for bikes is available at the “Bike Corral” location TBD. 

Valet your bike and support CCAF’s nonprofit partner wishforwheels.org. 

Bus and Rail: Reduce emissions and leave the driving to someone else! Use public transportation with RTD. 

Visit https://www.rtd-denver.com/app/plan and enter destination, “Cherry Creek North Shopping Center, East 1st Avenue, Denver” to find your route. 

Park: The Cherry Creek Shopping Center (CCSC) offers $2 daytime parking, and limited availability paid valet parking all weekend. There is no overnight parking at CCSC. Please observe all City of Denver parking signs in the neighborhood surrounding the Festival.  

Three $6 Festival Premier Parking onsite locations benefit CherryArts. 

o   Janus Henderson Investors building garage at 151 Detroit St. 

o   Clayton Lane garage at 2nd Avenue and Columbine Street 

o   Whole Foods parking structure at 2nd Avenue and University Street 

Parking garages in Cherry Creek North:
https://cherrycreeknorth.com/visiting-us/parking/garages 

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Information

Contact us at (303) 355-2787 or [email protected]

For additional information about the Cherry Creek Arts Festival and CherryArts, visit cherryarts.org. Follow CherryArts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Use @CherryArts #CherryArts #CherryCreekArtsFestival and #ArtforEveryone. 

Thank you for supporting CherryArts, a nonprofit arts organization committed to the mission of providing access to art experiences and supporting arts education in Colorado. We look forward to seeing you at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival!