Festival News

Join the 2025 MFoA Scavenger Hunt! This year, we have a special surprise waiting for families checking out the Festival's art exhibits. Join the 2025 Scavenger Hunt and win a limited edition exclusive prize! Put on your best detective hat and search out our 11 exhibits for 11 pieces of artwork! Clue sheets will be provided at each exhibit, or within our 2025 program book, available throughout various festival locations. Find all 11 pieces and turn in your clues for a limited

The Marblehead Festival of Arts is excited to announce our new Youth and Student Exhibit team! Now, this all-student exhibit will be lead by Marblehead's own high school students, as they support their peers, gain leadership experience, and enjoy their town's biggest celebration each 4th of July. Be sure to check out all their hard work at the Festival where they will put together an incredible exhibit featuring our town's talented emerging artists. Congratulations Danielle,

Concerts @ Crocker Park Marblehead Festival of Arts Performing Arts Committee Announces 2025 Concerts @ Crocker Park Lineup! The 59th Marblehead Festival of Arts (MFoA) Performing Arts Committee is excited to announce our 2025 Concerts @ Crocker Park lineup bringing together more than 75 performers, sharing a wide variety of musical genres, including Salsa, Latin Jazz, Country, Folk, Soul, R&B, and some good old Rock 'n Roll. "After the incredible 2024 Concerts @ Crocker Pa

Every year the Festival welcomes submissions to the Youth and Student Art exhibit from students attending schools and art workshops in Marblehead. Children who live in Marblehead but do not attend one of the local schools are also eligible to enter a piece of artwork to the Youth and Student exhibit and there has been a process where parents can submit their children's art to this exhibit. For the 2025 Festival year the process to submit children's art has been updated to mir

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED Artists—get ready! Applications for July's Artisans' Marketplace will open on March 1! Head over to the Artisans Marketplace page for more information on how to apply. The application period will end on Monday, March 31, 2025. A vital part of the Marblehead Festival of Arts, the Artisans’ Marketplace is considered by the local community as among its must-see events, with a reputation of attracting high quality, handmade art and craft. The show is

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED Attention Marblehead High School Students—it's time to apply for 2025 Marblehead Festival of Art Scholarships! Among the many activities and events sponsored by The Marblehead Festival of Arts over the course of each year, the Festival is particularly proud to support our community by awarding $3000 scholarships for Marblehead High School students or Marblehead residents graduating from any high school in 2025. Download the application here , and s

Please join us March 2 at the Boston Yacht Club from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm to find out about volunteer opportunities for the 2025 Festival.