Description
Arts Festival: The Summit Downtown Arts Festival, co-organized by the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, is back! This is an outdoor, juried art show with plenty of art and wares for sale. The Arts Festival will be located on Springfield Avenue between Maple Street and Summit Avenue. It’s not too late to apply to show and sell your art! Visit bit.ly/artscars for the application; deadline is Sept. 1.
Live Entertainment: The day kicks off with Summit’s own World of Rock! Enjoy a student showcase followed by the World of Rock Trio. Summit Street Sounds favorites, Cold Weather Company (12pm) and The Baby Please (2pm) perform next. The festival will be headlined by 52nd Street (4-6pm), the world’s longest running Billy Joel Tribute Band. Thanks to headlining sponsor Regal Bank and musical sponsor Sunrise Senior Living of Summit for making these great performances possible.
Classic Car Show: Organized by the Summit Police Athletic League (P.A.L.), hundreds of classic cars will be displayed on Union Place, Bank Street, and lower Beechwood Road. For more information on the car show or to enter your car, please download the application or visit http://www.summitpal.org.
Chalk Artist: Renowned chalk artist Anthony Cappetto will be creating a chalk mural on the street during the festival! Walk down to the corner of Springfield Ave. and Summit Ave. to check it out!
Children’s Activities will be provided by the Summit YMCA, The Connection, and other local nonprofits on Springfield Avenue. Come color the street with sidewalk chalk!
Food Trucks: Food trucks will include Pizza Vita, Mexican Spice, Luigi’s Ice Cream, The Meat House, and other delicious options. Most downtown businesses also offer takeout that you can bring to the beer garden, too! Interested in being a food vendor? Food Truck Regulations & Food Truck Application
Beer & Wine Garden: For the first time ever, there will be a beer garden downtown in the Bank Street Parking lot! There will be several beer and wine options available beginning at 11am. A portion of proceeds will go to charity. People of all ages are welcome inside the Beer & Wine Garden, but only those with proof of age over 21 will be allowed to purchase drink tickets. No beer or wine will be permitted outside the Garden. Please have your ID ready when entering the garden. Drink tickets will be available to purchase for $7 each; cash only. Over 21 and want to volunteer to help? Sign up here: http://bit.ly/sept15volunteers. Special thanks to Peerless Beverage Co. for supplying the beer!
Summit Farmers Market will be open at 22 DeForest Avenue from 8AM-1PM.
Who
All ages!
Cost
FREEHow
Just show up!
