Arts & Entertainment

Fremont Festival of Arts Preview

The street festival will be held all weekend, so come on down!

For the 28th year, the will provide summer fun this weekend.

From live music and arts and crafts to children's play areas, everyone will find a place at the two-day street festival.

The festival is free for attendees and is held Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in central Fremont.

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Here are a few "Festival Fun Facts," provided by the 2011 Fremont Festival of the Arts and the Fremont Chamber of Commerce:

  • 2011 marks the 28th anniversary of the Festival of the Arts. The first festival was held in 1983 in the Fremont Hub.
  • There are 18,526 ice cream bars consumed at the festival.
  • The Festival of the Arts is the largest two-day street festival west of the Mississippi, with an attendance of approximately 385,000 and at least 650 artisans.
  • An average of 23,552 mugs of ice-cold beer are poured during the festival.

For more information about the festival, call 510-795-2244 or click here to visit the festival’s website. Click here for a map of the festival and click here for directions.

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