Arts & Entertainment

Dates Set For 51st Kentuck Festival Of The Arts

Kentuck Art Center announced the official dates for its 2022 installment of the popular arts festival.

The record-breaking crowd during the 2021 installment of the festival.
The record-breaking crowd during the 2021 installment of the festival. (Ryan Phillips, Patch.com)

NORTHPORT, AL — Kentuck Art Center has announced the dates for its 51st annual Festival of the Arts in 2022, following a record-breaking turnout in 2021 as it celebrated a half-century of promoting artisans from west Alabama and beyond.

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The 51st installment is set for Oct. 15-16 at Kentuck Park in Northport — rain or shine — with artist applications accepted March 1-June 1.

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The festival annually attracts more than 10,000 visitors from across the country, highlighting the best local folk art in region. The most recent figures estimate the festival's two-day economic impact is more than $5 million.

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