Roswell Arts Festival Returns This Weekend

ROSWELL, GA -- The long-running Roswell Arts Festival is less than two days away, and organizers are gearing up to bring you two days of arts and crafts, music, children's activities and food.

The annual festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Historic Roswell Town Square. Sponsored by the Roswell Recreation Association, the festival includes fine arts, original crafts, a fun lineup of entertainment and children’s activities capture the interests of everyone in attendance. You can also expect to see a variety of food trucks on site to satisfy your appetite.

Live entertainment begins at noon, and features local singers and dance companies. This year's entertainment lineup includes:

• Roswell City Dance Starz – youth dance
• Chris Jude – singer/songwriter/guitarist
• Five Long Years – unique mix of blues, rock, psychedelic, and acoustic
• North Fulton School of Music
• Linnie & Amy Joy Music
• Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance – youth dance
• Adam Komesar – simply Sinatra (a one man tribute)

Access to the festival is easy, and visitors are encouraged to take advantage of the free shuttle running from Roswell City Hall at 38 Hill Street to the town square. The shuttle will be running for the duration of the festival, and will have plenty of room to store anything that you might purchase (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

The Roswell Recreation Association works to promote the arts as an important part of community life and raising funds for recreational needs of Roswell citizens.

The association has donated more than $1 million for those recreational needs, including park land purchase, playground equipment, spraygrounds, meditative gardens and many other projects impacting residents of all ages. Among its early projects, the association built Roswell’s first tennis courts, a little league field and paid part of the salary for Roswell’s first Recreation and Parks director.

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The Roswell Arts Festival began in 1966, the first of its kind north of the Chattahoochee River. It eventually became so successful that it's the only fundraising initiative held each year by the organization.

For additional information visit www.roswellartsfestival.com.

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