Coronavirus Pushes St. Charles Fine Art Show to September

ST. CHARLES, IL — For the first time ever, the St. Charles Fine Art Show and Jazz Weekend will be held in tandem after organizers postponed the art fair until September. The event was set to take place on May 24-25, but the St. Charles Business Alliance has moved the event back by four months after the outbreak of the coronavirus in Illinois.

The alliance’s Fine Art Show committee postponed the event until Sept. 12-13 “to ensure the safety of artists, attendees and volunteers,” according to a news release.

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Each year, the St. Charles Fine Art Show features almost 100 artists from around the U.S. along the Fox River, with artists selling all styles of works. The event, which has been held on Memorial Day weekend since its inception, attracts about 30,000 art lovers, according to its website.

The postponement is set to create a unique opportunity for music and art lovers in and around St. Charles to enjoy both mediums, and it will allow artists who did not initially apply for the Fine Art Show to do so, the release states. The application for artists is available here.

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