Beverly Arts Fest Returns This Weekend

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly Arts Fest will return downtown this weekend with more than 150 artists to go along with a kids' zone and music throughout the day at the intersection of Cabot and Winter streets.

After a COVID-19 cancellation in 2020 and a move to August in 2021, the Arts Fest is back on its June date and bigger than ever.

In its 19th year, Beverly Arts Fest will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Music will begin at 11 a.m. with DJ Fenn. Reilly Somach and Friends takes over at noon, followed by Wangari Fahari from 1:30 to 1:55, DJ Fen back from 2 to 3 p.m. and Nathan Seavey from 3 to 3:30 p.m.

The kids' zone will take place at Pathways for Children from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with arts and crafts activities and a visit from the bookmobile from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Endicott College's Gary the comfort dog on hand from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and music with Mary Beth Maes and CFCE from noon to 2 p.m.

A full list of expected artists can be found here.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)