Highland Park’s Annual Arts Festival Sept. 16

HIGHLAND PARK, NJ — Mark your calendars! Highland Park’s 14th annual Arts Festival will be Sunday, September 16 this year! This is a juried art show, arts & crafts sale featuring local Highland Park businesses, food trucks, a youth art show, live music and performing arts.

Artist and vendor registration closes September 7. Sign up at mainstreethp.org/artsinthepark. This year’s festival is the biggest one ever, with over 220 artists and vendors selling art, food, and crafts under tents along Raritan Avenue (Rt. 27) in Highland Park.

Arts in the Park, Highland Park New Jersey’s annual arts street festival, showcases fine arts and crafts from all over the region and shines a spotlight on Highland Park’s vibrant and diverse arts scene.

This outdoor juried art show and street fair draws thousands of people to the streets of Highland Park to enjoy top-notch art, music, and food while exploring Highland Park’s downtown as a shopping and dining destination.

Juried Art Show & Arts and Crafts Sale
The street festival is filled with arts and crafts from a diverse group of artists from around the region who come to showcase and sell their artwork as well as participate in the juried art show, which features cash awards for first, second, and third places in eight categories: Graphics/Drawing/Printmaking, Fine Crafts, Mixed Media, Textiles/Quilts/Needlework, Painting, Jewelry, Photography, and Sculpture.

Youth Art Show
Downtown Highland Park businesses Over the Moon Toys & Through the Moongate are organizing the annual Youth Art Show. This year’s theme is “Oh the Places You’ll Go...and How You Plan to Get There!” Kids 18 and under can create a masterpiece that shows the place you’d love to go and/or how you’d like to get there, and should submit artwork by Friday, September 14 to Over the Moon Toys 440 Raritan Avenue, Highland Park. Any medium can be used. All submissions must be ready to display. All artwork will be displayed at Arts in the Park, Sunday, September 16. Contact info@overthemoontoysnj.com or 732-729-9344 for more information on the Youth Art Show.

Live Music & Performing Arts
On the festival’s five performance stages along Raritan Avenue (Route 27), there is a wide range variety of music and performances. The performance lineup is as follows:

PERFORMANCE STAGE #1: Raritan Avenue & 2nd Avenue
11:30 - 12:10 The Brixton Riot
12:25 - 1:05 The Anderson Council
1:20 - 1:55 Hair Magic
2:10 - 2:50 The Nowhere
3:05 - 3:45 RGD
3:55 - 4:30 Dave Seamon & Christopher Pasi

PERFORMANCE STAGE #2: Speak Music Stage. Raritan Avenue @ South 3rd Avenue
11:30 - 4:30 Instrument Petting Zoo and performances by Speak Music students & faculty (Salsa, rock, and jazz)

PERFORMANCE STAGE #3: Chamber 43 Jazz Stage. 320 Raritan Avenue, betw South 3rd & 4th
11:30 - 12:30 John Bianculli
1:00 - 1:45 Kaz
2:15- 3:00 Liz Ashley
3:45 - 4:30 Ernston

PERFORMANCE STAGE #4: Pino's Stage. Raritan Avenue @ North 4th Avenue
11:30 - 12:45 Ash & Daryl
1:00 - 1:45 Rouvan
2:00 - 2:20 American Repertory Ballet
2:30 - 3:15 Kinetics
3:30 - 4:30 Bella Nota

PERFORMANCE STAGE #5: Raritan Avenue @ 5th Avenue
11:30 - 12:15 Daoine
12:30 - 1:15 Mr. Ray
1:30 - 2:15 Magnolia Street String Band
2:30 - 2:55 Be. You. Dance Center of Highland Park
3:05 - 3:30 Ziran Martial Arts
3:45 - 4:30 Highland Swing Jazz Band

Highland Park Businesses
A wide range of downtown Highland Park businesses and local nonprofits come out for the festival to showcase all that they have to offer. Come explore Highland Park's wonderful shops and restaurants who will be participating in the festival!

Sponsors
Main Street Highland Park would like to thank our generous arts festival sponsors, without whom this festival would not be possible.
• Unity Bank
• Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission
• SpeakMusic Conservatory
• Over the Moon Toys
• Miller's Rentals
• Strub Law, LLC
• Modern Art Solutions

Learn More
To learn more about Sunday’s Arts in the Park event, and about Main Street Highland Park, visit MainStreetHP.org/artsinthepark or facebook.com/MainStreetHP. Artist and vendor registration closes September 7. Sign up at mainstreethp.org/artsinthepark

Photo given to Patch by event organizers.