MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 30, 2021 Artist registration at the 1974 Edmonds Arts Festival. The 1979 Festival took place at Holy Rosary School. The 1985 Gallery Arts exhibit. A scene from the 2019 Edmonds Arts Festival.
The Edmonds Arts Festival has grown from a small community art fair to one of the most prestigious in the Pacific Northwest, attracting artists from across the nation and Canada and hosting a nationally recognized juried student art exhibit. It brings tens of thousands of people to the city to see the work of more than 200 artists and craftspeople, enjoy live entertainment and delicious local food, and patronize the city’s businesses and restaurants. On this, the Festival’s 63rd anniversary, let’s take a look back at how it all started.