2025 ARTS PICNIC

This year marks the 46th Annual Arts Picnic and it is a Northern Colorado favorite! This is a two-day event to include 150+ artists and crafters booths, 8-10 food trucks, kid's activities, a beer tent and 2-stages to include 14 total performances. Shop for handmade treasures. Enjoy the food court, beer garden and live entertainment on two stages. Be sure to check out the Creation Station tent for children and so much more!

Friday Fest Kick Off Concert

Arts Picnic Vendors and Event Map

Discover high-quality, one-of-a-kind handmade arts and crafts, from more than 150 juried vendors. Local, regional and national artists bring a diverse selection of works. Browse items ranging from photography and glass to canvas and ceramics.

Pick up a FREE Arts Picnic guide at the main gazebo in Lincoln Park. The guide includes a vendor list and event map.

View Vendor Map

Food Court and Beer Garden

Visit the food court for more than a dozen booths full of delights from around the world. Sample BBQ, pizza, gyros, or a sweet treat, to satisfy your festival food cravings.

A large shady tent shelters the Beer Garden, hosted by the Greeley Chamber Orchestra. Savor a cold drink and enjoy hours of fantastic FREE center stage music.

Fun craft and art projects at the Kids Creation Station!

With a dozen acts on two stages, Arts Picnic celebrates the performing arts all weekend long! Entertainment includes a dance group, country music, big band, blues, and rock.

Bring your crafty kiddos and let their imaginations run free at the Creation Station, located in the NW corner of Lincoln Park. The station is open all weekend long with FREE hands-on craft projects. Crafty kits are also available to pick up and complete at home.

Saturday July 26

• 9-11 Paper Bag Puppets
• 11-1 Garden Bouquet
• 1-3 Magic Wands
• 3-5 Tube Creatures

Sunday – July 27

• 10-12 Discovery Journal
• 12-2 Fairy/Troll Houses
• 2-4 Summer Crowns

Youth Stage Fun

Saturday on the Youth Stage

Funny Business/Magic Shows with The Great Loudini, TimFoolery, & Magic Zimm. (Lew Wymisner, Tim Pendergast, Doug Zimmerman). Shows start at 11 AM, 20 minute shows, then 20 minutes off, all afternoon, until 3 PM, just north of the gazebo.

Sunday on the Youth Stage

Open Stage Sessions:

• 10am-11am
• 12pm-1pm

Music Stage Line Ups

Saturday, July 26

Center Stage

• 10am Ingrid Avison
• 12pm Los Cheesies
• 2pm iZCALLi
• 4pm Purple Blues

Plaza Stage

• 9:30am- Troupe Sidysaan
• 10:15am- The Stampede Troup
• 11am- Sherwood Park Flute Ensemble
• 1pm- Denise Ford & Friends
• 3pm- Loveland Opera Theater

Sunday, July 27

Center Stage

• 11am Atomic Drifter
• 1pm Velvet Daydream
• 3pm Roka Hueka

Plaza Stage

• 10am- Clave 303
• 12pm- Spicy Pickles Jazz Band
• 2pm- Valerie Vampola Trio

Festival Parking and Free Shuttle Service

There are at least 1,600 parking spaces within walking distance to Lincoln Park. These include:

• Weld County parking lots: 10th Street and 11th Street
• Downtown Greeley Parking: Permit parking ends from Friday at 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Monday.

Take the free shuttle service provided by Greeley Evans Transit. The shuttles run about every ten minutes between Heath Middle School and Lincoln Park for the duration of the Arts Picnic. Shuttles are wheelchair accessible.