ARToberFEST 20255

ArtWorks Westfield invites you to ... ARToberFEST 2025, our annual day long, autumn community art and cultural experience in the heart of downtown Westfield featuring local and regional fine artists and artisans, literature and live music + sidewalk chalk art, kid’s art, food trucks and much more, on Saturday September 27, 2025 from 10am to 4pm.

This is an outdoor urban art festival in the very unique, inviting and thriving metropolitan setting of the Downtown Westfield Cultural District.

Stroll along Elm Street and experience a day of fine art, literature, live music, sidewalk chalk creativity and FREE community activities. Meet the Juried Artists and Authors. Listen to local and regional musical groups on the Elm Street Plaza and street performers all along Elm Street. Explore all downtown Westfield has to offer - local shops and boutiques; small scale pop up galleries; fine eateries; coffee shops, cafes and pubs. Be part of the burgeoning art and cultural scene in the new DOWNTOWN WESTFIELD CULTURAL DISTRICT in the heart of downtown Westfield.

This is a FREE art & cultural community experience with roots dating back to a very small art & literature show in old Town Hall in 2017. How we have grown!

ARTISTS ALONG ELM
Art created by local and regional fine artists and artisans will be on display and available for purchase, in an outdoor, art walk format, along the west side of Elm Street ~ the future Downtown Westfield Cultural District ~ from the Westfield Athenaeum heading north along Elm towards Arnold Street and the Westfield Gas & Electric; the Church Street Walkway and the new Elm Street Plaza. Over 75 Juried Fine Artists and Artisans will be on hand to showcase their creativity and talent in mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, collage, photography, printmaking, digital art, jewelry, functional art, wood, glass, metal, fiber, clay and ceramics.

Oh the things you’ll see!

With holiday season quickly approaching, art makes a perfect and truly unique gift.

 

AUTHORS ALONG ELM
Local and regional authors, writers, poets and publishers, alongside gallery artists, will be along Elm Street in downtown Westfield, offering their books for sale and talking about the craft of writing. From history to self-improvement; from paranormal and fantasy to horror; from poetry to dark fantasy; from children’s books to mysteries and memoirs and all points and genres in between, you’ll find something to love and read along Elm Street.

With holiday season quickly approaching, the gift of reading and imaginary exploration makes a perfect holiday surprise!

LIVE MUSIC AT THE ELM STREET PLAZA
48 Elm Street, Westfield, MA
Local musicians from 11am to 3:30pm

LIVE MUSIC ALONG ELM STREET
Street musicians along Elm Street

OPEN HOUSE AT ELM ART & ANTIQUES
30 Elm Street Westfield, MA
New art & artisan retail shop in the heart of the cultural district in the historical First National bank building. Be sure to check it out!

OPEN GALLERY AT THE WESTFIELD ATHENAEUM
Westfield Eclecticism: Forty Years of Artistic Collaboration at ArtsWest at the Jasper Rand Gallery.
6 Elm Street, Westfield, MA

OPEN GALLERY AT WESTFIELD ON WEEKENDS
Fiesta: A Celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month featuring Andrea Fabiana Piatti-Bruno and Frankie Borrero,
Westfield On Weekends Rinona Gallery, 105 Elm Street. Westfield, MA

OPEN MIC WITH THE STRAW DOGS WRITERS GUILD
12:30 - 2:00PM
ED & FRIENDS MUSICAL OPEN MIC
2:00-4:00PM 
Both at Ray Ray's Cafe 2-3, Main St, Westfield, MA 01085

& MORE.

The Arts Are Alive & Thriving in Westfield. Be part of it all!

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About ARToberFEST:

Entering the eight autumn season of inviting local and region artists, authors and musicians to the cozy confines of downtown Westfield and the Downtown Westfield Cultural District for one of the largest outdoor urban art festivals in the Pioneer Valley, ARToberFEST is a production of ArtWorks of Westfield Inc., an all-volunteer, non-profit community organization committed to promoting diverse art and cultural experiences in the city and supported by a grant from the Westfield Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Major underwriting support for ARToberFEST is provided by PeoplesBank. Other major sponsors include Aero Fastener, Westfield Bank, C&S Wholesale Grocers and Westfield Gas & Electric and our very generous pARTners in the ARTs supporting sponsors, including Tribeca Gastro Bar & Grille, Bananalovemuffin Creative Illustration & Design, White Lion Brewing Company, Vivid Hair Salon, Ray Ray's Café, Park Square Realty, Chrissy G’s Bakery, Andrea York Photography, John Morizio Bershire Hathaway Homeservices, Francis & Kathleen Frigugliette, Two Rivers Burrito, R Levesque Associates, Inc., Whip City Music, Budsuds, Crave Café, Pioneer Valley Trading Company, The Lumber Centre, Delaney's Market Westfield, Comfort Bagel, Maple Leaf Pub, New Horizons Bikes, Richard "Kick" Sullivan III Lyon & Fitzpatrick LLP, Keith G. Roy Construction, Inc., KGR Tax & Accounting, Anytime Fitness Westfield, Lisa Oleksak-Sullivan, Realtor in MA & CT, Wagner Rug & Flooring, NetLogic.

About ArtWorks of Westfield Inc.ArtWorks of Westfield Inc., a local arts & cultural organization promoting the rich and talented artistic diversity of Westfield and the surrounding communities, is a tax exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501 (c) (3). Donations and supporting membership are tax deductible to the extent allowed
by law.

Our mission is to create and promote the widest variety of Cultural Arts, Literary Arts, Musical Events, and Performing Arts for the Westfield Community and to collaborate with businesses and invested groups to develop and maintain venues for presentations and performances.

We aspire to bring together creators and community to engage, inform, inspire, empower, educate and entertain in the heart of downtown Westfield.