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The Joyful Arts Festival aims to connect the Northern Colorado community with local artists and provide local artists with a platform to showcase their work in a welcoming, community-oriented setting.


Come Visit!

What visitors need to know:

  • The Joyful Arts Festival showcases artists and creatives from Northern Colorado including visual artists, musicians, speakers, and performers

  • Opportunities to purchase fine art and merchandise by local artists

  • Live music and performances happening all day

  • This is an outdoor event, please prepare accordingly

  • Food trucks on site

  • Family-friendly activities

  • Free admission!

Volunteers!

To volunteer or lend materials please click here!

Call For Artists!

What artists need to know:

  • This is an application-based art festival, artists will be accepted by a jury based on how well art fits with mission of festival and accommodations

  • Please fill out the application below that best fits your art. All mediums welcome!

  • Following your application submission, you will be required to submit one of these: a video sample of performance/speech, a video of live musical performance, or images of 3 art pieces to be sold at booths

  • Visual artists will sell their art at booths

  • Musicians, performers, and speakers will have a time slot to perform on stage

  • For artists currently living in Northern Colorado only

  • This is an outdoor event

  • This is a family friendly, inclusive event. Sexually explicit, vulgar, violent, racist, misogynistic, discriminatory, and hateful content will not be accepted.

If you’re not sure you’re a good fit for the festival, please reach out to Leah and Elijah with questions and concerns!

We are not responsible for stolen items, please do not leave equipment, artwork, or belongings unattended.


The Joyful Arts Festival does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.