The Boston Arts Festival will take place Saturday, September 9th and Sunday, September 10th from 11am – 6:00 pm in Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park. This annual event is designed to showcase the visual and performing arts in Boston, and kicks off the Open Studios happening throughout the Fall in Boston’s neighborhoods.

The Boston Arts Festival features more than 50 juried Boston visual artists and craftspeople, plus a dozen local musicians performing on the Waterfront Stage each day. The event brings over 50,000 visitors to Christopher Columbus Park, on Boston Harbor, where they can meet the artists and craftspeople who are there to share a wide variety of art and high-end craft work, including painting, photography, ceramics, jewelry and sculpture, and much more. The featured musicians cover a wide variety of genres, from rock to pop to indie.