Event Details
Vancouver Arts & Music Festival – Friday
Friday, August 2, 2024
12:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Esther Short Park
605 Esther St. Vancouver, Washington
Get ready to dive into a world of electrifying creativity at the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival! This spectacular free event is open to all ages and will transform Esther Short Park and downtown Vancouver into a stage for artistic brilliance! From vibrant stages to pop-up galleries, awe-inspiring juried art shows, toe-tapping family activities and tantalizing food vendors, the Vancouver Arts & Music Festival is a sensory explosion like no other.
Volunteers Needed: This free festival is made possible thanks to the support of outstanding volunteers! Be part of the excitement and help with setup, vendor support, artist assistance and more. There are multiple shifts and roles available Aug. 1-4. Learn more and RSVP online.
Esther Short Park Community Stage
12 p.m. Welcome with Mayor McEnerny-Ogle
12:15 p.m. Land Acknowledgement with the Traveling Day Society Drum Circle
12:30 p.m. Vietnamese Lion Dance
1:30 p.m. Fort Vancouver Pipe Band
2 p.m. Hip Hop Soulsation Academy
2:30 p.m. Cottage Dance Academy
3 p.m. Metropolitan Performing Arts
3:30 p.m. Ballet Folklórico of SW Washington
4 p.m. Columbia Dance
4:30 p.m. Yeates Academy of Irish Dance
Phil Arnold Way Community Stage
12 p.m. Carpathian-Pacific Express
1 p.m. Zyanna
2 p.m. Seth Moran, Fiddle Looper
3 p.m. The Bylines
4 p.m. Bossa PDX
5 p.m. Darling Radio
6 p.m. The Juleps
Esther Short Park Main Stage at 7 p.m.
An evening of Tchaikovsky featuring cellist, Zuill Bailey with Maestro Brotons and the VSO. Stay after the concert for a screening of West Side Story (1961) in the park.
Presented by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the City of Vancouver and M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. With support from United Grain and OPB. Special thanks to Vancouver Farmers Market, Columbia Arts Network and Vancouver’s Downtown Association.