Excitement is growing for the 15th Annual Aliquippa Art and Music Festival, scheduled for Saturday, September 13. The Festival is expected to attract thousands of people to downtown Franklin Avenue for fun activities, art, food and live music throughout the day.

A parade featuring over 200 participants including local dignitaries, marching bands and other talent will kick off the Festival at 10 a.m traveling down Franklin Avenue from Kennedy Boulevard. Dozens of organizations will be represented by vendor booths offering food (including a rib cook-off in the afternoon), crafts, childrens activities and more all along Franklin Avenue.

An art exhibition with pieces from local and regional artists will be on display. This showcase of area talent is a celebration of the arts as a tool for renewal and hope. Visitors to the gallery will be asked to cast a ballot in the Aliquippa Choice Award for their favorite piece.

Free concerts at multiple stage locations will keep the Festivals energy high all day! On behalf of the AAUD and the many other organizations involved, the Festival Committee is requesting your participation during our festival. We are currently seeking musicians of all genres, dancers, spoken word poets, jugglers, actors-everything and anything related to the arts- for our staged performances. We are also seeking artists of all ages and artwork in all media who would be willing to share their creativity with the Aliquippa Community.

The Festival Committee looks forward to great success in bringing together the people of Aliquippa and neighboring communities to highlight the arts and to showcase Aliquippa as a vibrant, resurging, economically and socially viable community. Become one of the thousands of people who refuse to miss this increasingly popular community event!