It’s Mystic Outdoor Art Festival weekend
August 07, 2024 1:22 pm
• Last Updated: August 07, 2024 1:22 pm
People walk along Holmes Street Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, during the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival in the downtown area of Mystic. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
View of part the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, located in the Henry B. Dupont Preservation Shipyard of the Mystic Seaport Museum. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Chantal Hendrickson, of Boston, looks at the paintings by artist Katie Fogg, of New London, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, during the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival in the downtown area of Mystic. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mark your calendar for this weekend.
That’s when one of Mystic’s most iconic events, the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, returns.
Nearly 270 artists line the quaint streets of Mystic with their work, as folks wander along and peruse the pieces, which usually number more than 100,000. There are related activities, like a Children’s Art Park outside Anchor Cafe & Sweet and a Performing Arts Stage in Mystic River Park.
The festival is hosted by the Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce.
Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Cottrell Street along river into Mystic Seaport shipyard; mysticchamber.org.
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