The Westerville Area Chamber and sponsoring Chamber member businesses are excited to host the 46th Annual Westerville Music & Arts Festival and newly crowned Best Suburban Festival according to CityScene Magazine’s Best of the ‘bus, the weekend of July 13 and 14, 2019 at Heritage Park. We appreciate the support and attendance year after year.
This year’s Festival will feature 130 artists, 30+ performances and nearly 20 food trucks, and to further your enjoyment the Westerville Parks & Recreation’s Summer Jazz Series will be sharing the stage with our headlining concert on July 13, 2019 beginning at 5 p.m. when the kegs are tapped.
We have partnered with the Westerville Parks & Recreation’s Summer Jazz Series as the Urban Jazz Coalition takes to The Middlefield Banking Company Everal Barn Stage at 5:30 p.m. followed by our headliner concert featuring The Reaganomics, 614 Magazine’s Best Cover Band in Central Ohio, at 7:30 p.m. During the two evening concerts we will feature local craft breweries North High Brewing and Rhinegiest on tap and of course food trucks open late. The concert is included with the $1 entry fee into the Festival.
New this year we will have increased activities for the kids presented by the Arts Council of Westerville and a music petting zoo hosted by School of Rock, along with fun crafts and games with the Westerville Parks & Recreation. Another new feature is a partnership with COTA providing FREE transportation to the Festival with a CMAX stop at the corner of Main St. and Cleveland Ave. Park at OhioHealth Westerville Medical Campus or Northland Transit Center or pick up the CMAX anywhere…it’s FREE this weekend!!
Did you know that the entire Festival weekend is planned and coordinated by Chamber member businesses? From the committee members planning the Festival to all the generous sponsors, even the army of volunteers, our Westerville Music & Arts Festival is made possible by our greater Westerville business community.
Another festival fact is that the entire weekend draws nearly 18,000 people to Heritage Park? Last year’s economic impact study, conducted by students and professors from Otterbein University, found that during the weekend more than half of attendees came from outside of 43081 and 82 zip codes, with the average distance traveled being nearly 12 miles. From that information we found that their indirect spending in our greater Westerville economy is upwards of $950,000 during the two days.
For more information about the Festival, times for each day and a list of musicians on each stage, parking locations and food trucks, visit westervillechamber.com or follow our Festival on Facebook.
See you at #westfest19!