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Doylestown Arts Festival

Doylestown arts

The Doylestown Arts Festival runs Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, on the streets of downtown Doylestown. It is free, held rain or shine, and this is the 35th one: a volunteer group of businesses and residents started it in 1991, and Discover Doylestown organizes it now. The streets fill with a juried lineup of more than 160 independent artists, plus live music on five stages at State and Main, State and Clinton, Main and Oakland, State and Pine, and Oakland and Clinton. The food court sits in the Dommel Way lot behind the Starbucks, with nine vendors including Sherri's Crab Cakes and Beck's Cajun Cruiser. Neshaminy Creek Brewing runs the beer garden in the Pine Street lot at East State and Pine, serving 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 21 and over to buy, drinks stay inside. Demos run all weekend and most cost nothing: pottery at State and Hamilton, glass flameworking on West Oakland, stamping with TileWorks, crafts from the Mercer Museum. On Sunday the Bucks County Classic bike races circle the town. A large part of downtown closes to traffic, so park free at the Union Street or Court Street garages, CB West, Lenape Middle School or Fanny Chapman. The free Doylestown Dart shuttle loops from the Union Street Garage, CB West and Fanny Chapman, 10 to 5 each day. SEPTA Regional Rail lets you off at Clinton and Ashland, a few short blocks below the festival.

When: Sat, Sep 12 – Sun, Sep 13 Where: Downtown Doylestown Admission: Free
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