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The 2024 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

A gallery of photos providing a glimpse into the traditional summer event

The mist tunnel, located on Allen Street in downtown State College, has become a traditional and popular stop for people to cool off when they are visiting the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The 58th annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts runs through Sunday, July 14. The festival, which features sales and exhibits from more than 300 independent artist-entrepreneurs from across the country, live performances and other events and activities. Founded in 1967 by the State College Chamber of Commerce and Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture, the festival attracts approximately 125,000 visitors each summer. 

Learn more about this year's festival in this Penn State News story, and see more pictures from the first day in the gallery below.

The Tussey Mountain Moonshiners provided the music at the Allen Street stage on the first morning of the 2024 Central PA Festival of the Arts. More than 60 performers will be providing a variety of musical styles at several venues throughout the festival. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Mixed Media 3D art provided by Dan Baxter is on display at his tent located near Carnegie Building on the University Park campus.  Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Members of the Slippey Family, originally from Duncansville, PA, reunited in State College for Arts Festival Weekend 2024 and enjoyed some ice cream from the Berkey Creamery tent located near Willard Building on the University Park campus. The Slippey family proudly claims five Penn State graduates among their siblings. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The mist tunnel, located on Allen Street in downtown State College, has become a traditional and popular stop for people to cool off when they are visiting the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Beautiful glass from artists Drew and Jannine Hine's 'Vessel Studio' is on display at their booth located on Pollock Road on Penn State's University Park campus. Artists and crafts people from around the region and the country are participating in the 2024 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts from July 10 to 14. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Talented painters, photographers, jewelry makers and more are displaying their work in booths throughout downtown State College and along Penn State's Allen Street Mall at the 2024 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Marea Alkhalifa, a junior majoring in astrophysics, demonstrates how to make a comet during the first night of AstroFest, a free, public four-night festival of astronomy activities and stargazing organized by the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Eberly College of Science at the Penn State University Park campus. The popular AstroFest program, which annually coincides with the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Credit: Heather Robbins / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Tussey Mountain Moonshiners provided the music at the Allen Street stage on the first morning of the 2024 Central PA Festival of the Arts. More than 60 performers will be providing a variety of musical styles at several venues throughout the festival. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Mixed Media 3D art provided by Dan Baxter is on display at his tent located near Carnegie Building on the University Park campus.  Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Members of the Slippey Family, originally from Duncansville, PA, reunited in State College for Arts Festival Weekend 2024 and enjoyed some ice cream from the Berkey Creamery tent located near Willard Building on the University Park campus. The Slippey family proudly claims five Penn State graduates among their siblings. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The mist tunnel, located on Allen Street in downtown State College, has become a traditional and popular stop for people to cool off when they are visiting the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Beautiful glass from artists Drew and Jannine Hine's 'Vessel Studio' is on display at their booth located on Pollock Road on Penn State's University Park campus. Artists and crafts people from around the region and the country are participating in the 2024 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts from July 10 to 14. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Talented painters, photographers, jewelry makers and more are displaying their work in booths throughout downtown State College and along Penn State's Allen Street Mall at the 2024 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Marea Alkhalifa, a junior majoring in astrophysics, demonstrates how to make a comet during the first night of AstroFest, a free, public four-night festival of astronomy activities and stargazing organized by the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Eberly College of Science at the Penn State University Park campus. The popular AstroFest program, which annually coincides with the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Credit: Heather Robbins / Penn State. Creative Commons

Last Updated July 12, 2024

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