CREATE Eastside Arts Festival 2024 Giveaway
byEastside Arts Society presents the 4th edition of its newly expanded, immersive summer arts event, CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival this month. Enjoy a series of events (from doodles and music, to weaving and printing) in the Eastside Arts District, in addition to its traditional all-day outdoor festivities at Strathcona Park. You can also enter to win a prize package!
CREATE Eastside Arts Festival 2024
- Dates: July 22-28, 2024
- Location: Various Eastside Arts District (EAD) studios, breweries, and performance venues, and Strathcona Park
- Tickets: Some free, some ticketed events. View them all online here.
- Art workshops are $35 for youth/adults and $20 for flamenco and children’s workshops. Children under the age of 12 must be supervised by an adult.
The festival offers arts workshops, live music and dance performances, a beer garden, public art activations, an art shop, and inspiring opportunities for art lovers of all ages and abilities to explore and discover.
Featured Events
Community highlights include CREATE! pop-up art workshops at Off the Rail Brewing, Luppolo Brewing, and Strange Fellows Brewing from July 22-26 and studio art workshops at 1000 Parker Street, The Mergatroid Building, and The Arts Factory on July 28.
Canadian musical artist Paul Pigat will be at the Firehall Arts Centre on July 25; legendary Canadian singer songwriter Art Bergmann at the Rickshaw Theatre on July 26; there will be a roving piano and dance performance from Mascall Dance on July 26; live mural painting by Eastside Culture Crawl co-founder Richard Tetrault from July 22-26; and so much more.
On Saturday, July 27, the festival returns for a full day of festivities at Strathcona Park, with a series of outdoor art-making workshops taught by EAD artists, including: weaving, summer florals, introduction to flamenco (all abilities), crochet, charcoal drawing, and a BIPOC expressive art workshop. For the first time this year, CREATE! will partner with 604 Records and Light Organ Records to present a live music concert stage at Strathcona Park (July 27 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm), featuring Haleluya Hailu, Fur Trade, and Sarah Jane Scouten.
The 9th annual Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl Brewery Tour Fundraiser, also on July 27th, will benefit the Eastside Arts Society’s yearly activities and community events.
Enter to Win
I have a prize package to give away! Here’s how you can enter to win:
Win a CREATE Arts Festival Prize Package
