Clinton’s Arts and Music Competition is again. What to anticipate

The Clinton Arts & Music Festival hasn’t been the identical the final two years, however it’s making a full-fledged return Saturday, August 27 with music, distributors, a cornhole match, meals vans and children’ actions.

The long-standing competition was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2021, it got here again “very cautiously” with fewer distributors and actions, occasion coordinator Rachel Burtek mentioned.

From 10 a.m. till 5 p.m., over 50 distributors will unfold throughout Clinton’s Village Inexperienced showcasing pictures, advantageous artwork, pottery, jewellery and extra accompanied by dwell leisure from 10 a.m. till 8:30 p.m. The total music lineup is comprised of artists together with The Boom Chickens, Basis or Sarah Gross Band, adopted by The Dovetones, One Man. The Band, Nate Gross Band and Annie in the Water Acoustic Trio.

In 2021, the competition added a meals courtroom on W. Park Row in entrance of the Alexander Hamilton Institute, which is able to return this yr and produce all types of treats. From gelato to grilled meals, native distributors like The Cremeria, The Grapevine, Michael T’s, Promise Land BBQ, Tacocat Food Co. and Tug Hill Artisan Roasters will likely be there.

The latest additions to the competition will goal its youngest attendees: Free face portray, storytime, an interactive artwork occasion and different actions will likely be out there on the Alexander Hamilton Institute offered by the Kirkland Art Center. There can even be family-friendly artwork demos and initiatives on the Village Inexperienced introduced by the Kirkland Town Library and Clinton Pottery.