Statesboro Festival of the Arts 2026

The 2nd Annual Statesboro Festival of the Arts is located in and around The Market at Visit Statesboro in downtown Statesboro, GA. This rapidly growing early Spring event is a fantastic weekend for artists and patrons alike, featuring juried art vendors, live acoustic music, activities for children, a food truck court, and plenty of southern hospitality. The festival takes place Saturday, March 21-Sunday March 22, 2026, with artist set up on March 20, 2026.

The Market at Visit Statesboro boasts a 7,500 square feet facility with roll-up garage doors and an incredible view of the cultivated greenspace and picnic areas leading to a boardwalk and bridge that connects to historic downtown Statesboro. The Market allows indoor space for 30 vendors and the ample Visit Statesboro campus has a spacious paved lot for additional outdoor vendors, a stage, and more. Artists enjoy convenient set up all day on Friday ending with a VIP Invitational Patron Preview event from 6-8pm, generous awards totaling $5,000 in cash prizes, booth sitters, shuttles to cars, low entry and booth fees, security during set up and overnight security.

Applications must be submitted through ZAPPlication.org with a $15 nonrefundable application fee. Each application requires five digital photographs: four showing work the artist intends to exhibit and one booth shot without identifying signage. Artists must be 18 years and older, with collaborative teams of no more than two artists welcome to apply. The festival accepts work in multiple categories including 2-D and 3-D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Drawing, Fibers, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Metal, Painting, Printmaking, Photography/Digital Art, Sculpture, and Wood.