The Paradise City Arts Festival will enter its 24th year as a cultural, creative, and culinary destination on Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton, Mass.
250 artists and craft makers from 20 states will be on hand to show and sell original works in ceramics, painting, decorative fiber, art glass, furniture, jewelry, metal, mixed media, photography, sculpture, wearable art, and woodworking.
The festival was founded and is directed by artists, and more than 10,000 visitors, many traveling long distances, attend the sprawling show each year. Yankee magazine wrote that “the Northampton visual arts scene explodes at the twice-yearly Paradise City Arts Festival, an extravaganza of 200-plus top-notch craftspeople and fine artists.”
Paradise City's themed “Flower Power!” exhibit brings together a colorful collection of art and fine craft that shows us how central flowers are in our lives. The show's exhibiting artists share the magic of flowers in paintings, photographs, jewelry, glass, ceramics, metal, wood, fiber arts, furniture, and much more.
The festival's 12,000 square-foot Festival Dining Tent is a microcosm of Northampton's vibrant restaurant scene, with recipes that span the globe. Chefs introduce new dishes every season, often using ingredients straight from the Valley's farms.