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City will not hold regional arts festival in 2025; staff to pursue city‑managed fall event for 2026
Summary
Staff told ACE the city will not produce the large regional arts festival in 2025 because of staff bandwidth and seasonal scheduling; the council favored exploring a city‑managed outdoor arts festival in fall 2026 focused on a broader set of artistic disciplines.
Olivia Gosta told ACE that council discussions and staff capacity constraints made it impractical to stage the large regional arts festival in 2025. "For 2025, we are not going to have an event, because of the logistic constraints of trying to plan that kind of event," she said.
Instead, staff and council support a pivot to a city‑managed outdoor arts festival targeted for fall 2026, with expanded emphasis on visual, performing and literary arts rather than only material vendors. Committee members discussed alternative scheduling and the possibility of tying arts programming to existing winter events to broaden demographic reach. Staff said more details will be developed as the public art master plan and event calendar are finalized.
