Event Calendar

Festival 

The Shad Festival has evolved from a local art show into a nationally recognized award-winning event. Shad Fest features the area’s finest artists and crafters, great food and family entertainment, but the two-day extravaganza also serves as a venue for local non-profit organizations to raise necessary operating funds.

True to its almost 40-year history, the Shad Fest is a 2-day festival full of art,  crafts, food, and yes, shad! Hundreds of the region’s finest artists and crafters featuring everything – jewelry, ceramics, furniture, apparel, accessories, home décor and more! This is a rain or shine event.

Charity Art Auction 

Over 200 original works of art, created and donated by local artists, are on display during Shad Festival weekend in the recreation room of the First Presbyterian Church, 31 N. Union St.

The Silent Auction begins at 6:00 pm on Friday, April 24th and ends at 4:30 pm on Sunday, April 26th. The Live Auction begins at 2:00 pm on Sunday, April 26th.

Stop by the Church to see the art auction. Local schoolchildren’s art will be on display at the Justice Center, 25 S. Union Street.

All proceeds from the Shad Fest Art Auction go to the Jim Hamilton Shad Festival Scholarship Fund.  Every year, two $10,000 scholarships is awarded to two high school students pursuing the dream of studying the arts.