River Arts Fest Memphis

RiverArtsFest has ranked in the Art Fair SourceBook’s TOP 200 for fine art in sales based on reports from our 2009 event.  If you missed RiverArtsFest 2009, you will get another chance in 2010.  Mark your calendars now and join us for a weekend of Fine Art, Music and fun.  October 23 & 24th 2010

We are currently in the process of setting up our online shop where you will be able to browse and make online purchases of any current and previous River Arts Festival posters and other assorted festival memorabilia. We are in the final stages of setting up and finalizing a few remaining elements needed in order [...]

Visual art has been featured in the festival’s Commemorative Poster each year since its inception. The poster is intended to communicate the vitality of our community and our festival.  The poster image is derived from an original piece of work created by a specially selected artist from the Memphis arts community.  Artists selected for this [...]

We have set our calendar for 2010.  This year is going to be busy.   We plan to host 4 membership events, a killer preview party and a knocked out 2 day festival.  Please join in the fun and be a part of the arts….Check it out. For more information about becoming a member: We encourage you to check [...]

As the smooth sounds of the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Ensemble drifted through the South Main Historic District on Saturday, the full and brightly colored skirts of belly dancers swayed with the music. “It’s the Middle East meets the big band era,” said Lisa Parks, a dancer with Dance with Jasmine. That submersion [...]

If there are three words that will draw local fun-lovers and culture-seekers, they are “river” and “arts” and “festival”: Voila, the free — as in no admission charge — RiverArtsFest, which runs Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., on South Main Street. A combination of two old events, [...]

Creating connections between the community and the many not for profit organizations which serve our city is a central to our organization’s charter. During our festival we are happy to provide space for your organization to meet and greet the many patrons which visit our event. If you would like to request a space at [...]

Friday, October 23rd from 6-9pm at Central Station 545 South Main $25 Ticket Includes Beverages & Gourmet Food from The Arcade Restaurant, McEwen’s on Monroe, Pearl’s Oyster House, S.O.B. South of Beale, Sole Restaurant & Raw Bar, Spindini

Memphis Music Foundation has named RiverArtsFest as their anchor event downtown for their inaugural Memphis Means Music Week – October 24-31, 2009. The mission of the Memphis Music Foundation is to support, assist and encourage the creativity and entreprenurship and spirit of innovation that is alive and well in the Memphis music community. We are [...]

As part of our community outreach we are proud to be a sponsor of Nuts OverArt.  Arts in the Park was the founded in Overton Park more than 25 years ago.  RiverArtsFest is our fundraising event of the year and with this event we seek to give back to our community. If you are looking for [...]