Get ready for ArtBeat 2025! In addition to approximately 100 craft, community, and food vendors on the street, we’ll have two stages of music and a dance showcase at the Somerville Theater.
The ArtBeat festival is the Arts Council’s annual multicultural arts festival that showcases the City’s diverse and vibrant arts communities and attracts ten thousand visitors to Davis Square. Presented by the Somerville Arts Council (SAC) and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, ArtBeat has reached its 39th year and features an eclectic mix of music, dance, theater, food, performance, and interactive activities.
At this year‘s festival, we will explore the word “freeze” in the many ways this word can be interpreted. Literally, “freeze” applies to the temperature — and we love the idea of convincing ourselves it is frigid on what is usually the hottest day of the year! Think igloos, snowflakes, sleet, and parkas. Yet beyond icy cold weather, freeze also connotes freezing time, freezing motion, and freeze frames. Also, in this rushed world, what happens when we freeze, pause, and slow down? What happens when we get glacial? We look forward to your creative interpretations of this chilled out theme!
For calls to artists, vendors, go here: https://beta.somervilleartscouncil.org/artbeat/calls/
