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DOWNTOWN SILVER SPRING FINE ART FESTIVAL

Festival dates: May 5-6, 2012
Location: Downtown on Ellsworth Street, Silver Spring, MD

The Downtown Silver Spring Fine Art Festival is held on Ellsworth Street in the heart of downtown Silver Spring, MD, a major business hub of Montgomery County situated at the north apex of Washington, DC.  Silver Spring typically draws 20,000 visitors on a non-event weekend in May.  Proximity to the Washington DC markets and built-in local audience make this a prime location to build a destination fine art festival.  Support by management staff of the complex and support by city personnel have been outstanding at this festival.

BOOTH COST: $395.00
Number of Artists: 100
Number of Years: 2

MARYLAND FESTIVAL OF THE ART

Festival dates: October 13-14, 2012  
Location: Downtown on Ellsworth St., Silver Spring, MD

The Maryland Festival of the Art is held at the same location as the Downtown Silver Spring Fine Art Festival in May, on Ellsworth Street through the center of downtown Silver Spring.  This area typically draws 20,000 visitors on a non-event weekend.  The downtown combines a vibrant, laid-back atmosphere with fabulous dining and shopping, hosting outdoor concerts, patio dining and an interactive fountain.  Proximity to the Washington DC markets with government employees, private contractors, and people employed in the various hospitals and health care facilities in the area augment the built-in local audience, rendering an ideal location in which a destination fine arts festival will prosper.

BOOTH COST: $375.00
Number of Artists: 100
Number of Years: 2

PREPARATION OF ENTRIES
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