September 9 & 10, 2023 | Perry Street/Festival Park | Sat. 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm
This esteemed community art festival highlights the talents of more than 110 exhibitors displaying a wide range of works from life-size sculptures, to photography and jewelry.
This two day event is held in downtown Castle Rock at Festival Park. Delight in the artistic impressions of more than 110 Artists from across the country. Continual live main stage entertainment, featuring popular musicians, will provide a complimentary backdrop to this year’s program. Admission is free to this 2 day event.
September 9 & 10, 2023
Sat (9-6pm) Sun (10-5pm)
Location: Perry Street (between 3rd/South) & Festival Park
Castle Rock, CO 80104
If you are interested in participating at the Castle Rock Artfest, please sign up here.
View 2022 Artists
All Day Saturday/Sunday:
- Kid’s Imagination Zone full of fun Art Activities for the kids!
- HawkQuest
Live Mainstage Entertainment:
Saturday – September 9th
coming soon
Sunday – September 10th
coming soon
Sign Up Now! Volunteer at Artfest, It’s Fun!
Please sign up for the 2023 Artfest – Coming Soon
Congratulations to our 2022 Castle Rock Artfest Winners!
Pietra | Wall | Mixed Media – Fine Arts | Best Fine Art |
Barbara | Marcus-McKenna | Printmaking – Fine Arts | Best Fine Craft |
Greg | Dye | Painting, Oil or Acrylic – Fine Arts | Best Of Show |
Daniel | Marshall | Ceramics – Fine Crafts | Ceramics – Blue Ribbon |
Jack | Charney | Ceramics – Fine Crafts | Ceramics – Red Ribbon |
Todd | Mueller | Computer Generated/Digital Art/ | Computer generated – Blue Ribbon |
Chad | Keith | Drawing or Pastels – Fine Arts | Drawing or Pastels – Blue Ribbon |
PEGGY | ANTON | Fiber – Fine Crafts | Fiber – Blue Ribbon |
Lisa | Green | Fiber – Fine Crafts | Fiber – Red Ribbon |
Larry | Jakubiak | Glass – Fine Crafts | Glass – Blue Ribbon |
Rachel | Stych | Jewelry – Fine Crafts | Jewelry – Blue Ribbon |
Mark | Grosser | Jewelry – Fine Crafts | Jewelry – Red Ribbon |
Steve & Calisse | Browne | Metalworks – Fine Crafts | Metalworks – Blue Ribbon |
Tim | Canfield | Photography – Fine Arts | Metalworks – Red Ribbon |
Sarah G. | Keesen | Mixed Media – Fine Arts | Mixed Media – Blue Ribbon |
Dave | Reiter | Painting, Oil or Acrylic – Fine Arts | Painting Oil OR Acrylic – Blue Ribbon |
Arturo | Garcia | Painting, Oil or Acrylic – Fine Arts | Painting Oil OR Acrylic – Red Ribbon |
Cindy | Welch | Painting, Watercolor – Fine Arts | Painting, Watercolor – Blue Ribbon |
Shaun | Downey | Photography – Fine Arts | Photography – Blue Ribbon |
John | Scanlan | Photography – Fine Arts | Photography – Red Ribbon |
Fred | Lunger | Sculpture – Fine Arts | Sculpture – Blue Ribbon |
Deborah | Candelora | Sculpture – Fine Arts | Sculpture – Red Ribbon |
Rick | Robinson | Wood – Fine Crafts | Wood – Blue Ribbon |
Matthew | Rinn | Wood – Fine Crafts | Wood – Red Ribbon |
View a map of public art pieces. Castle Rock is part of the Countywide Art Encounters program. The art in this program is notated. View a map of public art pieces. (Once there, click on each piece for more information. Or, click the Map tab to show the location of all public art, then click the individual location indicator to see the description at that location.)
If you are a Food Truck wanting to participate at the Art fest you can apply below:
Food Vendor Application – Two Days
Food Vendor Application – Saturday Only
Food Vendor Application – Sunday Only
Please Refer to Town of Castle Rock Downtown Parking Map for most accurate information.
ENCORE PARKING GARAGE WILCOX/PERRY: *Scheduled to be Open for Artfest weekend: 300+ Public Parking Spaces-Floors 1-5 ** No Overnight Parking
DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS:
Douglas County Fairgrounds
500 Fairgrounds Drive Castle Rock, CO 80104
Take the Trolley from Douglas County Fairgrounds.
- Attendees are encouraged to park at Fairgrounds, take the trolley or walk the sidewalk back to Festival Park.
- Trolley will continually loop making 2 stops at the Fairgrounds and at corner of South/Perry Street. Artfest Shuttle Will Be Available both Saturday/Sunday during Festival Hours.
Other options:
View the Downtown Castle Rock Parking Map
Your patience is greatly appreciated as we try to provide these courtesy transportation options for those needing it. Thank you!
Standing out in a crowd of competitors is no easy task, and it’s getting more difficult all the time.
Contact the Castle Rock Chamber today to learn about the exciting sponsorship opportunities we can offer your business.
Email Stacy@castlerock.org or give her a call at the Chamber (303) 688-4597.
If you are an artist and would like to participate at the event. You can apply here.

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