Summer Arts Festival

Enjoy an afternoon of family-friendly activities, live family entertainment, and fun for everyone at the 2024 Summer Arts Festival’s KidsFest, presented ADMISSION-FREE by the Springfield Arts Council in partnership with friends, businesses and organizations in the community! Held at Veterans Park Amphitheater (with special activities taking place at The Springfield Museum of Art,) this summer’s […]

The Springfield Arts Council's SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL presents FAMILY FUN NIGHT, starring hilarious ventriloquist Lynn Trefzger, and the cirque antics of The Amazing Giants! (Admission-free event; donations accepted at intermission.)  The hilarious Lynn Trefzger, a self-taught ventriloquist, delights young and old throughout the country.  Lynn has been amazing audiences since 1977. Dummies, puppets, inanimate objects, […]

The Springfield Arts Council's SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL welcomes the high-energy, dynamic, country/pop/rock band (voted 2022’s Best Band in Springfield!) Allison Road. With roots in the Springfield/Clark County area, this female-fronted band plays all of your favorite up-beat and current hits to keep a good variety of genres in the mix. Allison Road is sure to […]

The Springfield Arts Council's SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL welcomes the incredible Celtic sounds and step-dancing of The Next Generation Leahy! The music and energy created by The Next Generation Leahy simply cannot be contained. The drive to create music is powerful within each of the Leahy children. It has given rise to multi-instrumental talents, whose dynamic […]

The Springfield Arts Council's SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL welcomes the powerhouse female vocal trio Honky Tonk Chicks! Honky Tonk Chicks is a contemporary female vocal trio performing the greatest hits in Country Music! From today’s Top 40 all the way back to country classics, audiences sing and dance along to the most popular party songs of […]

The Springfield Arts Council's 2024 SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL welcomes McGuffey Lane back to Veterans Park Amphitheater.   Celebrating 50 years of entertaining, McGuffey Lane was formed in the early 1970s by Terry Efaw and Steve Reis. After adding songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist Bobby E. McNelley, they became McGuffey Lane, (the location of Reis's Athens […]

The Springfield Arts Council's 2024 SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL welcomes Motor City: The Motown Revue. "THE MUSIC THAT SHOOK A NATION - THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN!" The story goes, Berry Gordy decided to take total control of his song. So on January 12, 1959, he borrowed $800 from his family's loan fund to start his own record label, […]

The Springfield Arts Council's 2024 SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL welcomes the return of The Little Mermen - The Ultimate Disney Tribute Band. The Little Mermen are the ultimate Disney tribute concert for Disney fanatics of all ages! The band’s repertoire covers nearly a century of musical canon, including favorites from The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, Frozen […]

The Springfield Arts Council's 2024 SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL presents a cool way to spend a few warm summer evenings - our SIP OF SUMMER WINE-DOWN! Beginning at 6:00pm in Veterans Park, kick back with specially selected wines and enjoy your favorites!  Then at 8:00pm, sink into your lawn chairs with your favorite grape and enjoy […]

The Springfield Arts Council's 2024 SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL presents Brass Tracks Band. A definite audience favorite, returning to the Summer Arts Festival by popular demand, Brass Tracks Band is a high-energy eight-piece horn band from the Southwest Ohio area. Step back in time as BTB takes you on a high-energy tribute to all the great […]

The Springfield Arts Council's 2024 SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL presents The Heart of Rock and Roll - The Tribute to Huey Lewis and The News. The Heart of Rock and Roll (THoRR, for short) goes beyond mere tribute with a Las Vegas level frontman who brings to life the look and sound of Huey Lewis so […]