2019 Festival Timeline

Applications are Due: Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Notification Date: April 10, 2019

Festival Dates: Saturday, July 13 and Sunday July 14, 2019

July 14 & 15, 2018 in Uptown Normal

Judges Peter Olson (NIU Art Museum Assistant Director) and Alfonso Gosálbez Berenguer (local Artist and Teacher) served as judges of the 35th Annual Sugar Creek Arts Festival in Uptown Normal.

Prizes are as follows:
Best of Show: Desiree Swanson, Minooka, IL
First Place Fine Art: Lydia Puddicome, Urbana, IL
First Place Fine Craft: Luis Villa & Jennifer McKenna, Galesburg, IL
Second Place Fine Arts: Cathy Engberg, Peoria, IL
Second Place Fine Craft: Lisa Slotky, Chicago, IL
The D. Bill Memorial Prize for Best Use of Recycled Material: April Sepich, Helenville, WI

The Sugar Creek Arts Festival is now rated as the 100th Best Fine Arts Festival in the United States! 

We are honored to so valued by our artists.

 July 14, 2018 -------10 am - 5 pm

July 15, 2018 -------11 am - 4 pm

in beautiful Uptown Normal!

Festival Shirts

The 35th anniversary Sugar Creek Arts Festival t-shirts are available for pre-order for $15. 

Gildan Heavy 100% Cotton Tees in men's and women's sizes. 

Volunteers get theirs for free! 

Booth Listing

RED = North Street

BLUE = Roundabout

GREEN = Beaufort

BOLD = Juror's Choice Artist

We would love to have you, or your group, volunteer at the Sugar Creek Arts Festival!

Do you have a scout troop or other group looking to volunteer? 

Contact our director, Doug Johnson, at doug@mcac.org to learn more! 

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Roundabout

Saturday

10:00 am    Stone & Snow

12:00 pm    Leah Marlene

2:00 pm     Brian Choban Jazz

3:30 pm     John Wahl

Sunday

11:00 am    Dave Berchtold

1:30 pm    Joe Zaklan

3:00 pm    Wildermore

Broadway Stage

Saturday

10:30 am    Sugar Creek Cloggers

12:30 pm    Tom Ricker

2:30 pm      Marcos Mendez

Sunday

11:00 am    Award Announcement

12:00 pm    Lowder & Manning

2:00 pm     Leah Marlene

Pens To Lens, a project of the Champaign Urbana Film Society, aims to educate local youth about filmmaking. Pens To Lens is a gateway to learning modern technology, classic artistic concepts, communication through writing and dialogue, and collaboration with peers and mentors. Pens To Lens provides opportunities, tools, and learning resources to the education communities of East Central Illinois and gives a voice to students of all backgrounds. Pens to Lens is a fun way for students to learn and express themselves through the medium of film.

Showtimes: 1pm on both Saturday & Sunday at the Normal Theater. 

Admission is free!

The shows are free and open to the public, with donations of any amount appreciated.

"One World, One Sky:  Big Bird’s Adventure"

Saturday, July 14 at 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM

Sunday, July 15 at 12 noon and 2 PM

Free and open to the public, donations appreciated.

However together they discovered that they still see the same Moon and stars at night!

"Incoming!  Asteroids, Comets, and the Hard-Hitting Stories of Our Cosmic Origins"

Saturday, July 14 at 12 noon, 2 PM, and 4 PM

Sunday, July 15 at 1 PM and 3 PM

Free and open to the public, donations appreciated.

Narrated by “Star Trek’s” George Takei, "Incoming!” explores what impacts from space teach us about the history of our planet, the solar system, and the universe!

 The ISU Planetarium is located in the Felmley Hall of Science Annex, at the corner of College Avenue and School Street in Normal.