2025 Festival WILL TAKE place: October 4

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There will be a day of community, arts, handmade one-of-kind crafts for sale, a variety of music throughout the day, a selection of food & drink, children's activities,  and much more at the 20th annual event on October 4. And it is all sponsored  by the Lakeville Arts Council and some of our local business and bank friends!

Local vendors for your eating and drinking pleasure: Red Hand Brewery serving beer, sangria and nitro brew; School's Out Ice Cream Bus serving novelty ice creams treats; The Traveling Spirit  serving a variety of mocktails (and plants); the First Unitarian Universalist Society will be popping and serving popcorn all day.

And as always the United Church of Christ will have lots of lunch items to include chili, hot dogs, hamburgers, deep fried Oreo cookies & other desserts .

Children will be able to take home a Jack-Be-Little Pumpkin. There will be FACEPAINTING in the Library Gazebo,  Toe Jam Puppet Band will perform on stage,  Glen Davison will have kites on hand to be decorated and then he will  show the children how to fly them.... PLUS MORE! You have to come to see it all!

Under the tents there are the usual one-of-a-kind hand made crafts to purchase, on stage and around the grounds there will be musical performances as well as children's entertainment. You can count on lots of actual fun happen'n  at the junctions of Routes 105 & 18 and Precinct Street/Lakeville's Center on October 5. Google: 2 Precinct Street for easy directions.

 Blake Gorman will play his instrumental guitar inside the historic Town Hall while visitors made a bid on the many Silent Auction items. The Elastic 5 an authentic rock tribute band will play later in the day. Old Colony Highlander Pipe Band is back and will be a sound you will never forget.  They will perform 2 times during the day. Once in the AM and in the PM. Listen to the Town Crier for times and for other musical opportunities. 

The Silent Auction is located inside the historic Town Hall on the corner of the Precinct and Bedford Streets. There will be items available from the crafters and artisans along with several items from local & regional business items to bid on. The proceeds help pay for the 2026 summer July concerts & the 2026 Festival.

There will also be pumpkin decorating opportunities for friends and family. And So Much More!!!