Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival

04/30/2026

ALERT: we do NOT use Venmo for exhibitor payment. We were informed that a bad actor is trying to send out and screenshot our application and asking for Venmo payments. As always, we will invoice vendors/food trucks/exhibitors. Please contact us if you have this issue!! SEND NO PAYMENTS TO VENMO, or anyone named Jenavieve Cazares or Jared Say.

04/03/2026

Lineup alert - Saturday night opener announcement! Six One Five Collective

03/26/2026

2026 MVMAF teaser video!

03/20/2026

Thank you, Knox County Chamber of Commerce membership for this wonderful recognition on March 6th!

03/16/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Preston Cooper back to Knox County to headline Saturday night at this year's Festival! Ticket information is coming soon. Friday night's lineup will include Phil Dirt & The Dozers and Forever Seger - The Silver Bullet Experience!

02/04/2026

Hi FB friends, just a couple of quick updates. We are confirmed for August 14-16 (Friday-Sunday), downtown. We are close to signing headliners and lead-ins for Friday and Saturday night. Cruise-in on Sunday. We are not releasing names until the contracts are signed :) but we are excited about what is coming together.
We can't thank you enough for your support. We need you! Data shows we had around 9,300 people downtown on Saturday alone, in 2025. Lead support is already committed from Ariel Corporation and Park National Bank, Mt Vernon Ohio. We are GRATEFUL. Sponsorship and volunteers are critical to making this festival stay intact and strong.
More updates coming as we get contracts signed.
For the MVMAF Board,
Joe

10/16/2025

We join our friends at Ariel Corporation and the Wright family in remembering Karen Buchwald Wright today. Karen was always a major supporter of our hometown festival and her legacy will live on in our community for decades to come. We honor Karen and are grateful for her amazing support and care for Mount Vernon and Knox County.

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08/16/2025

Princess memories from last week! Great pics by our team! Thank you to Snow White and Moana from A Royal Princess Party!

08/16/2025

Thank you so much to Oracle Arts for being a part of our incredible vendor village this year! Hope to see you again next year!

Oracle Arts is a small business run by the lovely Kathriana Von Fritsch where she performs face painting, draws caricatures, creates namescapes, and more! Her business is a perfect one-woman army for big events, so we were so lucky to have her at the festival this year!

If you're interested in her art, check her out online:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 812-207-0649
Facebook: Arts
Instagram :

08/13/2025

Great pic taken by our Main Stage Manager, Patti Dice, of MC doing work and prep backstage! What a team those two make! Thank you!

08/13/2025

Thank you so much to Golden Leaf: Gourmet Nutrition for being a part of our incredible vendor village this year! Hope to see you again next year!

Golden Leaf: Gourmet Nutrition is a brand specializing in artisan-crafted gourmet nutrition products, food items made with traditional or heritage-style methods—prioritizing high quality, simple ingredients.

If you want to check them out find them here online:
Website: https://the-golden-leaf.com/
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-716-GLD-LEAF