Lower Town Arts and Music Festival

10/15/2026

We're halfway to Lower Town!

Join us at Dry Ground Brewing Company on Wednesday, November 25, for Halfway to Lower Town, a free evening of creativity, community, and live music from The Picket Bros.!

Come enjoy great music, connect with the community, and learn how to get involved in the 2027 Lower Town Arts & Music Festival!

Wednesday, November 25 at 7:00 PM
Dry Ground Brewing Company
Free admission. Donations encouraged.

A big thank you to Nathan Brown for designing another fantastic Halfway to Lower Town poster! We're grateful to have his creativity as part of the event again this year.

It takes a village to bring the festival to life, and we'd love to see you there 🧡

10/07/2026

Want to help make LTAMF 2027 possible?

Sponsorship support helps us bring art, live music, family activities, food, creative programming, and thousands of people together in Lower Town while keeping the festival free and open to the public.

We’re currently building partnerships for Lower Town Arts & Music Festival 2027, happening May 7-8 in Paducah.

If your business or organization wants to support the arts, connect with the community, and be part of one of Paducah’s biggest weekends of the year, we’d love to hear from you 💜

Learn more and submit a sponsorship interest form at ltamf.com.

Photo courtesy of Paducah Creative City

10/06/2026

Musicians and other live performers: we want to hear from you 🎵

Applications are open for Lower Town Arts & Music Festival 2027, and we’re looking for performers who can help bring stages and festival spaces throughout Lower Town to life.

We welcome musicians, dancers, comedians, spoken-word artists, theatrical performers, and other live performance concepts. Local and regional performers are encouraged to apply.

Applications will be reviewed as the 2027 lineup is developed, with applicants receiving updates in early 2027.

Learn more and apply at ltamf.com 🧡

Photo: Girl Tones at LTAMF 2026, courtesy of Paducah Creative City

10/02/2026

A free community festival of this size takes a lot of support behind the scenes.

This fall, we want to spend some time recognizing the partners who helped make the return of LTAMF possible in 2026, beginning with the City of Paducah.

The City’s support helped us bring art, live music, food, family activities, and thousands of people together in the Lower Town Arts District while keeping the festival free and open to the public ❤️

Thank you to the City of Paducah for investing in our community, supporting the arts, and helping bring the Lower Town Arts & Music Festival back to Lower Town .

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Photo courtesy of Paducah Creative City.

09/29/2026

Artists and makers, this one’s for you 🎨

Applications are open for artists interested in exhibiting and selling original work at the 2027 Lower Town Arts & Music Festival, happening May 7-8 in Paducah’s historic Lower Town Arts District.

LTAMF features a juried selection of original work from independent artists and makers working across a wide range of media.

Artist Vendor applications are due February 1, 2027 at midnight.

Bring your work to Lower Town 🤗 Learn more and apply at ltamf.com.

Photo courtesy of Nested Lullabies.

09/22/2026

Four months ago, Lower Town looked a little something like this. 💛

The return of the Lower Town Arts & Music Festival brought thousands of people together for two days of art, music, food, creativity, and community.

We’re already hard at work planning for May 7-8, 2027, but we’re not quite finished looking back at everything that made 2026 so special.

What’s one moment from this year’s festival that you still remember?

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Photo credits: Slides 1 & 6 courtesy of Paducah Creative City; Slide 2: Taylor Oakley; Slide 3: Mighty Tees Screen Printing & Design LLC; Slide 4: April Bash; Slide 5: Janel Tate.

09/15/2026

Applications are officially open for the 2027 Lower Town Arts & Music Festival!

Want to be part of one of Paducah’s biggest weekends for art, music, food, and community? We’re now accepting applications from artist vendors, Art Cart Vendors, UNESCO Creative Cities artists, food vendors, nonprofit organizations, musicians and other performers for May 7-8, 2027.

Vendor applications are due February 1, 2027. Performer applications will be reviewed as the 2027 lineup is developed.

Be part of LTAMF 2027. Learn more and apply at ltamf.com 💛

09/11/2026

Hi, friends! 👋 I’m Alyssa, and I’m excited to introduce myself as the Festival Director for Lower Town Arts & Music Festival!

If you joined us for the festival’s return in May, there’s a good chance you saw me somewhere in the middle of artists, volunteers, stages, sponsors, vendors, and all the other moving pieces that bring LTAMF to life.

Planning for 2027 is already underway, and I’m looking forward to sharing more of that process with you here, from behind-the-scenes updates and festival memories to the people, partnerships, artists, and ideas that make this event possible.

There’s already a lot to be excited about, and I’m looking forward to building on everything that made this year’s return so special.

And if you’re an artist, musician, food vendor, nonprofit, or someone else hoping to be part of the 2027 festival, then be sure to check back soon!

We’ve got something for you 👀

-Alyssa 💚

05/20/2026

Thanks American Songwriter News for this music review of the 2026 Festival! 🎶

“Amidst rising ticket prices and AI-generated art and the sense that things just aren’t what they used to be, the Lower Town Arts and Music Festival reminds us that, actually, things can feel pretty damn good if we all come together and consciously decide to make it so"

"So, what are you waiting for? Paducah might not have the open-air party buses of Nashville (but maybe that’s a selling point) or the powerful skyline of Chicago (hey, at least traffic isn’t as bad). What Paducah, Kentucky, does have is a wellspring of folks making meaningful, inspirational, and authentic, human-made art and music. More importantly, it has a community of people who seek out this art and continue to support it year after year.

All that’s missing next year is you. Y’all come!”

Paducah Creative City - Paducah Symphony Orchestra - The Wheelhouse Rousters - S.G. Goodman - Bawn in the Mash - Mark Evitts - Etcetera Coffeehouse - Time On The String - Aaron Lee Tasjan - Robert Randolph - WKMS - Lucas Wayne - Yapa - King Kaiju - Devin Metzger - Melanie A. Davis - The Luv Locz Experiment - Girl Tones - Family Bags - Missourado - Nathan Brown

The Lower Town Arts and Music Festival is a small city annual tradition, held every May, with a big city sound and spirit.

05/15/2026

What a fantastic year of music at LTAMF 2026!!! 🎶

We want to know - What was your favorite act and who do you want to see next year?!

📷 Dallas Williams