Vandergrift’s Artfest will return to the streets this year.
Lisa Dormire, chairwoman of the Artfest committee for the Vandergrift Improvement Program (VIP), pitched a date for the 2021 Artfest at Monday’s council meeting. Vandergrift Council approved the event for July 25.
The tentative date and plans for an in-person event follows a difficult year. Last year’s Artfest had been converted into a virtual event because of covid-19 safety concerns. Though it originally was slated to include vendors and business owners publicizing mental health services, as well as music, food and a gallery for local artists, everything was instead compiled onto a website, vandergriftartfest.com.