February 15, 2010 - The City of Shaker Heights and the Shaker Arts Council join with the Ohio Designer Craftsmen to present the first Shaker Heights Arts & Music Festival on June 19 and 20. The Festival combines the two-day crafts event formerly held at Hathaway Brown with the seventh annual return of the Shaker Summer Solstice.
The Festival will be held in the Farnsleigh municipal lot and on Farnsleigh Road at Van Aken in the heart of the Warrensville/Van Aken District. The new event, described as “arts, music, food and fun,” runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and includes the Shaker Arts Council’s musical celebration of the Summer Solstice from 4 to 10 p.m. On Sunday, the craft show continues from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Festival admission is free.
As in the past, bands and children's activities will be part of the celebration, plus food and drink from local vendors and the Shaker Heights Firefighters Local 516.
The crafts fair, provided by Ohio Designer Craftsmen, includes one hundred fifty exhibiting artists selected from a field of approximately six hundred applicants from across the country.
“Shaker City Council and I would like to invite everyone to make it a Shaker weekend. Enjoy the Shaker Heights Arts & Music Festival the same weekend as the Shaker Historical Society Garden Tour and the Family Connections’ DadsDay Run,” said Mayor Earl Leiken.
