Arts within the Hearts Festival to convey enjoyable in 2026

AUGUSTA — Even although the annual Arts in the Heart Festival might be in a unique location this 12 months, the mission remains to be the identical.

“You can expect the same festival, but just in a different footprint,” Greater Augusta Arts Council Executive Director Denise Turner mentioned.

The annual competition might be held on the Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds Sept. 18-20. The location change is as a result of ongoing development that’s happening on Broad Street.

The theme for the competition is One Big Festival to Support One Small Non-Profit which focuses on the Arts within the Heart being  a fundraiser for the Greater Augusta Arts Council. 

Local expertise Whiskey Run will function the competition’s headliner. Other artists to carry out will embrace Grammy award-winning artist Avery Sunshine and Grammy-nominated artist Weedie Braimah & The Hands of Time.

The occasion may even function performances from the group, meals from varied international locations and a neighborhood artist alley.

Before the council knew the competition was going to be on the fairgrounds, they walked it to get an thought on how issues would look and had been issues could be positioned.

Turner mentioned as a result of competition not being held nearer to downtown, the meals distributors might be situated at two totally different spots on the fairgrounds.

She mentioned meals distributors might be situated close to Hale Street and close to Laney Walker Boulevard on the honest rounds. Turner mentioned artists might be weaved in between the meals distributors.

Turner mentioned Ghana and Nigeria might be a part of the meals choices, and cubicles that includes meals from China, Jamaica, India and Greece may even be on-hand.

“You can eat, you possibly can stroll and stroll round to the distributors and you’ll eat some extra if you wish to,” she mentioned.

Turner mentioned there might be shuttle buses supplied by Augusta Public Transit that can take riders from the Augusta Marriott Parking Garage, Richmond County Board of Education Parking Deck and Municipal Building Lot to the fairgrounds and again. The shuttle is free with a competition bag or a receipt. 

Pedal Pub may even be one other transportation choice provided for attendees. 

Festival buses will run each half-hour from midday to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from Pedal Pub areas at at 710 Broad St. and Affordable Dentures on Greene Street. 

There might be no parking on 4th Street between Laney-Walker Boulevard and Hale Street in Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the competition. 

Turner mentioned the competition is a one-stop store for music, meals, arts, household enjoyable and literary enjoyable below at one location.

Turner mentioned she hopes the development is not going to impression attendance.

“I hope folks will stroll away impressed to say that you already know what that is our competition and never matter what, it’s nonetheless our competition irrespective of the place it’s,” she said. “I want them to feel like we are resilient community and we still make room for us to present our art, no matter where we take the art.”

Tickets for the competition are actually on sale in any respect  Richmond County Tag Offices, Augusta & Co., Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 4P Studios, Treehouse, Relic Coffee and Smoothie Grove in Aiken.

For extra info or to buy tickets, go to artsintheheartofaugusta.com/tickets/.

More info will be discovered at artsintheheartofaugusta.com.