Bowling Green houses many businesses and shops that also benefit from the festival’s turn out.  Coinciding with the visiting vendors, Bowling Green’s businesses and restaurants also benefit from the attention drawn to downtown.  Jiving with the creative energy that flows through town, the businesses gladly open their doors to visitors to help promote the event. Not only do patrons return to the Black Swamp Arts Festival for great visual art and musical performances, but the entertainment goes beyond fulfilling with an array of food venders and tempting beer on tap such as Guinness and Stella Artois. Floating in the air is the aroma of specialty foods and indulgent deep-fried sweets. With a festival of this size and quality, run solely by volunteers, the revenue from such tasty treats are one of the main financial supporters for the following festival each year. 

The art festival is family fun all day long, while the beer garden continues to host a party through the night with live music, great food items and of course, draft beer.  Participants of the activities can even buy a nostalgic BSAF glass, stamped with the year and the festival lizard-logo.

In the Black Swamp Art Festival’s attempt to promote Bowling Green as well as the arts, volunteers, as many as 500 or more, help to execute what is planned for an entire year prior.  The city’s roads are closed, chairs are set up, art vendors are taken care of, and the entire event is orchestrated with plenty of help at hand.  Specific to this year’s 14th annual festival, a hospitality room was set up for all artists involved for refreshments, information, and a place to gather or relax.

With the co-operation of all members in the Bowling Green community, utilities, businesses, police, and the multiple, multiple volunteers, the Black Swamp Arts Festival has been a tried and true event, celebrated and welcomed by all. Join the gathering next Fall for the annual Black Swamp Arts Festival, an event free of charge, guaranteed to be great blend of music and visual art as well as a celebration and good time for all.

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