Medford Village’s flower lined Main Street will be ready to welcome the thousands of visitors who come to enjoy the festivities as the annual Art, Wine and Music Festival returns to mark the start of summer on Sunday afternoon, June 12th, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Tents filled with fine arts, colorful crafts, fine wine, craft beer and good food will be on hand as several South Jersey wineries and a local brewery will be interspersed between the arts and crafts booths and local bands will play music throughout the afternoon.
The whole family will be able to enjoy the activities throughout the day. This year an even larger collection of prize classic autos from the Medford Lakes Corvette Club will occupy south Main Street for a full Car Show. More than 8,000 visitors are expected to attend this annual event presented by the Medford Business Association, the Medford Arts Center, and ShopRite of Medford.
The festival, which grows in size each year will host more than 60 artists, photographers and crafters from throughout New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania, gathering to show their treasures including beautiful paintings and art, pottery, handcrafted jewelry, glass, wood and fabric creations.
Several musical groups including Lost in Brunswick, M Town Jazz and Wood Sounds will be located on porches up and down Main Street, providing live music from rock to pop to bluegrass and folk tunes. Featured bands include Lost in Brunswick, Branin Road, M-Town Jazz Jam, Mike Kaufman, Ted Trump, and more.
Main Street merchants will be offering their best products and services including many planning “festival-only specials” for the day. A variety of food will be available along the street. Braddock’s Restaurant, ITA101 and The Pop Shop will be open along with food vendors featuring salads and wraps, hot dogs, burgers, barbecue, kettle corn and ice cream will be available.
Also Medford’s two new breweries on Main St, Lower Forge and The Nale House will be open and sampling their finest at the festival! Handicapped parking will be available in the Cranberry Hall parking lot (enter from Branch Street) or the public lot behind the Stagecoach Stop (enter from west end of Union Street), as well as other Village parking lots nearby.
There is no cost to attend the Festival, and wristbands to sample the wines and beer are still just $10 per person again this year. They will be available at the information booths at the north end of Main Street and at the main intersection of Main and Bank Streets.
This is a rain or shine event. Please visit www.medfordbusiness.org for further information.
