Spearfish City Park

The Festival in the Park is one of the largest outdoor summer arts and music festivals in the upper Midwest. The Matthews Opera House & Arts Center of Spearfish, SD, organizes this popular festival. It serves as the largest fundraiser for our non-profit organization each year. The proceeds benefit arts outreach and help produce the festival each year.

Over 25,000 people attend the festival, held every third weekend in July. This year’s festival features over 178 fine art, craft and food vendors!

Saturday, July 16: Vendors Open 9 am – 7 pm

Sunday, July 17: Vendors Open 10 am – 4 pm

Over 25 food vendors serve eclectic varieties of cuisines that please any appetite. All applications are subject to a juried process to ensure quality, variety, and originality. Free live onstage entertainment from local and regional artists is available daily. For those who want to sit with a cool beverage and listen to music, the “Watering Hole” never fails to please.

All New Children’s Circus

We have plenty for the kiddos, too! Visit the Children’s Circus in front of the bandshell. Circus events include:

Saturday, July 16

• 9 – 10 am – Storytime Yoga
• 10 – 11 am – Aerial Demos
• 11 – 11:30 am – Hula Hoop Play
• 11:30 am – noon – Stilting Activity
• 1:30 – 2 pm – Juggling for Beginners
• 2 – 3 pm – Aerial Demos
• 3 – 4 pm – Acro Fun
• 4 – 5 pm – Aerial Demos
• 5 – 5:30 pm – Dance Party

Sunday, July 17

• 10–11 am – Storytime Yoga
• 11 am – noon – Aerial Demos
• noon – 12:30 pm – Hula Hoop Play
• 1:30 – 2 pm – Stilting Activity
• 2 – 2:30 pm – Dance Party
• 2:30 – 3 pm – Juggling for Beginners
• 2 – 3 pm – Aerial Demos
• 3 – 4 pm – Acro Fun

Entertainment Lineup

Festival weekend is an exciting night in the Watering Hole refreshment garden!

Join us for the very best in live music:

Saturday, July 16

• 11 am – 12:30 pm – Cottonwood Boys
• 1 – 2:30 pm – Flat 5
• 3 – 5:30 pm – The Lucas Olson Trio
• 6 – 8 pm – Humbletown

Sunday, July 17

• 11 am – 12:30 pm – Lang Termes

Thank you Festival in the Park sponsors!