Arts & Entertainment

Creative Arts Festival Still On This Saturday In Thompson Park

This family-friendly festival has local artists, live music and free activities and art demonstrations. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday:

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — The annual Creative Arts Festival is still scheduled for this Saturday, May 11 at Thompson Park in Lincroft.

This family-friendly festival has local artists, live music and free activities and art demonstrations.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Thompson Park. Admission and parking are free.

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This is a great event for the whole family. Free activities and artist demonstrations throughout the day, plus three food trucks. Other demonstrations include pottery, bonsai, woodturning and shibori indigo dying. Free children's art activities.

Outdoor musical performances: The Band of the Two Rivers

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Zydeco Revelators

Chuck Lambert

Indoor performances: Musicians on a Mission
Joe Frame Jonathan Tea
Alan Gowa

Art demonstrations include:

Found object sculpture by Lisa Bagwell
Silk painting by Karin Trunz
Pysanky by Jennifer Santa Maria
Throwing large pots by John Fossa

Stained glass by Kate Grady

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