Art On The Avenue Rescheduled For November In Del Ray

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Del Ray's Art on the Avenue will be postponed to November due to the state of emergency and potential high winds from Tropical Storm Ian's remnants.

The arts festival was scheduled to take place Saturday, Oct. 1 before organizers postponed it. It will now happen from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 along Mount Vernon Avenue in Alexandria's Del Ray neighborhood. This is only the second time in the festival's 27-year history it was postponed.

"Traditionally, Art on the Avenue is rain or shine, but we're not taking any chances with high winds," said Art on the Avenue founder and chair Pat Miller in a statement. "We're grateful to our artists, volunteers, and City officials for their work to reschedule an event of this magnitude, and encourage everyone to support our Del Ray restaurants, who prepared for a busy weekend."

Even though the festival will happen at a later time, attendees can still expect over 350 local and regional artist vendors. Vendors range from jewelers and silversmiths to woodworkers, pottery makers, painters, sculptors, fabric artists and more forms of art. Check back on the list of participating artists before the event.

Other activities at the volunteer-run event will be food vendors, live music on four stages, children's art activities, a pie baking contest for children and more. The event typically attracts tens of thousands of visitors.

For more information on the event, visit www.artontheavenue.org.