2024 Columbus Arts Festival VIP Patron Packages Now Available
For immediate release
March 12, 2024Contact: Jami Goldstein
jgoldstein@gcac.org
(614) 221-8492
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Arts Festival, presented by the American Electric Power Foundation June 7-9, is once again offering its popular VIP Patron Package, which includes tickets to its long-running Patron Party.
The Patron Party takes place the opening night of the Festival, and this year it returns to the Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center (139 W. Main St.). Guests who have purchased the VIP Patron Package are invited for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and live performances on Friday, June 7 from 5:30-8 p.m.
The VIP Patron Package includes:
- A ticket to the Friday night Patron Party
- Access to exclusive VIP hospitality area at the Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center throughout the festival weekend
- Free water at beverage stations
- Two drink tickets
- Free Festival T-shirt (while supplies last)
- Private air-conditioned restrooms
- Art package storage and delivery to your vehicle
- Your name in the Festival’s digital guidebook (if purchased by May 15)
- And other amenities
Packages are priced at $150 per person. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit columbusartsfestival.org/visit/patron-package.
The Festival is grateful to Edwards Communities for its support of the VIP program.
Proceeds from VIP Patron Package sales support the Arts Festival’s Artist Awards, which are also sponsored in part by White Castle. At the start of the Festival, the Festival jury reviews each exhibiting artist’s booth. Winners are notified Saturday morning before the Festival opens. Awards are given in 12 different categories; winners receive cash awards ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. Awards for exhibiting artists are an important part of the Columbus Arts Festival’s commitment to artists and the Festival’s national reputation.
Festival Hours: Friday, June 7 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Please note: on Friday and Saturday artist booths close at 9 p.m.; artists have the option to stay open later.)
To volunteer at the Columbus Arts Festival, please go to columbusartsfestival.org/engage/volunteer.
For more information on the Columbus Arts Festival, call (614) 221-8531 or visit columbusartsfestival.org.
For a selection of high-res images, visit the Festival’s press media page.
The Columbus Arts Festival is produced by the Greater Columbus Arts Council.
The 2024 Columbus Arts Festival is presented by the American Electric Power Foundation. Additional sponsors and partners include Bank of America, Bath and Body Works Foundation, Battelle, COSI, Downtown Columbus, Edwards Communities, Encova, G&J Pepsi, Go Brewing, Graeter’s, High Bank Distillery, Holiday Inn Downtown, Hotel LeVeque, Huntington, IGS Energy, The Junto, King Business Interiors, MLS All-Star Summer Roadshow, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, OSA Technology Partners, Paul-Henri and Erika Bourguignon Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, Rhinegeist, Sonesta Columbus Downtown, South Wind Motel, Toyota, Visit Savannah, The Westin Great Southern Columbus, White Castle and Whole World Lemonade. Media sponsors include ABC6/FOX28, Columbus Radio Group, Dispatch Media Group, Lamar Outdoor, Ohio Magazine, Orange Barrel Media, WCBE and WOSU Public Media.
Mission of the Greater Columbus Arts Council: To support and advance the arts and cultural fabric of Columbus. www.gcac.org
The Greater Columbus Arts Council receives major financial support from the City of Columbus, Franklin County Commissioners, Ohio Arts Council and The Ohio State University. None of these funds are used for the production of the Columbus Arts Festival.
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