Celebrating all kinds of art
from southcentral Kentucky and beyond.

Bowling Green, Kentucky, is more than fast cars and caves—it’s a hub for creativity! Every spring, the White Squirrel Arts Fest brings the community together with an unforgettable celebration of local talent, food, and the arts.

The 4th Annual White Squirrel Arts Fest takes place Saturday, April 25, 2026, in the historic Shake Rag district of Bowling Green. This must-see spring event features arts vendors, food trucks, live music, and unique performances that highlight the city’s creative spirit.

Festival highlights include a fashion show at White Squirrel Brewery, a Theatrical Reading at Fountain Square Players, and the always-popular evening Poetry Slam at Shake Rag Bar & Lounge. With local food vendors, craft spirits, community groups, and one-of-a-kind artists, this arts festival has something for everyone.

Celebrate Bowling Green’s quirky, creative side and make the White Squirrel Arts Fest your can’t-miss spring event in BGKY!

Interested in participating? Click here to find out more!

What is Art?

Here’s what some past and current Fest members have to say:

• Art is any combination of words, musical notes, colors, sounds, or images that cause us to pause and appreciate life. —Dan Modlin
• Art is a rare arrangement (of words, sounds, movements, shapes…) that strives to transform human experience (intense bliss, inconceivable anguish) into Beauty. —Teresa Christmas
• Art is a person or group of peoples’ conscious attempt to convey to others their experience and, by so doing, infect them with a greater awareness of life. —Ronn Kistler
• Art is a result of purposeful creative action that stirs an emotional response, positive or negative, in the observer. —Bobbie Falin
• Art is a joining of the head, the heart and the spirit. —Glenda Hepp
• Art is like breath. Without it, my words would be too narrow to speak, and I would cease to exist. —Marissa Butler
• Art is communication that touches one’s soul. —Denise Zielinski
• Art is when you stop to look and forget you were in a hurry; hear and are taken through time; experience and have the urge to seek that feeling again. —Allison Mefford
• Art is the derivative of life’s secrets, handed down, and the vulnerable whispers holding doors, to the future, open. —Willie Huston

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