Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival

The annual Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival is the premier event of the year in Downtown Mount Vernon. It encapsulates everything good about Daniel Decatur Emmett and the community’s musical heritage. It is the “flagship” marketing activity where Mount Vernon (particularly downtown) is “on display” to the world. Our previous Festivals have been tremendous successes with over 20,000 people attending annually.

Saturday, August 10 Schedule:

 Opens at 11am Arts, Crafts & Trades Show
11 am - 8 pm Dan Emmett Flower Show
Noon - 10pm WNZR Live Broadcast
12 - 9 pm  WMVO/WQIO Live Broadcast 
 
The Kid Zone—Near Paragraphs’ Bookstore
4pm-8pm  Bounce Houses
Noon—4pm Face Painting 
4pm—8pm Superheroes 
6pm—7:30pm Author Kerry Winfrey 
 
Inside The Woodward Opera House
1:00 pm  Carol Dance Studio
2:00 pm  Muwendo Children’s Choir
3:00 pm  Bradford Academy of Dance
4:00 pm  Tavaci—Summer Camp 
 
South Stage
Noon  Muwendo Children’s Choir
1:00 pm  Youth Showcase
2:00 pm  Alex Jarosz
2:30 pm   Leslie Bell
3:00 pm  Megan Campbell
3:30 pm  Youth Choirs 
4:30 pm   TBD
5:30 pm  Ukulele Club
6:00 pm  Dogwood Blossoms
6:30 pm  Ryan Bandy 
 
Main Stage
10:00 am  Old-Time Fiddle Contest Registration
11:00 am  Oldtime Fiddle Contest
3:00 pm  February Star
6:30 pm  Derek Posey Band 
8:00 pm  Emmett Award           
8:30 pm  Lee Greenwood