Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival celebrates the cultural and artistic diversity of Tremont and the greater Cleveland area, featuring fine art, sculpture, original jewelry, children’s activities and programs, food booths, musicians and performers.
The Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival celebrates its 27th season on Saturday, September 19th (12:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.) in Cleveland’s Lincoln Park. This regionally acclaimed festival is presented by Tremont West Development Corporation and Cleveland City Council members: Austin Davis (Cleveland, Ward 7) and Jasmin Santana (Cleveland, Ward 14). The festival celebrates the cultural and artistic diversity of Tremont and the greater Cleveland area, and supports the endeavors of its visual and performing artists.
Now in its 27th year, the 2026 Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival is comprised of five Festival Villages:
Children’s Village: hand-on arts, historical, and educational projects:
Community Village: area non-profit organizations presenting material about their mission and services, along with local, independent merchants and vendors;
Cultural Village: fair trade merchants, and non-profits reflecting the ethnic diversity of the neighborhood and region;
Artists’ Village: Applications for exhibiting visual artists are accepted online in 15 categories: 2D Mixed Media, 3D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Digital Art, Drawing, Fiber, Glass, Fine Jewelry, Leather, Metal (non-sculptural), Painting (Oil, Acrylic, & Watercolor), Photography & Digital Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture (Paper, Bronze, Clay, Metal, Stone) and Wood.
Food Court: A dynamic area featuring a variety of food sales by Tremont and Greater Cleveland restaurants, food trucks and booths offering an eclectic mix of delicious eats from local vendors.
Arts Renaissance Tremont ( 7:30pm at Pilgrim United Congregational Church (2952 W 14th St) is bringing together five world class and diverse jazz musicians for an experimental evening. Some of them have never met; none have them have ever performed together in public. They’re each writing a new piece for this event. These five pieces will be rehearsed and performed in front of a live audience for the first time. Five world premieres with a five jazz greats who’ve never worked together? Welcome to UnchARTed Territory! Artists include Addison Frei (piano), Todd Coolman (bass), TJ Reddick (drums), Omar Lateef (trumpet), Charles Pillow (saxophone/flute).
The Festival has free music and dance performances Saturday on the TACF Main Stage.