What started out in 1993 as a backyard art show and sale with 6 vendors and a few volunteers has grown into an ever-changing festival featuring approximately 60 vendors that attracts over 3,000 community members and visitors from near and far! The spirit of the day is charged, oozing with a celebratory vibe; our vendors have a huge variety of mediums ranging from oil and watercolors, pottery, jewelry, garden art, glass wear, wood, metal and up-cycled products. Vendors consistently comment on what a well-organized event it is and so much fun!

The festival has been a finalist in Tourism Saskatchewan’s Community Event of the Year out of hundreds of nominations and the winner of Fort Qu’Appelle’s Chamber of Commerce “Community Involvement Award”.