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Whidbey Xtra! WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015 | Vol. 1, No. 13 | WWW.WHIDBEYNEWSTIMES.COM | FREE
Coupeville streets to be filled with arts, music and fun By MEGAN HANSEN
mhansen@whidbeynewsgroup.com
The Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival will flood the streets this weekend with artist vendors, music and food. The festival runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Coupeville. A wine reception and juried art gallery will kick off the weekend 7 p.m. Friday at the Coupeville Rec Hall. The price of tickets is $20 for advance sale and $25 at the door. With more than 180 vendors scheduled to attend, event organizers have created a new way for visitors to find their very favorite vendors. Go to www.coupevillefestival.com and find an interactive event map which shows where each vendor will be located. Click on a specific vendor and learn more about them, including what wares they have to offer. Festival President Mike Dessert said vendors are carefully vetted prior to acceptance. “We really stress quality,
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The Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival will takeover downtown Coupeville this weekend, bringing more than 180 artisan vendors, food and live entertainment. hand-made items,” Dessert said. “Items have to be hand-crafted by the person selling them.” “It’s a heavily juried process.” Historically, the arts and crafts festival is held the
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second week in August, but was moved up a week due to a conflict with the Anacortes Arts and Crafts Festival. Dessert said he isn’t sure how much moving the date will effect the festival.
Coupeville and Anacortes share 65 vendors that normally attend both festivals. However, Dessert said there are vendors who attend other events that may or may not conflict with the change.
“Well see different vendors this year,” he said. “It’s kind of a wash.” There’s a full lineup of entertainment planned over both days. Bayview Sound Quartet, Whidbey Island’s premier
Bluegrass/roots band will get things started 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday followed by Brian Butler Blues, a blues guitarist performing 1-2:20 p.m., and Mike Faast and the Fabulous Archtops Rhythm and Jazz will end Saturday, performing from 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday’s ending act will also kick things off Sunday, performing 11-12:30 p.m. followed by The Roy Kay Trio from 1-2:30 p.m. and Scott Lindenmuth Group closing the weekend down from 3-4:30 p.m. All entertainment will be located in the municipal parking lot off Alexander Street, behind the library. Also located near the entertainment stage will be the food court, which will run 9:30 a.m. each day to close of the festival. Food vendors will include Whidbey Island locals Coupe’s Last Stand, Front Street Grill, Julie’s Lumpia Hut and much more. Also, the Coupeville Chamber of Commerce will be running the beer and wine garden, located next to the Island County Historical Museum.
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