Cottonwood Art Festival
Sat, Oct 03
|Cottonwood Park
Cottonwood features over 197 artists, chosen to exhibit their museum-quality work from approximately 1,400 submissions.
Time & Location
Oct 03, 2026, 10:00 AM – Oct 04, 2026, 5:00 PM
Cottonwood Park, 1301 W Belt Line Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
About the event
From its humble beginnings in 1969, the Cottonwood Art Festival has developed into one of the most prestigious fine art festivals in the United States. Local artists staged their first festival at the scenic Cottonwood Park in Richardson, Texas. It was all tie-dye, bell-bottoms, and braids back then, when the artists laid down blankets and set up easels with the hopes of selling a few pieces of art. Since that first weekend nearly five decades ago, Cottonwood has established itself as a signature art event, become a tradition in the community, and the home to the finest artists in the country for the first weekend of May and October.