Happy birthday, Missouri! This year marks 200 years of Missouri history.
And we are celebrating with a region wide ArtFest and Ice Cream Social. Stay tuned for all of the location announcements.
Join us for the ArtFest and Ice Cream Social on August 7th from 10AM to 2PM from Grand Center through the Hodiamont Greenway to the Delmar Loop for art, performance and ICE CREAM!
We are going for the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest ice cream social and need your help. The current record is 962 participants in an ice cream social in Italy. With Bold Spoon Creamery and The Baked Bear selling ice cream, certainly, St. Louis can top that! After all, the ice cream cone was popularized right here at the 1904 World’s Fair.
Thinking of the 1904 World’s Fair, did you know that Meet Me in St. Louis was actually written and set in the Academy Neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods along the Hodiamont Greenway? Join the St. Louis Public Library at the ArtFest to find out more and have some fun.
Some of the fun to watch for includes performances by Shakespeare Festival, Blues and Jazz musicians, a children’s street dance competition with Consuming Kinetics Dance Company, and so much more.
And, keep watching as we are adding other locations to our ArtFest and Ice Cream Social birthday bash!
Ice Cream Vendors
Event Schedule
If you wish to be vaccinated, please bring your photo id. If you are 12 to 17, you must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The Health Department booth at Lane Tabernacle Church will also be providing Cardinals tickets and individuals can sign up to receive a kit from the Clergy Coalition that includes clth masks, hand sanitizer and other items.
10AMShow opens
Just Us Street Rods Car and Club begins at Spring and Enright – ride through track to Taylor and Hodiamont Track and park.
Mayor Jones and other elected officials at Sarah and the Hodiamont Tracks Presser
11AM
St. Louis Community College Mascot begins at Spring and Enright then walk to Taylor and Hodiamont Tracks
Circus Harmony performance
12PM
Circus Harmony performance
1PM
Circus Harmony performance
Check out the article in St. Louis Magazine from Wednesday 8.4.2021
