Ocean Springs’ Spring Arts Festival Returns March 22 and March 23
Ocean Springs, MS – February 28, 2025 – The Ocean Springs Chamber-Main Street and Michelob
Ultra are excited to remind everyone that the highly anticipated Spring Arts Festival is just
around the corner! Mark your calendars for March 22 and March 23, when downtown Ocean
Springs will come alive with creativity, featuring 200 talented artists and crafters showcasing
their work.
This year’s festival promises an unforgettable experience, including a brand-new interactive
“Paint in the Avenue” project, adding even more hands-on artistic energy to the event. (Stay
tuned for more details on this in an upcoming announcement.)
The vendor application process is now closed, and assignments have been finalized. We
encourage everyone to make plans to come out and support our vibrant arts community while
enjoying the lively atmosphere, fantastic local shops, and great food that make Ocean Springs a
special place.
Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate art, culture, and community at the Spring Arts Festival
on March 22-23 in downtown Ocean Springs!
For more information, visit www.oceanspringschamber.com/springartsfestival.
Mission: To promote tourism, provide progressive leadership for economic and community vitality for the greater Ocean
Springs, Jackson County area and gulf coast and to enhance local culture and preserve quality of life through planned
growth, diversification, and beautification.
About the Peter Anderson Festival
Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival is an annual festival that began in 1978 in downtown Ocean Springs,
Mississippi. It is an open-air, outdoor festival filling the streets in the heart of downtown with tented vendors.
400 artists, crafters and food vendors from all around the United States partake in the event. The annual event
is held each year in honor of master potter, Peter Anderson, founder of Shearwater Pottery in Ocean Springs,
Mississippi. The presenting sponsor of the festival is Blue Moon of which, their sponsorship has inspired the
Blue Moon Art Project contest held each year in conjunction with the Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival.
The festival is a juried show consisting of booths filled with pottery, paintings, jewelry, woodwork, glassware,
food, musical entertainment and much more. Attendance consists of more than 100,000 visitors from all over
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ABOUT OCEAN SPRINGS MAIN STREET
Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce-Main Street-Tourism Bureau is a three-tier, non-profit organization created in 1947 that promotes tourism, preservation, community vitality and local culture. In 1989, Ocean Springs became a national main street community. Today, the Ocean Springs Chamber– Main Street – Tourism Bureau located in the heart of downtown not only serves to promote and preserve, but also informs as the official town visitors center. Ocean Springs Main Street is a recipient of the 2013 Great American Main Street Award and voted as “One of America’s Most Charming Main Streets” for 2024.