2013 Hyattsville Arts Festival: What You Need to Know

The Hyattsville Arts Festival is a great day to get out and meet your neighbors and the local artists community, from which the vast majority of the vendors are drawn. 

Last year's event drew about 3,500 attendees to downtown Baltimore Avenue corridor, providing a lot of local artists a lot of customers. 

The 2013 Hyattsville Arts Festival happens this Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Shoppes at Hyattsville Arts District at Baltimore Avenue and Jefferson Street. You should go to it, if you like Hyattsville, arts, festivals, and things that happen on Saturdays. There will be good food nearby and live music, too. The Hyattsville Arts Festival features more than 70 local and regional artists trying to sell you their art in as festive a manner as possible. On Saturday. Here is a list of links which provide answers to useful information about the festival: 

• "Hyattsville? I have never heard of this land. Where is it?"

• "I live in University Park and understand that Hyattsville is a dystopian futurescape, a la the Charleton Heston classic sci-fi romp Soylent Green, where whole urban societies have sprung up in and around permanent traffic jams caused by peak oil, or in this case, that the city of Hyattsville had the temerity to allow on-street Route 1 parking during non-rush hours. Where can I park my car?"

• "What exactly is going on at this Arts Festival you speak of?"

• "Who is responsible for the Hyattsville Arts Festival?"