- January 25, 2025
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The 11th annual Granada Grand Festival of the Arts is coming back to Ormond Beach from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1.
The free festival will have two music stages, 80 artists and crafters, a chalk art festival and a wine tasting, as well as a slam poetry competition by MACDeland Slam and Creative Happiness Institute featuring poets from the eastern U.S, a kids’ book swap and more, according to a press release. The festival lines both sides of New Britain Avenue between North Beach Street and Ridgewood Avenue.
The “Pop-up Plaza” will host musical performances from The Locals Mix and a food court with local restaurants, beer and wine. There will also be youth art zone.
The festival also hosts an annual ArtHaus Chalk Art Competition where professional artists create mini-masterpieces with chalk in seven hours, the press release states. Judging will take place at 3 pm and votes helps determine the “People’s Choice” winner. Funds collected in the chalk art area will support art education programs at ArtHaus.
For the poetry slam, there will be an open mic with cash prizes from 12-1 p.m. Finalists will take the stage from 1-3 p.m., with the winner taking home a $750 prize. Poets from the Florida State Poets Association will close out festivities from 3-4 p.m. Interested? Preregister at [email protected] and submit a photo and a 75-word bio.
New this year to the festival is a kids' book swap. Attendees are invited to bring a gently used children's book to the festival's youth art zone and take one with you.
Tickets for the wine tasting, held between 1-3:30 p.m. are $25 and include 16 wines. The wine tasting is sponsored by S.R. Perrott and helps the Ormond Beach Arts District cover festival expenses, according to the press release.
For more information and an updated schedule of festival events, visit ormondbeachmainstreet.com.
