Children’s art tent
Children will get the chance to experiment and unlock their creativity at the children’s art tent located at the shelter in McCreery Park. The art tent will offer supervised instruction, face painting and surprises.
Food
Festival-goers will choose from a variety of foods from local restaurants at the festival: Saluda Grade Café, Blue Gypsy Watering Hole, Green River BBQ, Jose’s Wood Fired Pizza, Thompson’s Store and hotdogs and hamburgers at the Saluda Center on Greenville St. Homemade bakery items baked by the members of the Saluda Methodist Church will be sold on the Saluda Center porch.
Youth performances
and artwork
The annual spring concert of the Dancer’s Extension is scheduled for Saturday, May 19 at 11 a.m. in conjunction with the Saluda Arts Festival. The concert will take place at the Saluda School Auditorium and admission is free.
Saluda School and other Polk County schools will exhibit artwork in the upstairs of Thompson’s Store in the historic boarding house venue at 24 Main St.

Parking
Parking is available along Main Street, at the Saluda School back parking lot, the Saluda Presbyterian Church on Carolina St., Saluda Methodist Church on Greenville St, the First Baptist Church on Henderson St., the west end public parking lot (across the bridge), and the Saluda Fire Department on Greenville St.
Shuttle transportation will be available.
Directions
Take Exit 59 off I-26, turn toward downtown Saluda and travel one mile. Turn right on Main St. (Highway 176) into town.

For more information
In keeping with its mission to preserve and promote Saluda’s heritage and art culture, the Saluda Business Association (SBA) sponsors the Saluda Arts Festival each year.
“The festival kick starts the tourist season in Saluda, and provides a platform in which local and regional artists can show and sell their work,” said SBA president Todd Kirby.
For more information about the arts festival, contact Susie Welsh at 828-749-3900 or Todd Kirby at 828-606-0942 or visit www.saluda.com.