Volunteers needed for Bozeman Sweet Pea Festival

48th annual event Aug. 4-6

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Looking to have some fun at a fabulous Bozeman event?

The Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts in Bozeman is seeking volunteers for their 46th annual Festival Aug. 4-6

The Sweet Pea Festival, is always the first full weekend in August in Bozeman’s Lindley Park, and it requires hundreds of volunteers. Opportunities include festival set up and tear down, manning admissions gates, the temporary box office, flower show, selling Festival merchandise and assisting with children’s activities. 

Each volunteer shift is three hours in duration. Volunteers completing at least one three-hour shift will receive a special volunteer wristband for free admission to the Festival. For more information or to view and sign up for available volunteer openings, please visit the Festival website at
https://sweetpeaafestivalofthearts.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/

ABOUT SWEET PEA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

The Sweet Pea Festival is a three-day festival of the arts held in Bozeman, Montana, since 1978. Festival dates are always the first full weekend in August with other events, such as Chalk on the Walk starting off the festivities of Sweet Pea Week. The Festival includes everything from music, theatre and dance to children’s activities, an Artist Marketplace with artists from Bozeman and around the country, and adult painting workshops. The Sweet Pea Festival is committed to its mission statement of “promoting and cultivating the arts.”

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Hundreds of volunteers run and organize this annual event, a testament to the community’s desire for its ongoing success. All monies raised above what is needed to operate the Festival are given back to the community in the form of grants for the arts, art education, and special projects in the Bozeman area.

Here is a schedule of events for the Sweet Pea Festival in Bozeman

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023

•  Sweet Pea Chalk on the Walk, All day event – Main Street
Chalk will be handed out from 9:30-10:30am in the Jacobs Crossing lobby at 424 E Main St. and in Downtown Businesses with a Chalk on the Walk poster in their windows.  Look for professional chalk artist Bill Spiess in front of US Bank!  (Bill will also create a work of art on Saturday 8/5 in Lindley Park.)

  • The Yellowstone Regional International Youth Silent Film Festival, 7pm-8pm, The Kimpton Armory, Tune Up.  The Yellowstone Regional International Youth Silent Film Festival, held in Bozeman every spring, accepts films from student filmmakers from Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Idaho. These filmmakers compete regionally and the top regional films are screened at the International Festival in Portland, Oregon every June, competing with student filmmakers from across the globe. Filmmakers select one of ten pre-recorded silent film scores and then write and film a 3-minute silent movie, telling their unique stories. Students 20 years of age or younger may submit films they create in school or at home. This one hour program showcases the 20 local filmmakers that are going to compete in Portland.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2023

•  Music On Main – sponsored by Sweet Pea, 6:30-8:30 pm – Main Street

 

FESTIVAL WEEKEND ACTIVITIES (LINDLEY PARK – ADMISSION WRISTBANDS REQUIRED)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 – SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2023

•  Bike Valet, FRI 3:30–10:30pm • SAT 9:30am–10:30pm • SUN 8:30am–7pm
    Hospital Parking & Shuttle, FRI 2:45pm–10:30pm • SAT 9:30am–10:30pm • SUN 8:30am–5:30pm
•  Festival Gates Open, FRI  3:00pm • SAT  10am • SUN  9am
•  Artist Marketplace Booths FRI  4:00PM–8pm • SAT  10am–8pm • SUN  10am–4pm
•  Festival Merchandise Booth FRI  4pm–10pm • SAT  10am–10pm • SUN  10am–5:00pm
•  Festival Food Concessions FRI  3:30pm–9:30pm • SAT  10am–9:30pm • SUN  9am–5pm
•  Beer & Wine Garden, FRI 4-9pm • SAT 12–9pm • SUN 9am-4pm
•  Children’s Activities, SAT  12–3pm • SUN  12–3pm
•  Workshops: Painting- SAT  12:30–2:30pm AND 3:30-5:30pm – Painting– SUN 10am-12pm AND 2pm-4pm. Sign up 30 minutes prior to workshop time, 14 yrs old+
•  Flower Show, Contest FRI  11am–2pm • Designing with Sweet Peas SAT  2–3pm • People’s Choice Announced SAT from Main Stage –  about 7pm
•  Music, Dance, Theatre & Family Stage Performances, FRI  4pm–10pm • SAT  11:15am–10pm • SUN  11am–7pm
•  KMMS Live Broadcast – Elle Fine and Sunday Morning Brunch, SUN  • 9am-11am

 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023

•  Sweet Pea Run, (10K) 7:15am & (5K) 7:25 am – Main Street
•  Children’s Run, (1K) 9:30am – Starts at Main Street & 8th Ave. Ends on S Church St.
•  Sweet Pea Parade (including the 2nd annual DOG Parade), 9:30am – Main Street

For detailed performer descriptions, visit our On Stage page.

View: 2023 Schedule of Events will be available on the Home page at the end of June!

ARTIST MARKETPLACE

Come browse the creations of over 100 arts & crafts vendors.  Located under the shade of the pines in Lindley Park our juried show attracts artists from the Gallatin Valley and beyond… More »

CHILDREN’S EVENTS

Sweet Pea’s children’s activities are an opportunity to release the budding artist from within your child! More »

SWEET PEA PARADE

The Sweet Pea Festival Parade is one the largest and most popular parades in the state of Montana. The Sweet Pea Children’s Run will kick off the parade of colorful floats featuring this year’s theme: “Walking on Sunshine” More »

OTHER EVENTS

Read more about the Sweet Pea Juried Art Show, Chalk on the Walk, and the Flower Show… More »

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