Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival

06/29/2023

What great fun! Let’s see your pics 📸

06/24/2023

06/24/2023

We are BACK baby!!
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Come grab a smash burger at Big Draft Brewing for the Dry Creek Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival!! We’ll be here until we run out of burgers… but then we’ll probably just go get more! 🍔🍔

06/24/2023

🎨Today is full of art, family fun, great food, and awesome music. And admission is free!🎵

All Day: Downtown Merchants Sidewalk Sales
8:00am – 10:00am: Stream Cleanup
12:00pm – 5:00pm: Artist Market
12:00pm – 2:00pm: The Schoolhouse Hotel Kid’s Field Day
12:00pm – 1:30pm: Massing
2:00pm – 3:30pm: Of The Dell
4:00pm – 5:30pm: Charlie Brown Superstar
6:00pm – 7:30pm: Sneezy
8:00pm – TILL: YAM YAM

06/20/2023

🐉 We have a very special guest for our Freaky Friday Parade! 🐉

🎭 Led by Dark Matters, our New Orleans-style funeral parade lines up at 6 PM at Gum Store Studios. At 6:30, we’ll head down Dry Creek Road towards Big Draft Brewing. Audience participation is encouraged, including costumes, puppets, and instruments! 🎺

More of a vo**ur? The Schoolhouse Hotel has excellent cocktails and views of the very special occasion. 🍸

See you Friday! 🎵

06/19/2023

🎨 THIS WEEKEND! 🎨

Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival was created with the little ones in mind! Saturday afternoon will be full of activities for the kids at The Schoolhouse Hotel and on Main Street!

See you oh-so-soon! 🎵

06/13/2023

🎤ANNOUNCEMENT🎤

We've had a change to our headliner for Saturday evening.

Introducing: YAM YAM!

🎹YAM YAM is dedicated to exploring and creating beautiful music together, bringing a diverse range of influences to the group, including jazz, gospel, jam, and funk. 🎷

06/09/2023

What is a festival without great food? 🍔

In addition to our local restaurants, we've got some delicious guests downtown White Sulphur for the festival including:

Mountain Steer Meat Company (pictured)
Cowlicks LLC 🍦
The Dawg House 🌭
Rebel's Kitchen 🧇
Poppy's Kitchen 🥙
Sixpence Pizza 🍕
Al Sab's 🌯

🤤

06/06/2023

📢HERE WE GO! 📢

Music, art, food, beer, and lots of fun.

Hosted by Gum Store Studios, Big Draft Brewing, 50 East Casual Dining & Spirits, and The Schoolhouse Hotel, the second annual Dry Creek Music and Arts Festival is June 23-24 downtown White Sulphur.

Kicking off with a Freaky Friday New Orleans style parade on Friday evening from Gum Store down to the Big Draft stage, the weekend includes performance art, live music, artisan vendors, kids' activities, great food and drinks.

Admission is free thanks to our generous sponsors.

🎷Join us! 🎺

05/25/2023

It’s almost time!

We have been busy planning for our second annual Dry Creek Music and Arts Festival on June 23-24 and we are currently accepting vendor applications! 🎨

Please visit to apply:
https://drycreekfestivalwv.com/artist-application/

The Artisan Market will run from 12-5 on Saturday, 6/24! We have space for 70 vendors. Setup is $50 for a 10x10 space and booths will line Main Street between the bridge and the Post Office in downtown WSS. 🖼️

Join us for a beautiful event filled with art, music, and rolling entertainment all day long. 🎵

10/01/2022

Today! At Big Draft Brewing, the first of our Art in the Garden series.

Come down and support your local artists!

07/01/2022

Is it too soon for a redo? We are still reeling from the Festival so we’ve already jumped on planning for 2023. It was such a fun weekend, we just couldn’t help ourselves.

06/19/2022

Thank you to everyone who came out to support or participate these past three days for the first annual Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival!

06/18/2022

Artisan Road is open and the sky couldn’t be bluer.

See you soon!

06/17/2022

She’s back! ☀️

See you soon Rebirth Brass Band.

06/17/2022

Out of an abundance of caution, the Stream Cleanup portion of the weekend has been canceled.

HOWEVER, the party goes on! The skies will be blue just in time for the Second Line Parade and for Rebirth Brass Band to take the stage this evening.

06/17/2022

Help us share the Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival experience by tagging our across social media pages this weekend!

06/17/2022

ATTN Parents & Grandparents 🎉

Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival has dedicated activities for the kiddos who join us this weekend!

Saturday, June 18th

· Kids’ Field Day at The Schoolhouse Hotel - 2pm to 4pm
· Travis the Balloon Dude lined up from 2pm-4pm
· Alana Broholm (face painting) from 2pm-4pm
· Sugar Bears will have a retail both
· The Schoolhouse will retail kids’ food and drinks

06/17/2022

We hope you decide to join us this evening in the Second Line Parade!

We're kicking off the festivities tonight with a New Orleans style Dry Creek SECOND LINE PARADE beginning at Gum Store Studios at 6:30. Folks that want to join in are asked to gather in front of The Schoolhouse Hotel at that time to jump in and party with us down to Big Draft Brewing's Main Stage.

The Gum Store Krewe will lead the second line down Dry Creek Road to meet the Rebirth Brass Band and for them to take the parade straight to the stage.

06/17/2022

🔈 Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival Official Schedule 🔈

We are kicking off the first annual festival today. Please check out and save the following schedule so you don't miss any of the activities we have lined up over the next three days.

This is a fully free event thanks to our incredible sponsors and community!

06/16/2022

Don't forget to swing by Kitten's Custom Frame & Art Studio (Kittens Korner)on 159 Ingleside Avenue.

While just a few steps off Main Street, this long-time White Sulphur Springs business will be open and welcoming guests this weekend!

06/15/2022

We're so excited to see everyone! Here's some general parking and traffic info before we see everyone Friday.

If you have any questions/concerns, shoot us a DM or comment below!

06/14/2022

Sponsor & Food Vendor Highlight: Mountain Steer Meat Company 🍔

Mountain Steer Meat Company, a new WSS business opening this summer, will have a burger truck set up and cooking this weekend at this year's festival.

Run by two local generational farmers, the company serves locally raised, grain fed beef at restaurants through the community.

Fun fact - Road Hogs (of the Big Draft Brewing family) was the first restaurant to serve the beef.

06/14/2022

Happy National Bourbon Day!

To celebrate we want to highlight our sponsor Smooth Ambler Spirits. This sponsor will also have their Whiskey Wagon at the Festival all weekend.

Smooth Ambler Spirits will be serving some of their signature bourbons for the weekend. Their mobile bar between both stages to create a Drambler Drive.

Give them a follow and make sure to visit their mobile bar for a spirit this weekend.

06/14/2022

We are proud and excited to announce fundraising efforts through Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival being directed towards The Greenbrier Valley Family Activity Center!

Participating businesses in Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival are donating a percentage of sales during event to the fund.

A little more about The Greenbrier Valley Family Activity Center...

Vision: To create a modern investment in the health of our community encompassing mind, body, and spirit

Goal: Make the Greenbrier Valley the healthiest community in West Virginia. Attract new residents and businesses to this vibrant community

Let's continue to work together to grow our community!

06/13/2022

Official Map of Dry Creek Music & Arts Festival June 17-18th!

Make sure to save this image to ensure you always know where the next activity is for the upcoming festival.

This map also gives a great overview for how to best navigate traffic routes and parking areas while certain streets are closed for the event.

We can't wait to kick the festivities off with you all this Friday, June 17th, evening!