The 13th Annual VisArts’ Rockville Arts Festival will take place on May 3-4, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rockville Townsquare. The event will feature original art by 130 fine artists and artisans, a makers market, art demonstrations, a chalk art competition, and food vendors including Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, Dini’s Divine Pies, The Tender Rib, and Sherri’s Crabcakes . The City of Rockville has announced street closures around Rockville Town Square to accommodate the event.
Per the City of Rockville: “The 13th Annual VisArts’ Rockville Arts Festival — a fine arts festival with 130 artists, a community art experience and art demonstrations — will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at Rockville Town Square, rain or shine.
Streets will close at 8 a.m. Friday, May 2 and reopen 9 p.m. Sunday, May 4. East Middle Lane will be closed from the HSBC Bank and Helen Heneghan Way to Gibbs Street. Maryland Avenue will be closed from the Garage A entrance to East Montgomery Avenue.
Merchants are encouraged to have all deliveries for the weekend made Thursday, May 1. Contact festival director Robin Markowitz as soon as possible at [email protected] to arrange a special weekend delivery time. Festival staff will make every effort to assist in the event of an unexpected delivery.
Parking can be accessed:
- Through the HSBC Bank parking lot to Garage B.
- At Helen Heneghan Way, for the Cambria Hotel and BLVD Forty Four residents.
- For Fenestra residents, Office Building 20 and the 37 Maryland Ave. garage at East Middle Lane and Gibbs Street: Residents will enter/exit at Gibbs Street, starting 8 a.m. Friday. Rockville police will monitor the intersection.
There will be no metered street parking where a road is closed. All garages are available for parking.”