Don’t fear, Buffalo summer festival lovers. The Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts will return for 2023 under new leadership, reversing course after the event’s founders decided to end their run late last month.
The Elmwood Village Association announced Wednesday its board of directors voted to take on production of the festival, which Executive Director James Cichocki said will be presented in a “scaled-back” fashion on Aug. 26 and 27.
“Our neighborhood and the entire city loved the Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts,” Cichocki said in a statement. “It was a great way to support local artists as well as the small businesses in the Elmwood Village, and it always felt like the last hurrah of summer. The organizers who ran the festival for so many years did an excellent job, and we hope that the festival we bring to the Village will honor their legacy.”
Live music, a kids’ zone and food vendors are expected to be part of the festival in 2023, Cichocki said, complementing booths of local and regional artists and crafters.
“After twenty-four years of producing an all-volunteer, free community event, and after much deliberation, we have decided to cease producing the festival,” read a post on the event’s Facebook page.
Cichocki said he and Therese…
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