Celebrate the City Walk Trail and Downtown Hickory! Take a bite to eat with you from a selection of local Food Trucks in the Lowes City Parking lot as you stroll the City Walk over to LRU. With each step enjoy local craft vendors, non-profits and musicians. Stop for another snack at Allegra Print and Imaging parking lot! Meander with family and friends to St. Andrews Lutheran Church for fun and games! Finish with some LR Bears excitement at Lenoir-Rhyne University!

Fun for all ages! Featuring:
Bouncy House
Food Truck
Games
Craft Vendors
Shop Local
Buskers
Community awareness
LRU Scrimmage

Hosted by: Hickory Downtown Development Association
Sponsored by:
The Hickory Elks
The UCC
Lake Hickory Realty
Taste Full Beans
Allegra Print and Imaging
St. Andrews Church
LRU

We are seeking artists interested in participating in the upcoming Fall Downtown Hickory Art Crawl. Art in most disciplines will be accepted, although art must be in good taste and able to be shown to persons of all ages. Artists will display their works in and around local downtown Hickory businesses and demonstrations are encouraged. There is no charge to the artist for participation and no commissions are charged on items sold, but artists are required to personally pay all applicable NC taxes.

Artists selected to show will need to bring all necessary display items, tables and chairs. Failure by the participating artist to appear at the event will be considered during the application process for other downtown events.

The date for the Fall Art Crawl is Thursday, September 15, 2022: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Artists must be set up by 4:30 pm and may not remove displays before 8:00 pm.

For an application, please contact Amy at info@downtownhickory.com or Barbara at blsinclair1@bellsouth.net. You may also call 828-322-1121. Please follow the application process closely as incomplete applications will not be considered.

Applications are due by August 15, 2021 for the Fall Art Crawl. You will be notified at least two weeks before the Crawl of your acceptance.

The Downtown Hickory Art Crawl is hosted by the Hickory Downtown Development Association and all proceeds go toward our mission to make downtown a better community for everyone.

Our annual Oktoberfest is the second weekend of October. Having been co-founded by a German, Adolphus “Dolph” Shuford, Hickory has a long, proud German heritage. Home to the United States headquarters for several German companies, and being a sister city with Altenburg, Germany, our connection to Germany, has never left us. For more details, visit the Oktoberfest section of our website at: downtownhickory.com/oktoberfest