Bozeman’s Sweet Pea Festival is a celebration of the Arts. Bozeman, Montana’s Sweet Pea Festival was instituted to celebrate the arts in and around the community of Bozeman. The Sweet Pea Festival thrives because Bozeman and the greater Gallatin Valley region desires to continue in this annual celebration of the arts…because art adds immensely to the life of the community.
From The Sweet Pea website:
Founders. The Sweet Pea Festival had its humble beginnings in 1978. It was established to be a community event that celebrates, cultivates and promotes the arts in Bozeman”. The founders of this event wrote on April 13, 1977; “a working committee took shape from an amorphous group of Bozemanites dedicating themselves to staging a three day “celebration of creativity” among the community ….”.
Giving back to the community. Sweet Pea is the definition of community in its purest form. The original founders desired that the festival support and encourage cultural activities beyond the annual celebration. To this end, the Sweet Pea Festival has a proud tradition of returning any funds gathered beyond expenses back to the community. Any profits realized above and beyond the year’s expenses are given back to the community, each year, in the form of grants for arts, arts education and special projects, such as taking care of the beautiful park that hosts the Festival.
It is volunteer run. Sweet Pea has always been run and organized by volunteers. It has grown from a group of 17 organizers to 35 committees, 50 year-round Board members and up to 2,000 volunteers by the time all is accomplished for the current year.
Funding. Sweet Pea is funded primarily by the sale of the admissions. The first organizers purchased two button making machines and five committee members created 1,000 buttons each. In 2004 over 19,000 buttons were sold.
You may volunteer. Sweet Pea has been an important part of the arts and the artistic and cultural life of Bozeman for nearly 30 years. It is the hope of all of the dedicated volunteers, past and present that Sweet Pea will continue on in the exciting and important tradition it has established and continue to remain the most cherished celebration that it is.
Premier Events include:
Sweet Pea Ball: July 26
Chalk on the Walk: July 29
Bite of Bozeman: July 30
Art Show Opening: July 31
Things To Do:
ARTS & CRAFTS - ART SHOW - THE BALL – BITE OF BOZEMAN – CHALK ON THE WALK
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES – CHILDREN’S RUN – CHURCH IN THE PARK – COLLABORATIVE
DANCE – FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT – FLOWER SHOW – FOOD CONCESSIONS
MUSIC – PARADE – POSTER – THEATRE – And More…
Click For a Schedule of the Sweet Pea Festival Events in Bozeman, MT
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