SAVE THE DATE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025
HAVING TROUBLE? DON'T PANIC.
Alright pals, as the deadline approaches experience tells us that a few folks will have some technical problems with the application. If this is you, and you are having trouble submitting your application prior to the Friday, June 6 midnight deadline - please don't panic.
Simply send us an email, explaining your problem in detail or asking the question that is preventing you from moving forward to submission. Then, BE PATIENT. Come Monday, we will review all of those emails and get back to you at our earliest convenience. Please note, we are also juggling other obligations on Monday and Tuesday and may be slow to respond. Don't worry, if you have sent an email regarding ArtsGoggle participation, we will help you get through the process even if it is after the deadline. Your email to us will serve as a placeholder for your application.
Also, as a reminder, photos are typically the technical problem that most applications experience. Make sure you are submitting your application from a computer, not your phone. Make sure your photos are in .jpeg format and under 3MB each. Ensure that the photos fully load before you press submit or they will not attach and your application will not be complete.
Do not email us to ask about reserving a specific booth space or specific block. The process doesn't work that way. First you apply, then we approve. Then, all artists will reserve space on the block of their choice based on a first-come, first-served order that is established by your application submission date. Food vendors will be automatically assigned a specific vending location once they are approved.
Please email megan@nearsouthsidefw.org and natalie@nearsouthsidefw.org
Thank you!
APPLICATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY, JUNE 6 AT MIDNIGHT
Apply now to join the team for the 2025 ArtsGoggle presented by Frost.
Artist and food vendor applications close Friday, June 6 at midnight. Venues and musicians may continue to apply through September 20, 2025 at midnight.
Details for how to apply are below at each of the partner links.
Learn about previous ArtsGoggle events.
ABOUT ARTSGOGGLE
ArtsGoggle presented by Frost is Fort Worth's premier festival of local arts. This free-to-the-public, family-friendly event annually hosts more than 1,000 visual artists, 50 musical performances, artistic displays of every kind, food, drink, and fun for everyone. Unlike any event in Fort Worth, the festival exclusively focuses on highlighting the work of local artists, musicians, and performers of all media and experience levels. ArtsGoggle attracts a crowd of 60,000+ patrons that are as diverse as the event's Near Southside neighborhood. Visitors are invited to park their cars and rediscover this revitalized urban district by Trinity Metro transit, by foot, or by bicycle, including Fort Worth Bike Sharing bikes.
ArtsGoggle started 21 years ago as the Near Southside's own indoor gallery night, designed to showcase the district’s revitalization efforts underway via newly established businesses hosting one-day open houses in partnership with local artists. The event remained almost exclusively indoors for the first decade before spilling out onto the street. Today, visitors are invited to stroll artists' booths on Magnolia Avenue stretching more than a mile in length, and adjacent businesses, new and old, tout ArtsGoggle as their best day of sales each year.
ArtsGoggle prides itself in providing a casual, approachable, and vibrant environment for appreciating art and learning about the talents of our own community. For almost two decades, this non-juried art festival has been the launch pad for many artists showing their work for the first time. ArtsGoggle provides a supportive setting for both aspiring and professional artists with new collections to display, sell and discuss their artwork.
Accompanying the visual artists, the entertainment at ArtsGoggle heavily features local musicians and offers performances from a variety of genres. In addition, the event partners with arts organizations across Fort Worth to draw attention to their programs. In years past, ArtsGoggle has hosted the Fort Worth Opera for pop-up concerts; showcased Ballet Folklorico de Azteca for a colorful dance performance; and presented a stellar headliner performances from indie musicians Sarah Jaffe, Ben Kweller, and Sir Woman.
ATTENDANCE
An estimated attendance of 80,000+ attendees during the 10-hour event.
FREE TO ATTEND
Free to the public to attend
APPLICATION FEES
ARTISTS - $100 application fee for participating artists. Indoors artist and student artists may receive a 50% discount.
FOOD VENDORS - Free application. Food vendors pay a $250 fee to participate if approved. We do not take any percentage of sales or require you to report sales.
VENUES - Free application. If approved, Near Southside member venues pay no fee. Non-member venues pay $100 to participate.
MUSICIANS - Free booking application.
VOLUNTEERS - Listen, we'll pay you... in hugs. Please help us. We need you!
LOCATION
The traditional ArtsGoggle footprint is primarily outdoors, centered along Magnolia Avenue from 8th Avenue to S. Main Street, 21 blocks, one mile stretch. A feast of art!
The 2025 ArtsGoggle event footprint has not yet been finalized, as we have some street repair and campus expansion projects along the festival route that may impact the ability for artist placement on various blocks. Please watch for updates as we near the event period.
ArtsGoggle also hosts artists indoors at participating Near Southside venues such as restaurants, bars, offices, and retailers who are hosting artists, live music, and other entertainment in celebration of ArtsGoggle!
EVENT PRODUCER
ArtsGoggle is produced by Near Southside Arts, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in partnership with sister non-profit organization Near Southside, Inc.
Near Southside, Inc. is a private, member-funded, non-profit 501(c)(4) development company dedicated to the revitalization of Fort Worth’s Near Southside. NSI began as a small coalition of Near Southside businesses and community leaders and has grown dramatically over the last two decades. We invite you to join us as we promote the redevelopment of Fort Worth’s Near Southside as a vibrant, urban, mixed-use neighborhood.
A quick word from your trusty event producers!
Thanks for your interest in, and support of, ArtsGoggle. If you're searching for information that isn't on this website, we need to ask for your patience. It's coming. It is just not available yet. We are updating the website in real time as details become available.
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Good reason's to contact us:
- Sponsorships or donations! Oh yes friends, like any true non-profit we are eager to take those emails and promise you'll get a super fast-response.
- Time sensitive requests that will make or break your decision about participating in ArtsGoggle. If you need to know now, email us and we'll do our best to help answer your question.
- Weird stuff. If your questions relates to something that isn't part of the "traditional ArtsGoggle" then let's talk about it now so that we can decide if it is a good fit for partnership.
Big thanks,
The Near Southside Team - Mike, Megan, Natalie, Becky, Austin and Woody
QUESTIONS?
HIT US UP
Megan Henderson
Cultural Director
Director of Events + Communications
Near Southside, Inc.
Near Southside Arts
1606 Mistletoe Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76104
megan@nearsouthsidefw.org
Natalie Atkinson
Events + Projects Manager
Near Southside, Inc.
Near Southside Arts
1606 Mistletoe Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas 76104