ARTS FEST Preview Party
Friday, September 19th, 2025 | 6pm-8:30pm | $55
Celebrate the opening of ARTS FEST 2025 with the Preview Party, one of Dalton's favorite soirées on the Creative Arts Guild campus.
Get the first chance to view and purchase from the juried Gallery Exhibit and outdoor Artist Market before it opens to the public for the weekend
Vote for the Gallery Exhibit Patron's Choice Award
Enjoy wine, craft beer, and culinary tastings by Cafe Ostro, Cyra's, Mariscos El Cuhhhmaron, La Esperanza Bakery, DFood Collab, and Creative Arts Guild Culinary Arts Action Stations by Chef Courtney Coffey, Chef Matt Barrett, and Chef Riley Bonanno - all included in your ticket!
Listen to live prog - funk - jazz music by Chattanooga's LE GATO
VERY IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION:
The City of Dalton has restricted street parking surrounding our building - there are a handful of spots that will be marked out and available on Clark Street behind our building, but street parking is NOT AVAILABLE on any other surrounding streets.
The paved parking lot closest to our building is reserved for HANDICAP AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE ONLY - please honor this so our guests who need to park closer can take advantage of this lot.
Our upper grass parking lot will be PREMIUM PAID PARKING for $15. An attendant will be there to take payment via card or digital payment.
FREE PARKING is available at First Baptist Church, and a FREE shuttle will be running from there to the Guild all weekend. Parking for families with strollers is available at the Dalton-Whitfield Northwest Georgia Regional Library.
There will be street closures surrounding the Creative Arts Guild for safety, and officers will be directing traffic. We will have plenty of signs out to help with directions. Thank you for working with us as we navigate these changes! See the map above for reference!