WELLSVILLE – Organizers are getting geared up for the second annual Wellsville Mountain Music and Art Festival this Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10.
Mike Bingham, a well-known professional artist, was one of the organizers of the festival and he invited some of the area’s top tier professional artists to participate.
“The first year we did a one day festival,” said Bingham. “It was successful, but we couldn’t get everything we wanted to do in one day so we changed it to a two-day festival.”
The public is invited to walk around and meet artists like Mike Malm, Tyler Swain, Scott Rogers, Chris Yancey, Chad Poppleton, Michael Bingham, Jason Nessen, Joseph Alleman, Trent Gudmundsen, Doyle Geddes and more.
“Friday, starting at 4 p.m., the public can watch many of the valley’s top professional and amateur artists create original works,” he said. On Saturday there will be booths set up to sell some of the featured artwork created during the art portion of the program.
Booths will be set up from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and art booths will feature some of the works for sale.
There will be a Mountain Man model, floral still life, plein air painting options, or artists
There is music Friday evening beginning 5 p.m. by the Big Sis Band, at 7 p.m. Allie Harris and at 8 p.m. Wasatch Back will play some country music that is supposed to bring in people who want to dance.
On Saturday, the music will begin at 10 a.m. with Hawgwash Band taking the stage then at 11 a.m. the Blue Sage Band will perform.
There will be awards and an auction and at 1 p.m. the program will be followed by Jim Schaub-Pudding People Jazz.
The headliner for the concert portion of the festival will be Katie Mathews performing contemporary rock. She is a product of the valley and is doing well in the music world.
They have invited local food trucks to be on hand to handle appetites on both days.
Wellsville City Councilwoman Kaylene Ames said the festival is a chance for people to come together and bring attention to the historic Tabernacle.
“It’s just a way we can get people to see the Tabernacle and what we have here in Wellsville,” she said. “What little bit we make will go to the care and maintenance of the tabernacle.”