Festival Info

Friday: 4-8:30 PM
Saturday: 10 AM-8:30 PM
Sunday: 11 AM-6 PM

Saturday: 10 AM-7PM
Sunday: 11 AM-5 PM

Artisphere's outdoor activities and performances are FREE.

Information booths are located in central areas throughout the festival site and have t-shirts, hats, festival posters, and other merchandise available for purchase as well as festival maps, programs, and other pertinent information.

First Aid, Lost and Found, and Lost People or Children will be located at the Festival Headquarters at Main and Camperdown, behind the VIP tent.

Portable restrooms are available throughout the festival site.

No coolers, bicycles, inline skates, or skateboards within the festival site. Feel free to bring blankets and lawn chairs, but keep them in the outdoor amphitheatre seating areas only. Please, no pets.

Parking is available at a number of city and private parking lots and garages throughout the downtown area.

Tickets are the currency of Artisphere's food, beverages, and activities. Ticket booths are located at various central locations and near every food and beverage station. Tickets are sold only in sheets of eight; the cost per sheet is $5. All artwork for sale can be purchased by cash, check, or credit card.

The downtown area has several permanent ATM machines. In addition, a portable ATM will be located near the event site.

Vision Statement
ARTISPHERE is an annual signature event for Greenville, SC, showcasing the arts, reflecting the area's international flair, and maximizing existing arts programs by providing a diverse menu of experiences that center around the arts visual and performing and Greenville's multi-cultural offerings to appeal to visitors from throughout the world, as well as citizens throughout the region.

Mission Statement
ARTISPHERE is committed to celebrating the arts and this area's rich international and multi-cultural flair by providing a high-quality event that attracts, entertains, educates, inspires, and enriches a diverse audience and thus brings the community together through the arts.

Artisphere's Board of Directors, along with Community Leaders, have been working to strategically plan this exciting new arts event since March 2003.

Artisphere focuses on six major goals it:

• hosts award-winning visual artists of national and international caliber, showcasing their work at an open-air Artist Row in the West End.
• showcases the best of Greenville's performing arts groups complimented by top name performers from around the world.
• showcases local artists and top regional galleries in a Gallery Row at various venues along Main Street.
• highlights performances of local youth groups and provides creative, educational activities for our children.
• provides a signature event which increases local tourism and raises the perception of Greenville as a cultural destination.
• further enhances Greenville's exceptional quality of life by contributing to the area's businesses and by stimulating economic development.

Artisphere also:

• supports and promotes the arts, thus further enhancing Greenville's art community.
• creates a signature event for Greenville that showcases the beauty of our city and supports the region's efforts to build tourism and enrich the economic health of the area.
• delivers a high-quality medium for artists - local, regional, national, and international - to showcase their talents and generate business for them.
• positions itself as an internationally themed event to unite international companies through a common interest for promoting Greenville, as well as bring together international residents.
• promotes the resources and programs of collaborative efforts, expanding the audience base for local arts groups.
• provides a range of ticket prices for arts events, with many outdoor and free events, therefore making the arts accessible to all audiences.
• offers the opportunity for all of our citizens to come together and enjoy new experiences through a true community festival.