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Artists • Music • Food • Activities • Community
Artists
DBQfest is Iowa’s oldest art fair & festival; celebrating Art, Music, and Culture since 1979. We focus on providing economic opportunities for visual, musical, and performing artists while offering a free art experience for all attendees and the community. For our Art Fair, our focus is on fine art, handmade artisan goods, and high-quality original works.
2023 Exhibiting Artists & Makers
A Ugly Dove • AM Artistic • Aaron & Abigail Butcher • Allison McClain Studios • Anna Stoysich Ceramic Art + Paintings • Ariane Parkes-Perret • Artisan Jewelry by Erica Gooding • Artist Rach Ceramics • Barb Thompson Art & Design • Beyond the Box • B Good 2 All • Berlyn Designs • Blush Beauty Co • Bleakz Blanket Fort • Burro Branch Studios • Caroles Art Works • Cecilia Lammer & Izabella Ortega • Chuck Smet Woodworking LLC • Claire Thoele Art & Design • Color Splash Ranch • Conversation Pieces • Cricket Hill Pottery • CXC Creations • David Woodworks • Dylan Jacobson’s Brimstone Studios • Emily Cotton Cram • Flameart Studio • Driftless Nights • Gabriela Stangl • Geek with Wood • Steve & Sandra Gerry • Gile Macramé • Glen Arthur Lowry • Gnomes for All Occasions • Homestead and Hammer • Ink Fueled • Jenna Lueck Art • Jeremy Marquis • Jessica LaFayette • Joan Gaspar Hart • Joshua Steele Photography • K Kriesel • L C Pottery • Leather & Gems Juliery • Lilac Valley Creations • LINK’D by Lindsey • Marley The Artist • Mary Beth’s Articulture • Matt Giese • My Art Creations • NV Design • Norlis Spencer • Pupper Mom Apparel • Psychic Chakra Center • Rae’s Space • Remember Wrigley Field • Rock Cut Woodwork • Sara Davis • Serendipities Art Shop • SilverWear by DJ • The Subbin’ Sisters • Totally Twisted Jewelry • Tr3yLittyLLC Custom Design • Vickielynne Photography and Designs
Music
2023 musicians + performers
Amiya Lene • Cassie Kay Beadle • Dick Rogers Space Detective Radio Show • DZ Jazz Combo • TéGwap • Beatrix Productions Aerial Dance • The Vaquitas • Patient Wolf • Pennyroyal • Prince Ace • Suonare • Strings Attached • Wxlley
SATURDAY AUGUST 5, 2023
The Ironside Stage
11:00 AM – Cassie Kay Beadle
12:30 PM – DZ Jazz Combo
2:00 PM – PennyRoyal
3:30 PM – Patient Wolf
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Hip Hop, R&B, and Rap night featuring Amiya Lene, Prince Ace, and Wxlley.
SUNDAY AUGUST 6, 2023
The Ironside Stage
11:00 AM – Suonare
12:30 PM – Strings Attached
2:30 PM – TéGwap
4:15 PM – Dick Rogers: Space Detective
Food
food vendors
Americana Concessions • Frannie Barbecue • Hibachi Time • Koppes Kreations • Mysons Tacos and Burritos • Vesperman Farms Ice Cream • The Otherside
Activities
SATURDAY AUGUST 5, 2023
Park Activities
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM – All Ages Creation Station
12:00 PM & 1:30 PM – Beatrix Productions Aerial Dance
3:00 PM – The Vaquitas; A Living Art Dancing
Sculpture
4:30 PM – Self Defense Demonstrations by
Empowermental
SUNDAY AUGUST 6, 2023
Park Activities
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM – All Ages Creation Station
12:00 PM – Self Defense Demonstrations by Empowermental
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Knitting in the park with Yarn Soup
2:00 PM – The Vaquitas; A Living Art Dancing Sculpture
Community Booths
2023 Community Booths
Area Residential Care • Carnegie-Stout Public Library • Dubuque and Jackson County Habitat for Humanity • Dubuque Camera Club • Dubuque Symphony Youth Ensembles • Empowermental • Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois • Green Iowa Americorps • Hillcrest Family Services • Inspiration Stables • Iowa Lions Eye Bank • Multicultural Family Center • UWP- Office of Multicultural Student Affairs • Dubuque for Refugee Children / Dubuque NAACP • Driftless Ink Society • PBS Iconic Iowa