| Salt Lake City, July 20 – Craft Lake City is seeking volunteers to assist in organizing the 13th Annual DIY Festival. The DIY Festival is Utah’s largest local-centric, three-day arts festival, with over 300 local artisans, DIY engineers, vintage vendors, and craft food creators, Kid Row youth entrepreneurs, our Google Fiber STEM Building, two stages featuring over 50 music and dance performances, local food trucks, our Harmons VIP Lounge, and approximately 20,000 attendees. This year’s programming is the largest to date, including new features including the Best Friends Save Them All Dog Park and Pacific Island Heritage Month Day exhibitions. The DIY Festival will be held at the Utah State Fairpark from Friday August 13 through Sunday August 15.Craft Lake City is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. The DIY Festival is Craft Lake City’s flagship event, providing local entrepreneurs and artisans with a platform to share their art and launch their businesses. When you volunteer at the DIY Festival, you help support the local creative economy while meeting like-minded people and having fun!
“Volunteers are an integral part of the Craft Lake City DIY Festival and are vital to the success of our Festival,” said Angela H. Brown, Executive Director of Craft Lake City. “Without the volunteer help from our community, our Festival simply would not exist.”
Craft Lake City is seeking volunteers to assist with a variety of vital festival operations, such as helping direct artisan load-in and load-out, leading kids’ crafts at the Kids’ Area Leave Your Mark Park Presented By Mark Miller Subaru, participating in the Festival green team and more. Volunteer scheduling is flexible, and includes participant perks like free festival access, food and beverage vouchers, a commemorative Craft Lake City t-shirt courtesy of Huge Brands Apparel and entry into special event volunteer raffles. Craft Lake City loves working with volunteers because of the dedication they exemplify in championing the local arts. Beyond doing good for their community, volunteers also have the opportunity to discover newfound passions and make lifelong friendships working for a cause. Visit craftlakecity.com/volunteer to learn more about the different roles at the Festival and to apply as a volunteer.
Visit the Craft Lake City website for complete details about the DIY Festival. For more information about volunteering or general inquiries, contact us at (801) 906-8521 or info@craftlakecity.com.
About Craft Lake City:
Founded in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, Executive Editor of SLUG (Salt Lake UnderGround) Magazine, Craft Lake City® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. Craft Lake City strives to further define the term “Craft,” by modernizing the definition for handmade creativity.
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Craft Lake City’s year-round programming is supported in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Program, the Salt Lake Arts Council, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and Utah Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts. The 13th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented By Harmons is sponsored by Google Fiber, Mark Miller Subaru, 90.9FM KRCL, 90.1 FM KUER, K-Bull 93, B98.7, Power 94.9, KCPW, PBS Utah, PCTV, Best Friends, 24tix.com, Huge Brands and XMission, with funding from Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office, Visit Salt Lake, STEM Action Center, SLUG Magazine, the Sorenson Legacy Foundation, the Stephen G. & Susan E. Denkers Family Foundation, the Willard L. Eccles Foundation, the Lawrence T. & Janet T. Dee Foundation, the McCarthey Family Foundation and the Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation. The Craft Lake City Business Academy: Grow Your Business Plan is made possible by funding from Celtic Bank.
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