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Beginning its 38th year in 2025, the Pelham Art Festival show and sale is a showcase of original artwork by Canadian fine art artists and artisans that takes place in the Accipiter Arena at the Meridian Community Centre, located in the Village of Fonthill, Town of Pelham, and the heart of the Niagara Region every Mother’s Day weekend. Since 2021, Pelham Art Festival Online has been featured year-round on our e-commerce website platform.

For its 38th year, the festival will take place on Mother’s Day weekend from May 9 - 11,  featuring talented artists, ambitious advertising, an e-commerce website, backed with social media and regular committee brainstorming keep the show vibrant as one of the longest-running spring art Festivals in the Province!

Pelham Art Festival Online (our e-commerce website) will showcase our selected artist and artisan galleries from May 1 to 31, 2025. The festival continues to be promoted and presented on our website and social media platforms in an exciting, safe format for artists, art lovers and collectors so that fundraising efforts to support the Lincoln Pelham Library and fine art scholarships can continue.

Over 80 contemporary visual artists and artisans, who collectively present thousands of choices in a vibrant array of styles, mediums and messages, come together to showcase and sell their original fine art directly to the public. Side by side established artists and undiscovered talents sell their artwork to the public and make lasting connections with art patrons and collectors. The artist is always present at the In-Person Festival. The artists' galleries and their artworks on Pelham Art Festival Online are available for contact on their posted emails and social media year-round.

Thousands of visitors, art lovers and collectors come to Pelham every year to discover new works and new talents in a vibrant and welcoming environment. Since 1988, our visitors have spent over one million dollars on buying art, contributing to the economic prosperity of our participating artists and the cultural vibrancy of Pelham. Since 2021, thousands of visitors, art lovers and collectors have discovered artworks in artists' galleries on the Pelham Art Festival Online show and sale. Learn more about our mandate and transformative work in our (Report 2021) and Hear what our patrons have to say about us.

We are known for hosting nationally and internationally acclaimed Canadian artists including Robert Amirault, Rosemarie Armstrong, Janny Fraser, Linda Kemp, George Langbroek, Doug Mays, Edward Spera, Josh Tiessen and Steve Wilson to name a few.

Together with our committed and generous community of donors, we celebrate artistic excellence and our artists’ entrepreneurial spirit.

Learn More about Pelham Art Festivals

The Pelham Art Festival is a proud community sponsor of Lincoln Pelham Public Libraries and the arts

We are a not-for-profit corporation. Festival proceeds benefit the Lincoln Pelham Library and provide annual scholarships to Pelham students who are pursuing post-secondary studies in fine art and graduating from E.L. Crossley Secondary School and Notre Dame College School. The Festival also supports various community art projects. We have proudly donated over $500,000 back to the community to date. 

Following Niagara Region Public Health rules together with our committed and generous community of donors, we will celebrate artistic excellence and our artists’ entrepreneurial spirit! Artists will participate with the same overall intention to raise funds to donate to the Lincoln Pelham Library System, art scholarships and community art projects. Join us for the exciting 2025 In-person Festival and our Pelham Art Festival Online e-commerce venue!