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StART on the Street in Worcester
stART on the Street fills Worcester's Park Avenue each September with roughly 250 to 300 juried artists and crafters selling handmade work directly off the street, alongside multiple live-music stages and street performers. Founded in 2002 by independent local artists, it is now run by the nonprofit Creative Hub Worcester and is free to attend.
stART on the Street began in 2002, when a group of independent Worcester artists and art lovers decided the city needed a street fair built entirely around original, handmade work rather than imported goods, and organized a small gathering on Main Street to prove the idea could work.