The Bethesda Row Arts Festival is recognized as one of the top fine arts festivals in the United States. For two days, Saturday and Sunday, October 13 and 14, 2018, the streets of downtown Bethesda are transformed into an outdoor gallery of arts and crafts. Over 190 selected artists will showcase their museum quality works of all different types, including: ceramics, drawings, fabrics, glass, graphics, jewelry, metalwork, paintings, pastels, photography, printmaking, sculpture, wood, and 2D and 3D mixed media.

The event is held rain or shine. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, October 13; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, October 14. Bethesda Row is located on Woodmont and Bethesda Avenues, Elm Street and Bethesda Lane, east of Arlington Road, and is within walking distance from the Bethesda Metro station. Free parking garages are also located around the site. Admission is free. More information is available at http://www.bethesdarowarts.org or on the Festival’s Facebook page.