June 15 & 16  Custer logo
Evanston, Illinois

Custer's Last Stand Festival of the Arts

Main Street Station Shopping District
Downtown Evanston
10am-9pm daily
Deadline: May 15

  • 375 Artists and craftspeople from across the nation come together every year to exhibit and sell paintings, ceramics, pottery, photographs, jewelry, graphic arts, wearable art, country and home craft, antiques and collectibles. 
  • They are joined by 150 local businesses and commercial exhibitors who put on an old fashioned Sidewalk Sale. 
  • Over 30 food vendors offer a full international menu featuring the old favorites as well as new fare. 
  • Three different stages showcases entertainment.
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The Custer Fair attracts over 70,000 attendees.  It has been called, "The North Shore social event of the year."  This fair has been twice voted the best art fair by North Shore Magazine and it is an inaugural inductee into the Illinois Festival Hall of Fame.


The Chicago Sun-Times says,  "This 39 year-old fest of chompin', stompin', and shoppin' isn't just any old street fair."

The Custer Fair is located in the Evanston Main Street Station Shopping District.

        For more info: www.custerfair.com

        Apply: www.custerfair.com/Applications

        E-mail: office@custerfair.com 

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