For the 16th consecutive year Edgewater’s Arts & Music Festival will, again, be located along the Shadyside section of Old River Road. It’s the borough’s most popular cultural event, and it returns as a free celebration of the arts on Sunday, September 9th.

The day long festival includes a fine arts, crafts, sculpture and photography competition that is professionally juried, plus the popular "People’s Choice" category, in which visitors to the festival cast their votes. The five "Best of Show" awards total $2,600.

For the first time, all the music will be "all that" jazz – performed by prominent jazz musicians on the Bergen County Showmobile stage.

Six restaurants will be open, and food will also be served outdoors. Across River Road, in Edgewater Commons, the Vintage Automobile Show will participate in the Festival for the fourth time, organized and hosted by the Edgewater’s Cultural & Historical Committee.

Since 1998, the Borough of Edgewater has closed the Shadyside section to traffic, so visitors can stroll freely on Old River Road, sit and listen to music, and pause for refreshments. Free shuttle busses transport visitors to and from Edgewater Commons Shopping Center, for the auto show and free parking.

According to Neda Rose, Founder and President of the Edgewater Arts Council, and sponsor of the annual Arts Festival, for the last few years, attendance has averaged an aggregate 2,500 visitors before the sun goes down, the tents are folded, and the caravan of cars moves out of Thompson Lane.