Momentum Festival

Toledo's Annual Arts + Culture Festival

Momentum Festival

The Arts Commission presented the first Momentum Festival in 2017 to celebrate Toledo’s vibrant community through arts and culture. Starting at Promenade Park, TAC partnered with ProMedica’s Summer Concert Series to populate the riverfront. After the rising popularity of that area, Momentum followed The Arts Commission’s mission to highlight underutilized spaces in the city and moved to the block of N Superior St between Madison and Adams. Through its partnering locations, the Momentum Festival has had over 97,000 in attendance and showcased over 1,000 artists. 

Thank You for Eight Years of Momentum!

We wish to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of the Toledo area cultural institutions, corporate sponsors, universities and educational institutions, and private donors who joined together in partnership and support of eight years of the Momentum Festival.

With their help we brought art and culture out into an accessible public space, highlighting underutilized areas in our city and celebrating our vibrant community. 

Based on popular demand and to better fit the needs of Toledo’s artist community, The Arts Commission will bring back Artomatic 419 in place of the Momentum Festival. Read more about the Artomatic 419 Exhibition below.

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Celebrating our vibrant community through arts and culture.

Momentum by the Numbers

$746,960

Invested in Artists

1047

Participating Artists

97,000

Attendees

Artomatic 419 is Back!

Local artists are invited to transform Erie Street Market into a unique exhibition space to showcase their work. Artomatic 419 is a non-juried show where space can be created for any medium, including but not limited to visual, literary, film, and performing arts. 

The Arts Commission heard a need from artists to network with other creatives, access space, show their work, and promote Toledo as a vibrant home to artists, arts, and culture. Those needs can be better addressed by the Artomatic 419 program than with the Momentum Festival, and with the growth of outdoor arts and culture events downtown there is less of a need for the Momentum framework. The initial creation of Artomatic 419 was a direct response to similar needs from the artist community and received an outstanding reaction from participants and attendees.

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