Winter Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival

Travel the world over and you would be hard pressed to fine a more spectacular gathering of artists than at the Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival. These nationally acclaimed, juried fine art festivals attract artists and art collectors from throughout the United States and abroad, all sharing in their love and appreciation for magnificent fine art.

The streets of downtown Carefree are closed, making room for over 160 artists and over 5,000 original masterpieces of fine art. Artists’ works include small, medium and monumental life-sized bronze sculptures, metal, clay, wood, stone, glass and mixed media sculptures. There is an array of pottery, photography, hand crafted jewelry, batiks and select fine crafts. There is also spectacular oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, watercolors, pastel, charcoal, etchings and mixed media paintings. Subject matters range from southwest and traditional to contemporary and abstract, floral, wildlife, European, African, Native American and more. The festivals offer a wide variety of mediums, styles, sizes, subject matters and price range, to insure there is something that will appeal to everyone who attends.

The festival holds the title of Arizona’s largest wine tasting event, featuring first class wines from Arizona, California, Australia, Germany, Austria, France and Italy. Live entertainment is a mainstay at all Thunderbird Artists’ events. Insuring the festival address each of the senses, gourmet food is served by Tonto Bar and Grille, in addition to Carefree’s many restaurants and outdoor cafes.

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.