Fall Fest is our way of saying thank you—to the artists who shape our communities, and to the neighbors and friends who believe that artists are building the world that we need.
This year’s anniversary was extra special, as we celebrated 10 years of Ready Go, Springboard’s program that connects communities with artist-created mobile projects designed to spark curiosity and prompt interaction. Since 2015, Ready Go projects have brought creative activities to over 110,000 participants at more than 800 events across Minnesota! At Fall Fest, kids and adults alike joined Ready Go artists for hands-on activities like re-purposing fabric scraps into custom drink coozies with the Coozie-Up Cart and pouring metal charms with the WOW Mobile Metal Lab—a city bus transformed into a metal workshop on wheels.
Throughout the event, visitors enjoyed live performances—from dancing the cupid shuffle with Tina Jackson and the Line Dancers, to meeting Squawk the phoenix with Drag Story Hour, and feeling the energy of TaikoArts Midwest’s heart-pounding drumming.
Fall Fest was one of 30+ events that took place across Saint Paul during the 2025 Fall St. Paul Art Crawl.
Many thanks to the following artists and community members for making this year’s Fall Fest possible! Mobile Sign Shop, Sewing Circle, Streetcorner Letterpress, WOW Mobile Metal Lab, Coozie Up Cart, Printmaking INC, TaikoArts Midwest, Tina Jackson and the Line Dancers, Drag Story Hour, DJ Glo, Bryce Burton, Z Akhmetova, D the Artista, You’re the Party, Keshawn’s Characters, Pet Haven, Keith Lee, Frogtown Farm, Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Rondo Community Land Trust, Paper Lantern Project, El Burrito Mercado, and La Michoacana Monarca.
Thank you to Old National Bank for sponsoring Fall Fest 2025.
Save the date for our next upcoming events in Saint Paul, Last Minute Gifts (Friday, December 12, 2025) and Springboard on Ice (January 17-February 14, 2026)!
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