Artist directories and profiles
Showcase artists and makers with artwork images, descriptions, categories, and website or social links.
Fine Art & Craft Festival Apps
Connect Visitors with Your Artists
Give visitors one place to discover artists, preview their work, find booths, plan demonstrations and performances, and stay informed throughout your fine art or craft festival.
Arts community partners
Built for art festivals and arts organizations
Core capabilities
Help visitors discover more of your festival
Booth maps and navigation
Help visitors locate artists, booths, entrances, food, restrooms, and other festival amenities.
Schedules and favorites
Organize demonstrations, workshops, artist talks, and performances, with favorites for planning a visit.
Alerts and festival updates
Share weather notices, program changes, reminders, and important visitor information.
Food and vendor listings
Make food, drinks, and other vendors easy to browse and locate.
Sponsors and supporters
Recognize partners through featured listings, banners, linked content, and sponsored activities.
Native app offline access
Built for event days—even when cell service isn’t.
Crowded fairgrounds. Remote festival sites. Busy convention halls. Grandstand’s native apps keep nearly all core app content available offline once it has downloaded, so attendees can keep exploring when reception is weak or unavailable.
Your team manages content in the web-based Grandstand Admin. The app downloads content to the device and checks for updates at supported refresh points when a connection is available. Between updates, visitors can continue using the content already stored on their phones.
Plan ahead: Download and open the app before arriving. New content updates and features that use online services require a connection.
Discover the artists
Put the artwork at the center of discovery
Let visitors explore an image-rich artist directory, browse by medium or category, and open profiles with artwork, artist information, and useful links. Connect artist listings with booth locations so visitors can move from discovering someone’s work to finding them at the festival.
Browse by medium: ceramics, painting, photography, jewelry, and other organizer-defined categories.
Find the next booth
Connect every artist to a place
Help visitors find artist booths and explore the festival with searchable maps. Connect locations to artist and vendor information, and make entrances, food, restrooms, and other amenities easier to locate.
Organizers can use a supported festival graphic or create location content over a supported native map.
Plan the visit
Make demonstrations and events easy to find
Bring artist demonstrations, workshops, talks, performances, and family activities into one clear schedule. Visitors can browse by day or category, open event details, and save favorites for their visit.
Explore Event Schedules & Favorites
Keep visitors informed
Share updates when plans change
Send timely notifications about weather, program changes, festival hours, and important announcements, with links to relevant information in the app.
Organizer tools
Keep your festival guide current without coding
Manage it yourself: Update artists, booth information, schedules, maps, vendors, and announcements through Grandstand.
Get setup assistance: Design and content-loading help is available, with scope and fees depending on the selected package and services.
Use it beyond one weekend: Refresh the app for future festivals or maintain an arts directory and event information throughout the year.
App Analytics & Audience Insights
See Which Artists and Experiences Get Attention
Understand how visitors explore artist listings, festival activities, and event information. Use recorded views, searches, and favorites to improve discovery.
- Discover popular content: Review engagement with artist listings, activities, and festival resources.
- Understand searches and favorites: Learn what visitors try to find and choose to save, where those reports are available.
- Review activity over time: Understand app usage before, during, and after your festival.
Available reports vary by package. Platinum and Titanium include realtime activity from the last 30 minutes and geographic heatmaps of recorded app usage.
App and website
Update your festival app and website together
Manage supported artist lists, schedules, and other shared content in Grandstand, then display that information in both your app and your festival’s existing website.
Additional fee: Web Widgets are a separate paid product.
Learn about Web WidgetsAdditional capabilities
More ways to connect visitors with your festival
Art trails and scavenger hunts
Encourage visitors to explore participating locations through supported challenges and check-ins.
Awards and recognition
Publish artist awards and results in a browsable format.
Surveys and live polls
Gather visitor feedback during or after the festival.
Branded photo booth
Offer festival-themed frames for visitor photos.
Coupons and rewards
Highlight participating vendor, sponsor, or festival promotions.
Pages, search, and integrations
Make visitor information easy to find and connect supported content sources.
Planning and purchasing
Fine art and craft festival app FAQs
How much does an art festival app cost?
Pricing depends on the publishing option, package, and services you select. Review the Art Festival Pricing page or contact Grandstand for help choosing the right option.
Can visitors browse artists by medium or category?
Yes. Organizers can group and filter artist listings by useful categories such as ceramics, painting, photography, or jewelry.
Can artist profiles connect to booth locations?
Yes. Artist information can connect with supported map locations so visitors can discover artwork and then find the artist’s booth.
Can we use our existing festival or booth map?
Yes. Festival teams can use a supported graphic such as a PDF, PNG, or JPG with searchable locations, or build location content over a supported native map.
Can our team update the app without coding?
Yes. Authorized staff can use Grandstand’s browser-based tools to update artists, booth information, schedules, maps, vendors, pages, and announcements without writing code.
Can the app support a year-round arts directory?
Yes. You can refresh the app for future festivals or maintain artist directory and event information throughout the year, depending on your package and publishing approach.
Does the app work without cell service or Wi-Fi?
Yes. Grandstand’s native apps store downloaded content on the device, allowing visitors to keep using nearly all core app content without an internet connection. Visitors should download and open the app while connected before attending. A connection is needed to receive new content updates, push notifications, and access features that depend on online services.
How is our app published, and what setup help is available?
Grandstand offers publishing within a supported container app and stand-alone branded app-store options. Stand-alone apps require Apple and Google developer accounts and store approval. Design and content-loading help is available; scope, timing, and fees vary by package and services.
Can we see how festival visitors use our app?
Yes. Grandstand provides reporting on app usage and supported content activity, including views, favorites, shares, and searches. Available reports vary by package. Platinum and Titanium also include realtime analytics and geographic app-usage heatmaps. Explore App Analytics.
Bring your artists and festival together in one app
Start a free trial to explore the builder, or talk with Grandstand about the right publishing and service options for your art festival.
View Art Festival App Pricing