StreetFair History

Now Celebrating its 44th consecutive year, the University District StreetFair is the longest running festival of its kind in the nation. In 1970, community leaders established the StreetFair to heal our community after protests, street riots and more broke the spirit of our community. Originally a blanket-vending event with lots of free live music, the University District StreetFair has developed into a regional event that features only products hand-made by individual artists and craftsmen in the USA.In celebration of the international flavor of our community, we invite food vendors to participate along with our many local restaurants to give you an around-the-world taste experience.We have worked very hard to locate and digitize the posters from these many years. We do not have them all yet, but we want to share what we have found. Many of these images are available in postcard format.

Check out pictures from last year’s StreetFair here! For more information on this year’s StreetFair explore our website or visit us on Facebook!