Member Jury Application

Commonwheel Artists Co-op will be hosting the 2026 Art Festival in Manitou Springs at Memorial Park over Labor Day weekend on September 5th, 6th and 7th, 2026.

Applications for all artists must be received no later then April 1, 2026.

This is the 52nd Annual Commonwheel Artists Labor Day Art Festival in Memorial Park in historic Manitou Springs, Colorado. This high quality art festival was started by artists in 1974 and continues to be run by artists.

This juried fine arts event provides the Pikes Peak region with a high-quality arts festival. An estimated 12,000+ art patrons and collectors from up and down the I-25 corridor, along with visitors to the area arrive at the festival each year to purchase art.

Advertising and bringing the public to the event are top priorities. We will continue to put a large focus on social media as a way to bring local and regional art patrons to the Festival. This has been very successful for the last few years! There will also be extensive use of ads in newspapers, magazines, on Radio and TV stations in the region. Posters, postcards and brochures

are distributed to area businesses. A banner is hung weeks in advance over Business Hwy 24 in Manitou Springs to increase the attendance of qualified buyers.

We hope you will consider joining us this coming Labor Day Weekend,

2025 Commonwheel Festival Committee

Festival@commonwheel.com

Information about the Art Festival can be found at:

www.commonwheel.com/2025-festival-info-page

2026 Calendar Commonwheel 52nd Annual Labor Day Art Festival

• Event Dates: September 5, 6 & 7, 2026

• Event Times: 10a-5p each day

• Application Deadline: April 1, 2026

• Acceptance/Rejection Notices will be emailed: April 17, 2026

• Booth fee online payments are due: April 30, 2026

• Last Date to cancel: May 15, 2026

• Check-In/ Set-Up: Friday, September 4, 2026 10a-6p & Saturday, September 5, 2026 from 7a-9:30a

Members are not required to pay Jury Fees. 

Booth Fees $250

If you are accepted or rejected, the Commonwheel Festival Committee will send out an email notification after the jury session by April 17, 2026.

Booth fees for accepted artists will be due to be paid by April 30, 2026, after the email notification is sent to secure your space.

There will be a web link included in the email to use to pay your booth fee online, you may mail a check to arrive before April 30, 2026.

Recyclable items will be required to be sorted from the landfill trash. We will know later in the year if we can also have compost bins available.

Sales Tax

1) Commonwheel Artists Festival holds a CO Multiple Event License

2) Artists must collect 9.03% sales tax on all their sales 

3) Artists must pay all State, City and County sales taxes on Monday, September 7, 2026, starting at 5 p.m. at the Information Booth.

4) Artists and food vendors are responsible for collecting sales tax on each sale