Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival kicks off this weekend

Young emerging artists during the two-day festival get a chance to feature their work and win the cash prize for a special recognition award. The festival means a lot to local artists and the community as a whole.

“It’s grown and developed completely from the community. Created by artists in Mill Valley so they could make a fun event to show their work to people,” said Tom Killion, a festival committee member and local artist who has been going to the event for over 50 years.

The Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in recent years has struggled financially, both in part because of the pandemic and soaring inflation. If organizers do not get enough people to attend the festival this year, its future could be in jeopardy.