Fort Worth Arts Goggle expands in 2026 – Audacy

Fort Worth Arts Goggle expands in 2026  Audacy

Fort Worth's Arts Goggle will fill 21 blocks of the city's Near Southside Saturday. The event features more than 800 local artists and 60 local musicians. "This runs across the spectrum of the creative community," says Clifton Crofford, artistic director of SiNaCa Studios on Magnolia Avenue in Fort Worth. "It's all about local artists and celebrating the creative community of Fort Worth in a really awesome and unique way." SiNaCa has been hosting events during Arts Goggle since opening at Magnolia and Washington Avenue 16 years ago. "The team at the Near Southside is small but mighty," Crofford says. "They coordinate this one day festival to support these local artists and musicians." Since the studio opened in 2010, Fort Worth has grown from 748,000 residents to more than a million.

Crofford says Arts Goggle can introduce newcomers to the region to local artists and musicians. He says the Near Southside sets up booths so artists in similar media are grouped together. Each artist, musician and performer is from North Texas. "It's special because there aren't a whole lot of organizations out there who show off emerging artists to the community," he says. This year, the Near Southside is introducing "Arts Boggle" to showcase brick and mortar shops along Magnolia and South Main. Arts Boggle runs Friday night from 5 to