Some arts festivals have specific rules for vendors of what’s allowed and what isn’t, but up-and-coming events such as the Queen of the Prairies Festival of the Arts have looser standards.
That leads to an eclectic mix. At Saturday’s second annual event, visitors could see paintings, ceramics, sidewalk chalk art, commercial crafts, musicians, a blacksmith, actors dressed as historical figures, horses ... and motorcycles.
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