Visit Downtown Mount Vernon in August!

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Keep the adventure going this August with our First Friday Passport to Fun! Bring back your First Friday Passport - or pick up a new one - for August First Friday: Paws on Parade. Complete five passport activities, earn your August stamp, and be entered to win our Back-to-School prize pack. Collect all four First Friday stamps for a chance to win the grand prize at the end of the season!

Final First Friday Exhibitor Registration OPEN! CLICK HERE

AUGUST registration is closed.

SEPTEMBER registration closes August 5th

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AUGUST FEATURED EVENT

August First Friday!

Looking for something paws-itively fun to do? Join us for August First Friday: Paws on Parade, Friday, August 7 from 6 to 9 PM in Downtown Mount Vernon! Presented by Griffin Insurance, enjoy live music by the Serra Austin Band, the annual dog costume parade, food trucks, family activities, touch-a-truck, shopping, and more than 95 exhibitors. Admission is FREE! Don’t miss Downtown Mount Vernon’s most paw-some night of the summer!

Friday, August 7th | 6:00-9:00pm

Downtown Events: August 2026

Mount Vernon Farmers Market | Saturdays, May - Oct|9:00-Noon | Mount Vernon Public Square

Paragraphs Author Event: Melanie Dobson | Saturday, August 8th| 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Paragraphs Bookstore

Color for a Cause Run/Walk | Saturday, August 8th| 4:00p.m. | Park National Bank Pavilion, Ariel-Foundation Park |Click the photo for more info

Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival| August 14-16| Multiple Dates | Downtown Mount Vernon| Click for tickets & more info

The Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival Presents PHIL DIRT & THE DOZERS| Friday, August 14th | 6:30p.m. | Downtown Mount Vernon | Click for tickets & more info

The Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival Presents FOREVER SEGER| Friday, August 14th | 8:30p.m. | Downtown Mount Vernon | Click for tickets & more info

The Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival Presents PRESTON COOPER| Saturday, August 15th | 8:30p.m. | Downtown Mount Vernon | Click for tickets & more info

SongFarmers Hometown Gathering | Tuesday, August 18th| 6:30-7:30p.m. | Ariel-Foundation Clockhouse

Summer Front Porch Concerts | Friday, August 21st | 6:00-9:00p.m. | East High Street Neighborhood | FREE EVENT

Old Mr. Bailiwick’s 7th Anniversary | Saturday, August 22nd | 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. | Old Mr. Bailiwick’s, 7 South Gay Street

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