{"id":212408,"date":"2026-06-06T11:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212408\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:51:10","slug":"arts-on-fire-festival-scranton-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212408\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts on Fire Festival | Scranton, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        2026 Arts on Fire Festival | Scranton Iron Furnaces in Scranton<br \/>\nSaturday, June 6, 2026 | 11:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM &amp; Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 11:00 AM \u2013 4:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Arts on Fire Festival returns to <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/listing\/scranton-iron-furnaces\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scranton Iron Furnaces<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/live-in-nepa\/scranton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scranton, PA<\/a> on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, 2026 for a free weekend celebrating art, heritage, industry and community. Hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/listing\/pennsylvania-anthracite-heritage-museum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum<\/a> and Iron Furnaces, the annual festival transforms the historic iron furnace site into one of NEPA\u2019s most unique arts and culture events.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s lineup features hands-on activities, live music, craft and artist vendors, demonstrations and the festival\u2019s signature iron pour. Visitors can purchase scratch blocks to create custom cast-iron souvenirs during the live iron-pouring experience led by metal artist Brian Glaze, blacksmiths Cliff Prokop and David Schulte and students from <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/live-in-nepa\/education\/keystone-college\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keystone College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The returning Youth Arts Showcase highlights original artwork from local students centered around the 2026 theme, \u201cChange.\u201d Sunday continues with artist vendors, workshops and additional interactive activities throughout the historic grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Built in the 1840s, the Scranton Iron Furnaces provide a dramatic industrial backdrop for the festival while honoring the city\u2019s manufacturing history and immigrant heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Arts on Fire Festival in Scranton delivers a free weekend of live art, history and hands-on creativity at the historic Iron Furnaces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/events\/fairs-and-festivals\/celebrate-the-season-at-summer-festivals-in-nepa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Explore Summer Festivals in NEPA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Arts on Fire Festival | Scranton Iron Furnaces in Scranton Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 11:00 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-212408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}