IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/2/2025
37th Guaranty Bank Cooper Young Festival is HERE!
The Guaranty Bank Cooper Young Festival will be celebrated on Saturday, September 13 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. On this day, the second Saturday after Labor Day every year, we turn up the dial on fun with a free, family-friendly, music, arts and crafts street festival. It’s the biggest party of the summer! We can’t wait to see you.
Be here early and bring the kids to see the talented Bellevue Middle School, 32-piece Drum Line under the direction of Cameron Hill. The parade will start under the Trestle Art and march all the way down to the intersection of Cooper and Young! Something else super fun for the kiddos is The Kid’s Treasure Cove hosted by the Pearls of Grace. This is the place for all your little pirates to head for carnival games of chance, prizes, face painting and art activities! All proceeds from the Treasure Cove will go to serve children, youth and young adults through mentoring and education of life-skills shifting participants out of the cycle of generational poverty. Enjoy pig racing, hole-in-one golf, Koosh ball toss, ring the bell, lollipop pull and much more. Fun, fun, fun for all the littles here!
Enjoy shopping with 445 art and crafts vendors from Memphis and across the United States. Our artisans will be showing and selling a plethora of art like original art paintings on canvas, iron hummingbirds, driftwood clocks, glasswork, sculptures, tie-dye, insect art, vinyl record upcycles, windchimes, leatherwork, gemstones, vintage pieces and the unique, weird and wonderful.
We have reopened our INTERNATIONAL BAZAAR in the First Congo Church parking lot. This is THE place for all things imported from other countries. Enjoy shopping from vendors selling items from Brazil, India, Mexico and more. Plus, we have Memphis vendors that are bringing in some wares that they handmake as well.
Enjoy some of the best Memphis musicians starting at 11:00 a.m. on two stages! Meet at the Guaranty Bank Main Stage to get a huge welcome from our Title Sponsor, Guaranty Bank. Music kicks off at 11:15 am with 45 minutes sets all day. We will be starting with Alexis Jade & The Gemstones, Alice Hasen & The Blaze, Organ Failure, the Downsprouts, Cloudland Canyon, Nubia Yasin. We will be wrapping up this awesome Memphis day with the Queen of Creole Soul, the amazing Marcella Simien!
On the Mempho Presents Stage, we kick off at 12:30 p.m. to Jas Roa, Recent Future, Joybomb, Jack O and Blvck Hippie. Come spend the day in Cooper Young for an art and music high that you just don’t get anywhere else.
We are thankful for our wonderful sponsors that help make the CYFEST free for everyone! Sponsors for the 2025 Guaranty Bank Cooper Young Festival are Guaranty Bank, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Magazine, WMC Action News 5, Ounce of Hope, Mempho Presents, Mid-South Chevy Dealers, I Love Memphis Blog, Memphis Grizzlies, Southland Casino Hotel, Betly Sportsbook AR & TN, Minuteman Press, National Economy Plumbers, Direct Auto, IBEW Local 474 Electricians, Kismet Properties, Sowell Realtors, Renewal by Andersen of Arkansas, Leaf Filter Gutter Protection, Lehman-Roberts a Granite Company, Choate’s HVAC, Oxbeau, Redeemer’s Group, MLK50, IKEA, AT&T Mobility, Memphis Pella Windows & Doors, ProShow Systems, Pearls of Grace, Toof American Digital Printing, 98.1 the Max, KIX 106, 103.5
901-276-7222 o / [email protected]
Event Venue
2120 Young Ave, Memphis, TN, United States, Tennessee 38104
