By Mary O’KEEFE

The 39^th Annual Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival will be held this weekend along Honolulu Avenue in the Montrose Shopping Park.

The arts and crafts event is one of the oldest of its kind in California and the largest public event in Glendale, according to the Montrose Shopping Park website.

The Montrose Shopping Park Association (MSPA) sponsors the event, which in the past saw over 35,000 visitors.

According to Dale Dawson, MSPA event coordinator, there will be a main stage on the north side of Ocean View Boulevard at Honolulu Avenue. On Saturday morning The Ploughboys, a band that plays modern and traditional Celtic music, will be performing. In the afternoon the Mojo Filter Band will be playing.

“On Sunday morning we will have a Beatles cover band, Ticket to Ride,” Dawson said.

The band will have four costume changes during its performance that convey the different time periods in which the Beatles played.

The Ploughboys will be back on Sunday afternoon to close the event.

In addition to the main stage, the west and east ends of the event along Honolulu Avenue will have smaller stages where local bands will perform.

There are about 241 vendors that will have art booths including 50 new vendors to the festival.

“For the first time in a long time [the event will extend] all the way to Las Palmas Avenue,” Dawson said.

Some vendors are expected from as far away as Arizona and New Mexico.

The festival draws visitors from far and wide with an array of handmade crafts, jewelry, fine art, textiles, flowers and much more. Festival booths are located in the 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu and the Montrose Harvest Market (on Sunday only) is located on Ocean View Boulevard.

In addition to the artists and performers there will be a beer garden located just north of the main stage on Ocean View. The traditional Sunday Harvest Market will still be in the shopping park; however, it will be moved with the fresh fruit and vegetable vendors south on Ocean View and packaged food will be available for purchase on Wickham Way.

The hours of the event on Saturday, June 3, are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Harvest Market is only on Sunday and is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.