Valley Arts Festival

A CELEBRATION OF A LUISEÑO TRIBE, THE SAN LUIS REY BAND OF MISSION INDIANS Click here to view the Valley Arts Festival Schedule and a list of Arts, Cultural, and Educational Activities! Studio ACE is proud to present the fourth annual Valley Arts Festival (VAF) to be held on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at Heritage Park in Oceanside.

This year’s festival is made possible thanks to a grant from The Prebys Foundation, with title sponsorship provided by Visit Oceanside. VAF is held in partnership with Studio ACE, Oceanside Public Library, Friends of the Oceanside Public Library, Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation, Floating Hearts Connections, Muramid Art & Cultural Center (and California HQ for the UNESCO Center for Peace), and Mission San Luis Rey, and in cooperation with Mel Vernon, Captain, San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians. What is valley arts festival? The purpose of VAF is to present a celebration of Oceanside and its first peoples, today known as the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, one of the seven tribes of the Luiseño nation.

The Luiseño people are an indigenous people of California who inhabited the coastal area of Southern California; in the Luiseño language, the people call themselves Payómkawichum, meaning People of the West. Now in its fourth year, VAF aims to help support and celebrate the indigenous population that lived on the land now known as Oceanside for over 10,000 years, and to educate the community on the beauty and the strength of this amazing culture. A portion of proceeds from the festival will be donated to the San Luis Rey Mission Indian Foundation for enrichment programs.