Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival

I have been to Lazy Daze several times and I believe this year was very not as great. The crowds were a little too much as it was difficult to get through them with my daughter. It is also tough to window shop when you have people pushing you in the back. We did like the magician, the music, and the arts we did see. I am sure I will try it again, maybe just go at a different time of day.

Ah the crowds, the food, the music, the long lines for the free bus system! What is NOT to love at this yearly event? Unless you don’t like any of the above mentioned things.
This is only once a year and only on Saturday, so depending on weather it could get very very hot. Lots of affordable as well as expensive items. Stores surrounding this are usually open. Lots to look at also.
This is something I look forward to every year in August. Attend once and you will love it too!
They boast around 300 plus vendors, and have a website also.

Big if you are in to arts stuff. Some food, but there are better street festivals out in the area.

I cannot stand Lazy Daze. There, I said it. Call me a curmudgeon, I don’t care. I am pro-​Cary. I am pro-​Downtown Cary (I live there). Do you know what I am NOT in favor of? Shutting the downtown off for an entire weekend for people to peddle their wares, a great number of them underwhelming.
So sue me.

Oh, do I love an arts and crafts street festival. It seems like every small town with a reasonably attractive downtown has one these days, and friends, I love ‘em all. However, I started going to Lazy Daze when I was in elementary school, and I do think it’s one of the best of its genre.
The streets of downtown Cary are lined with tents, and you’ll find tons of artisans selling paintings, pottery, jewelry, housewares, garden/​yard accessories, clothes, baskets — you name it. And yes, it’s stuff you’ll actually want to buy. In addition to the crafts, there are stages with entertainment, from local bands to school performing groups. And food, of course, as well — that whole outdoor fair genre of food is represented (yay, funnel cake). Lazy Daze is usually held around the end of August, right before the school year gets started.