Experience Summertime Art in Brookings, SD during their Brookings Summer Arts Festival. Stay the night at the Hampton Inn & Suites located right in Brookings to be ready for your full day. Start your morning by exploring Downtown Brookings and their Poet Laureate Walk. Spend the rest of your day at the Brookings Summer Art Festival in Pioneer Park.
Hampton Inn & Suites Brookings
Conveniently located just off of Interstate 29 in Brookings, South Dakota, the Hampton Inn & Suites Brookings is the perfect spot for the family. With a pool, workout room and amazing continental breakfast you will feel right at home. With access to the Brookings Recreational Trail, you can even do your exploring on a bike.
Pro Tip: Bring the swimsuits for the kids to enjoy the pool.
Poet Laureate
Start your day off by taking in the sights, smells, and sounds of Downtown Brookings, South Dakota. With great parking right along Main Ave and other streets downtown, you’ll have easy access to the Poet Laureate Walk featuring poems from South Dakota’s Poet Laureates. Enjoy the great architecture of the County Courthouse, Brookings Arts Council and Brookings Public Library while you’re there.
Pro Tip: Bring plenty of sunscreen
Brookings Summer Arts Festival
South Dakota’s Premier Juried Art Festival is the perfect place to spend the rest of your afternoon and evening. With live music, a children’s area, over 175 artists, food vendors, artisan foods, and a living history area, you will have plenty of things to entertain the kids. With five decades of turning Pioneer Park into an outdoor art gallery, you will not be disappointed with your experience.
Pro Tip: Bring plenty of water and sunscreen.
