For nearly 70 years, the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival has been the soul of Mill Valley From the earliest days (1957) when a small group of artists exhibited their works in downtown store windows, through the years that the Festival was held in Lytton Square until they moved to their glorious redwood grove in Old Mill Park, the Festival has always been an annual moment we share - it marks the years in our lives, it brings us together.
In 1962, the Festival committed to a long-term vision, became a nonprofit organization, and moved to its present site at historic Old Mill Park.
In 2021, the 501(c)(3) Friends of Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival merged with the 501(c)(4) Festival to become a single 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, making it more easily eligible for grants and endowments.