Take the pledge this holiday season: buy handmade for the people on your shopping list and request they do the same for you!

Why not take it one step further and buy LOCAL handmade gifts!! stART at the Station hosts over 95 artists and crafters from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire! Support your local small business and take the pledge!

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stART on the Street brings its 13th annual gifting-themed arts and crafts festival to Worcester’s Union Station at 2 Washington Square on Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 from 11 -5 pm. stART your holiday shopping ahead of the crowds from 9-11am for a $10 admission fee. Admission is free starting at 11am.

Browse through 100 Artists and Crafters in the Grand Hall, then stroll around the Concourse where 35 more Artists and Crafters will be selling their wares. As with all stART events, artists and crafters create only handmade goods. Wares will range range from textiles, pottery, stained glass, and fine jewelry to photography, pet wares, holiday cards, ornaments, terrariums and so much more.

Union Station’s restaurants will offer a full bar and a light menu during the event. Luciano’s Cotton Club, inside Union Station’s Grand Hall, will also host a football lounge, so shoppers won’t have to chose between buying local and catching the 4:25pm game against the Vikings.

Depending on the availability of the space, stART may again host the stART Lounge with live music all day.

Parking is available for $1 at the Union Station garage and free in municipal lots, and there is an ATM on site.