Bismarck hosts 52nd annual Capital A’Fair through Aug. 2

The Bismarck Art & Galleries Association’s 52nd annual Capital A’Fair is in its final scheduled day Sunday, Aug. 2, at the North Dakota Capitol Mall in Bismarck.

Sunday programming is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The two-day event began Saturday, Aug. 1, when its listed hours were 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The fair is held on the North Dakota Capitol grounds. North Dakota Tourism lists the event address as 600 E. Boulevard Ave. in Bismarck.

Vendors, food and activities

Visitors can find more than 100 arts and crafts vendors and more than 15 food vendors, according to the North Dakota Tourism event listing. The vendor count is listed as more than 100, rather than a final total.

The listing also includes live music, dancers, demonstrations and car shows. Face painting and inflatables are among the family activities identified for the event.

Those offerings place art and craft vendors alongside food, performances and activities during the fair’s two-day schedule. The available listings do not provide attendance figures or an economic-impact estimate.

Organizer and final-day schedule

The Bismarck Art & Galleries Association organizes Capital A’Fair. Its event page identifies the 2026 gathering as the 52nd annual edition and lists Aug. 1-2 as the event dates.

Sunday, Aug. 2, is the last scheduled day in the association’s posted schedule. The listed closing time is 4 p.m.; no additional dates are included in the available 2026 event information.

The event takes place on Capitol grounds, but the organizer identified in the available information is the Bismarck Art & Galleries Association. The source material does not identify it as a state-sponsored event.

For the remainder of the 2026 fair, the posted schedule directs attendees to the Capitol Mall between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday, with arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, entertainment and family activities listed as part of the event.