The Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival will flood the streets next weekend with artist vendors, music and food.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Coupeville.

A wine reception and juried art gallery will kick off the weekend at 7 p.m. Friday, at the Coupeville Rec Hall.

The price of tickets is $20 for advance sale and $25 at the door.

Tickets are available at bayleaf, Coupeville Chamber, Coupeville Arts Center, Lind’s Pharmacy, Branch Business Services and Big Rock Designs.

With more than 180 vendors scheduled to attend, event organizers have created a new way for visitors to find their very favorite vendors.

Go to www.coupevillefestival.com and find an interactive event map which shows where each vendor will be located.

Click on a specific vendor and learn more about them, including what wares they have to offer.

Festival President Mike Dessert said vendors are carefully vetted prior to acceptance.

“We really stress quality, hand-made items,” Dessert said. “Items have to be hand-crafted by the person selling them.”

“It’s a heavily juried process.”

And while organizers are gearing up for the festival, that historically brings in tens of thousands of people, they are still looking for volunteers.

The festival is entirely volunteer driven and all proceeds from the festival go back into the community.

To volunteer, go to the festival website and fill out the online volunteer application form.

Volunteers start setting up for the event Friday, with parking lot and road closures starting Thursday evening.

A first this year, Front Street will close to vehicles starting at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Signs will be posted near barricades to let customers know that business and restaurants are still open during set up.

Historically, the arts and crafts festival is held the second week in August, but was moved up a week due to a conflict with the Anacortes Arts and Crafts Festival.

Dessert said he isn’t sure how much moving the date will effect the festival. Coupeville and Anacortes share 65 vendors that normally attend both festivals.

However, Dessert said there are vendors who attend other events that may or may not conflict with the change.

“Well see different vendors this year,” he said. “It’s kind of a wash.”

There’s a full lineup of entertainment planned over both days.

Bayview Sound Quartet, Whidbey Island’s premier Bluegrass/roots band will get things started 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday followed by Brian Butler Blues, a blues guitarist performing 1-2:20 p.m., and Mike Faast and the Fabulous Archtops Rhythm and Jazz will end Saturday, performing from 3-4:30 p.m.

Saturday’s ending act will also kick things off Sunday, performing 11-12:30 p.m. followed by The Roy Kay Trio from 1-2:30 p.m. and Scott Lindenmuth Group closing the weekend down from 3-4:30 p.m.

All entertainment will be located in the municipal parking lot off Alexander Street, behind the library.

Also located near the entertainment stage will be the food court, which will run 9:30 a.m. each day to close of the festival.

Food vendors will include Whidbey Island locals Coupe’s Last Stand, Front Street Grill, Julie’s Lumpia Hut and many more.