At the time of this article’s writing, the Des Moines Arts Festival sits at seventh on USA Today’s leaderboard in voting.
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Arts Festival was nominated as a top art festival in the nation on Monday, making USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice 2025 list, it announced in a Facebook post.
“Exciting news! DMAF has been selected as one of the top arts festivals in the country by USA Today. Help us reach the #1 spot with your vote today, ” the festival said in part.
USA Today’s description of the festival is as follows:
The state’s largest arts and culture event, the Des Moines Arts Festival hosts nearly 200 of the nation’s top artists, showing their work in a downtown location amid the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park and the Krause Gateway Center. The festival has won several Grand Pinnacle Awards from the International Festivals and Events Association.
At the time of this article’s writing, the Des Moines Arts Festival sits seventh in voting on USA Today’s leaderboard.
According to USA Today, nominees are submitted by experts, 10Best editors narrow the selections down and then readers get to vote.
In 2025, the Des Moines Arts…
