The Festival of Arts

What The Festival of Arts does

The Festival of Arts is a U.S. non-profit organization founded in 1932 and headquartered in Laguna Beach, California. Its stated function is to host a juried fine-art show, live music programming, and interactive art events that include artist participation and themed nights. Operationally it is a physical cultural-events business, not a software or technology company — the core "product" is an annual summer-season festival built around curated artist booths, live performance, and visitor engagement on site in Laguna Beach.

The organization runs with a small staff (11-50 employees per the provided firmographics) and operates as a private non-profit. There is no disclosed pricing model, no public ticketing economics, no sponsorship roster, and no programmatic revenue split in the available data; the input also indicates that an attempt to access the company's website (https://www.foapom.com) returned only a security verification page, leaving corporate, financial, and operational details unverified. The website metadata does not surface a clear technology stack, app, or digital product surface beyond the public event website itself.

Given the data gaps, the company's revenue mechanics are not observable from the input. The implied model for an organization of this type combines ticket/admission revenue, artist booth fees, on-site concessions and merchandise, event sponsorships, donations, and possibly grants — but none of these channels is confirmed by the supplied sources. As a result, the description above is limited to what firmographics and the brief short-description field directly state.

Name

The Festival of Arts

Website

https://www.foapom.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Festival of Arts is a 1932-founded non-profit in Laguna Beach, California that operates a juried fine-art show, live music performances, and themed interactive art events for visiting attendees and participating artists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Festival and Cultural Events

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711), Musical Groups and Artists (71113), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Fan Conventions Organizers (THAHABAN)

Keywords

• Juried art exhibitions
• Live music events
• Community art festivals
• Interactive art programs
• Themed cultural events

Headquarters

HQ city

Laguna Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

The Festival of Arts hosts a juried art show, live music performances, and interactive art events with artist participation and themed nights. The organization curates and presents a multi-component annual cultural festival combining fine art exhibition with live entertainment for visitors in Laguna Beach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Juried Art Show
• Live Music Events
• Interactive Art Events
• Themed Nights

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Direct peers

• Sawdust Art Festival: A year-round juried art festival located in Laguna Beach, CA, running concurrently with the Festival of Arts. Directly comparable in product (juried fine art and craft show), geography, target market (collectors and tourists), and operating model (non-profit seasonal festival).
• Festival of the Arts (Winter Park, FL): A long-running juried outdoor fine art festival in Winter Park, Florida, featuring artist booths, live entertainment, and themed programming. Closely comparable in format (juried art show + live music + themed nights) and non-profit festival model.
• Coconut Grove Arts Festival: A premier juried fine arts festival in Miami's Coconut Grove, with ~300 artists, live entertainment, and themed programming. Directly comparable in scale, juried artist model, and destination-festival positioning.
• Cherry Creek Arts Festival: A juried fine arts festival in Denver, CO, featuring ~250 artists, live music, and interactive family programming. Comparable in product format, juried artist selection, and multi-day destination event model.
• Sausalito Art Festival: A long-running Labor Day weekend juried art festival in Sausalito, CA, with live music and artist demonstrations. Closely comparable as a California-based juried art festival with a similar live-music-plus-art-show format.
• Naples Art Festival: A juried fine art festival in Naples, FL, with a focus on high-quality original art and destination-style programming. Comparable in product (juried show) and affluent, destination-driven audience profile.
• La Quinta Arts Festival: One of the largest juried fine art festivals in the U.S., held in La Quinta, CA. Comparable in juried-artist selection, multi-format programming, and Southern California destination positioning.
• Park City Kimball Arts Festival: A juried fine art festival in Park City, UT, with live entertainment and an artist village format. Comparable in juried-show model, destination-resort geography, and curated art + live-music programming.

Regional players

• Beverly Hills Art Show: A twice-yearly juried art show in Beverly Hills, CA, focused on fine art and craft. Comparable as a Southern California juried art event targeting an affluent collector base, though it is a city-run event rather than an independent nonprofit.

Others

• Festival of the Masters (operated by co-listing organization): The 'Pageant of the Masters'/'Festival of the Masters' appears to be operated by the same Laguna Beach organization (per shared foapom.com domain). It is a live 'living pictures' theatrical production running alongside the art festival. Not a direct peer of the juried art show itself, but is operationally intertwined as a sister production under the same nonprofit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

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