The The Big Love Network's latest project, Akron City Repair , is in motion! In case you haven't heard, Akron City Repair... facilitates creative placemaking through projects that empower local residents to create spaces that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. provides support, resources, and opportunities to help diverse communities reclaim…Read more Akron City Repair

The Big Love Network Presents “Akron City Repair” Inaugural Neighborhood Placemaking Projects May – August, 2016 Akron City Repair facilitates creative placemaking through projects that empower local residents to recreate the public commons within their neighborhoods; connecting people to each other and their environment. Akron City Repair provides support, resources, and opportunities to help diverse…Read more Akron City Repair

Alright, folks here they are! Feel free to download them and print them out if you'd like! We will have them hung around the festival in highly visible areas.   Main Stage/3rd Floor   Community Stage/2nd Floor

Click here to view our Crowdfunding page *All donations are tax-deductible through our fiscal agent, Global Ties Akron* We come to you to ask your support in our experience and cause. With even a modest donation of $100, a musician or artist can be sponsored. If we can raise only a few thousand dollars, we…Read more Help us reach our fundraising goal!

Check out some of our primary sponsors and partners. This list is still growing as we continue to build more bridges! Sponsors Partners   Organized by

This is a dream come true for us! We are excited to bring Portland's City Repair Founder, Mark Lakeman, and his collegue Kirk Rea, to Akron for a very special GAINS - Greater Akron Innovation Network for Sustainability meeting, hosted by Big Love Fest, this March. Mark Lakeman is a pioneer in the reclamation and…Read more City Repair Presentation

Hello fellow supporter of our community, Building community is at the heart of our mission. To us, that means growing a sustainable way to live, thrive, and support each other in our goals and dreams. The arts can play a vital role in this process. Big Love is an experience begun in February 2014, in…Read more Looking for Sponsors

The name Big Love comes from the value of a greater community love, for a whole city in all its diversity. Big Love is a civically engaging arts festival that uses arts and culture to involve its participants in broader community building initiatives. Every aspect of this festival is interactive and participatory, from art installations,…Read more To Prospective Partners

Hey everybody! It's been awhile since the epic explosion of art, music, and community that was Big Love 2015. We danced, we learned, we stretched, we ate, and we mingled. We created some wonderful memories at the last festival (and the first one!) and we hope to create even more amazing ones at the next festival!…Read more Hello!