One of my favorite community events of the entire Webster year is returns this weekend.
Of course, it’s Community Arts Day (CAD), scheduled for Saturday April 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Webster Schroeder High School. CAD is the Webster Central PTSA’s annual celebration of the arts, a showcase of the musical and artistic talents of our K-12 students. It’s basically a great big show-off day, a family-friendly festival with displays of art, musical performances, dance, a talent show, demonstrations and more. PLUS there are carnival games, community group exhibits, a bake sale, craft booths and lots of food. Plus, the admission is FREE.
I was checking the CAD Facebook Page for the latest news, and saw that a lot of our favorite CAD features will be returning. (Well, at least a lot of MY favorites.) For example, I love watching our Webster SparX Robotics team demonstrate their robots. They’ll be back in the gymnasium from 10 to 11 a.m. The Webster’s Got Talent talent show is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. in the cafeteria, when very brave young entertainers get up in front of the audience to strut their vocal or dancing or musical stuff. And of course, thousands of clay sculptures and paintings, drawings and wire art, baskets and floral art will be on display in panels stretching all through the Webster Schroeder hallways.
And I especially like stopping by all of the information booths set up by community business, organizations and agencies. It’s my annual check-in with my buddies at the Friends of Webster Trails, Webster Library and Webster Museum, among many others. (And if you have never seen a child trying to figure out how to use a rotary phone, you really should stop by the museum table.)
Here are a few other notes of interest you’ll find at this year’s Community Arts Day:
- There are three collection tables this year:
- Soles4Souls, a Tennessee-based nonprofit which turns unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunities for people in need.
- Project Prom, which provides gently-used formal attire to middle and high school students who might not be able to afford nice clothes for their prom, ball or other school dance.
- Band/Orchestra Instrument Donation, where community members are encouraged to donate your gently-used band or orchestra instruments for students in need who can’t afford to buy their own.
- The Kids Zone, where kids can make Earth Day cards, color some coloring pages, make some orgami, play with LEGOS and puzzles, and get a temporary tattoo.
- Spoken Word Poetry, from 11 a.m. to noon. Bring your favorite poem (whether slam, dub, narrative, performance, beat, hip hop, rap or other) and share it with the CAD audience.
- School musical performances: all four secondary schools and three elementary schools will perform a sample of the dramas and/or musicals they performed this year. So if you missed seeing On the Town at Webster Schroeder or Disney Descendants at Willink Middle School, or any of this year’s performances, catch a little bit of each at Community Arts Day.
Plus, there’s so much more going on all day. You can check out the entire schedule below, and all the latest news is posted on the CAD Facebook page.
Community Arts Day 2026 will be held at Webster Schroeder High School, 875 Ridge Rd. on Saturday April 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There’s no charge for admission and there’s plenty of parking.
I was out of town last year for Community Arts Day, so I didn’t get to take any photos. But here’s a Facebook gallery from 2024. (And if you don’t have Facebook, you can access those photos here.)
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(posted 4/8/2026)
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