No Name Entertainment and Ogden’s Own Distillery are hosting the first annual Darkness in Art Festival on Sept. 13. The festival will be held in the amphitheater at Ogden’s Own Distillery. The doors will open at 5 p.m., and entrance price is $5. The Darkness in Art Festival is for ages 21 and up, and ID is required to enter.

This festival will highlight the darker side of art; some attractions include a suspension act, fire spinning, DJs, and bands. This is the first festival of its kind to be held in Ogden.

Justin Dummar, a Weber State University alum and event promoter, is excited to show support for local talents, artists and musicians.

“We’ll be showcasing our work,” Corvus Cazier, a professional suspension artist, said. “We do leatherworking, costuming and then also performance art. So we’ll be doing a two-hook suspension … We’ll set up a frame outside, and then I’ll be piercing two eight-gauge hooks into her back, connecting to a pulley system and lifting her off the ground.”

Ogden’s Own Distillery is an award-winning distiller that has created some of the most decorated liquors in the world. It won the best gin in the U.S. through the World Gin Awards and made it to the World Liqueur Awards in 2020. The distiller has also won the gold medal at the Great American International Spirits Competition.

“If everybody has a good time, then it’s successful. I don’t think success is measured so much by how many things we sell,” Dummar said. “I definitely feel like if we reach our goal of having people show up and participate and then talk about it so that we can have another event next year, then we’re successful.”

For more information, visit Ogden’s Own Distillery’s website or the Darkness in Art Festival’s Facebook page.

“The festival is for anybody that appreciates live music, appreciates the performing arts, somebody that appreciates going to different vendors, the farmer’s market, where you get to see more eclectic things that people create and are for purchase, and really anybody that’s trying to just soak up the last little bit of doing events outside before the cold season,” Christian Miconi, a Weber State alum and social media/event coordinator for the distillery, said.