The Allentown Art Festival is especially remarkable, having persevered and prospered for over 63 years largely due to the members of the Allentown Art Festival,Inc. formerly The Allentown Village Society, Inc., whose active number of unpaid volunteers has seldom grown beyond 30. Their labors have borne fruit beyond the annual Allentown Art Festival weekend and beyond the boundaries of the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo.

Once, a small art show was a catalyst for the vibrant rebirth of the unique part of the city of Buffalo called “Allentown”.