The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™ (CPFA) Shuttle Service, operated by CATA for many years has been consolodated into the existing BLUE LOOP service this year. As with the former Shuttle service, the BLUE LOOP provides free, continuous, fully accessible transportation between the perimeter parking areas near Beaver Stadium and the festival activities in downtown State College. There is, however, a $5 daily parking charge per vehicle at the Beaver Stadium and Bryce Jordan Center East Parking Lots.

The BLUE LOOP has many more stops along the route than the former Arts Festival Shuttle including two at the stadium parking locations and two Downtown along College Avenue (near the Festival), as well as at the Pattee Library, the Pavilion Theater, the Natatorium, and the White Building on Campus. (The current summer Curtin Road detours will not be in effect during the Festival).

The extended BLUE LOOP service will operate longer hours and more frequently. The special hours and frequency along with a map showing the BLUE LOOP routing are shown below. That map shows only the main stops related to the Arts Festival. Click here for a special Arts Festival BLUE LOOP schedule that shows all of the bus stops along the way.