POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdam’s 2024 LoKo Arts Festival, from Tuesday, April 30 to Sunday, May 5, will feature a range of free events highlighting the beauty and complexity of the visual, language and performing arts. See schedule at www.potsdam.edu/loko. Immerse yourself in creative endeavors on Saturday, May 4, starting with the Stitch-A-Thon, celebrating fiber arts and folk crafting. All skill levels are welcome at the free stitching event. At the same time, stick around for Artstop, a hands-on and welcoming crafting and arts experience, with crafts, painting, drawing, coloring and friendship bracelet activities available. There will also be a juice bar, coffee and tea for all participants. Both events will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center lobby. Later that day, you can try your hand at graphic design during the American Institute of Graphic Design (AIGA) Drawing Day, to help participants learn to design their own stickers, pictures and tattoos. The event will be held at 2 p.m., in the graphic design lab in Dunn Hall. "The Two Worlds Project" will come to the PAC's Black Box Theater, with free performances on Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. The student-run Madstop Records will sponsor Madfest on Saturday, May 4, starting at 4 p.m., in the new Marshall Park Bandshell, funded by the Student Government Association. Come enjoy live music performed by students and musicians from across the state, with a strong lineup of bands, including PINS (People in Need of Supervision), Everbound, Red Rooks, Zak G, Nykara, Tiger Eye and New American Cuisine. The headline performer, indie rock band Divine Sweater, traveled from Boston to close out the festival.