STREET PAINTING
2024 Events + Festivals
September 7 + 8, 2024
Mountain View Art + Wine Festival
Castro by California Street in Downtown Mountain View, CA, USA
Italian Street Painting facet to the the 52nd Year of this Art and Wine Event. Check out 6 Madonnari create masterpieces for 2 days and enjoy Fine Art, Crafts, Musical Entertainment and lots more for FREE!
October 12-13, 2024
Marietta Square, Marietta, Georgia USA
The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art is proud to present Chalktoberfest, an exciting combination of our annual Chalk Art Festival with our Craft Beer Festival.
Enjoy your afternoon sampling craft beers, live music from local artists, watching professional Chalk Artists chalk the streets and eating great food at the beautiful downtown square of Marietta. A great day out for all the family, the Chalk Fest is free to attend. All proceeds go to the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art.
November 8-10, 2024
Sarasota International Chalk Festival
Downtown, Burns Square, Sarasota Florida USA
The Chalk Festival is celebrating its 18th season. After six seasons in Burns Square, a historic district in downtown Sarasota, it moved to Venice in 2014. From start to finish, you can witness the largest gathering of renowned pavement artists perform using the road surface as a canvas to develop oversized masterpieces in chalk.
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PAST EVENTS + FESTIVALS
June 8-9, 2024
Main Street in Maple Grove, Minnesota
Chalkfest Maple Grove will return to its original location on downtown Main Street in Maple Grove, MN between Elm Creek Boulevard and Arbor Lakes Parkway on June 8 & 9, 2024 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The artists will be chalking and the public is welcome to view the art as it is being created.
July 20-21, 2024
10:00am-6:00pm in Downtown Hillsboro, Oregon’s Cultural Arts District
The annual summer festival in Hillsboro, Oregon is an immersive community engagement distinct from all others offered in the Portland Metro area of Oregon’s Washington, Clackamas, or Multnomah Counties. This Oregon chalk art festival provides a window into the creative process wherein festival goers can engage with nationally-recognized and emerging visual artists as they carefully manipulate bold, colorful pigments to produce huge, temporary drawings down the center of the street. Festival-goers come from all over the USA to watch as artists work in real-time on their street paintings.
July 27, 2024
CHALK ART FEST WESTLAKE Shopping Center
FREE Art Festival event on Saturday, July 27, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This event will include chalk artists, interactive art, DJ, kids chalk zone and live painting.
Street Painting Artists, Food, Kids Chalking Zone (Free Goodies for kids)
August 24 and 25
Lazy Daze Arts & Craft Festival
Cary Town Hall Campus, Downtown Cary, North Carolina
Street Chalk Art will be an added feature at the Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival! Come see Fine Arts and Crafts in the heart of Downtown Cary, NC, plus entertainment, food, and making memories. this festival brings together nearly 300 artists from across the U.S. Featuring a beer garden, numerous interactive art activities, a kid’s world area, and professional artist demonstrations, Lazy Daze remains a top-rated contemporary crafts festival among the nation.
May 11, 2024
ART FESTIVAL Jack London Square
FREE Art Festival event on Saturday, May 11th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. located on Restaurant Row near Left Bank Brasserie. This event will include chalk artists, interactive art, DJ, kids chalk zone and live painting. 472 Water Street, Oakland, CA – in front of the pier and Jack London’s Cabin
Street Painting Artists, Food, Kids Chalking Zone (Free Goodies for kids)
May 18-19, 2024
Live Chalk Art Festival City Center Bishop Ranch
6000 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA
Amazing selection of chalk artists are coming back to City Center May 18 and 19 for the Center’s Chalk Art Festival. Watch 10 professional chalk artists create their colorful and imaginative works of art. 12 Noon – 4PM. It’s FREE to the Public.
Street Painting Artists, Kids Chalking Zone
May 25 + 26, 2024
PITTSBURGH RIVERWALK & CHALK FEST
12 Federal Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Join us Saturday & Sunday of Memorial Weekend to kick off the summer on Pittsburgh’s riverfronts with the country’s best chalk art and live entertainment to benefit Riverlife on The North Shore. The event is free & open to the public.
PAST EVENTS + FESTIVALS
February 24-25, 2024
Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival, Lake Worth Beach, Florida
March 16-17, 2024
Bloom & Chalk Fest, Safety Harbor, Florida
April 20-21, 2024
Zion Chalk & Earth Fest
August 5-7, 2023
Moncton International Street Painting Festival I Moncton, Canada
Street Painting Artists, Live Music & Kids Chalk Zone
Using pastels our painters begin their three-day journey, each painting a giant 2D or 3D mural on Canada Street from 9 to 5 PM.
Kids Chalk Zone is open daily from 9 to 5 PM. Free live performances at the Oval Music Stage from 4 PM to 9 PM.
Downtown Moncton Centre-ville Inc. on Canada Street and the Ian Fowler Oval by the Avenir Centre
September 2 + 3, 2023
Kansas City Chalk & Walk Festival
Street Painting Artists + Live Music
Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival is an annual two-day event, which will showcase hundreds of professional, student and amateur artists will create lively and powerful chalk “paintings” on sponsored street canvases of the Historic City Market in Kansas City, Missouri.
Historic City Market 5th and Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri
September 9 + 10, 2023
51st Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
Street Painting Artists + Fine Art Show + Live Music
Come visit the Italian Street Painting Block, a vibrant flourish to the Festival!
Throughout the two-day festival, California Street (between Castro and Hope) will become the canvas for a talented lineup of Madonnari (street painters) and festival goers will have an opportunity to experience this captivating and vibrant performance art with the cool Castro Street festival vibe as the backdrop.
These professional street painting artists will each create a 10’ x 10’ work of art on the street in chalk pastels – their amazing creations will be works in progress throughout both days of the festival
Come watch this live art exhibition as they bring uniquely original and colorful designs to life right before your eyes!
Castro and Hope Streets, Mountain View, California
October 14 + 15, 2023
Chalktoberfest 2023
Street Painting Artists + Live Music
The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art is proud to present Chalktoberfest, an exciting combination of our annual Chalk Art Festival with our Craft Beer Festival.
Enjoy your afternoon sampling craft beers, live music from local artists, watching professional Chalk Artists chalk the streets and eating great food at the beautiful downtown square of Marietta. A great day out for all the family, the Chalk Fest is free to attend. All proceeds go to the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art.
July 29, 2023
Hello Sunshine Chalk Festival I Westlake Shopping Center I Daly City, California
When: Saturday, July 29, 2023 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
14 professional artists using sticks of pastel chalk will create works-of-art including eclectic, mesmerizing and breathtaking street paintings.
NEW THIS YEAR: The Westlake S.C. Chalk Festival will also feature a “Youth Chalk Art Challenge” in which amateur student artists ages 14 through 18 are invited to create their own chalk mural during the festival for a chance to win $200 worth of Westlake Shopping Center merchant gift cards.
Westlake Shopping Center on 303 Lake Merced Boulevard, Daly City, California
September 10-11, 2022
50th Mountainview Art & Wine Festival | Mountainview, California
Come visit ITALIAN STREET PAINTING BLOCK as part of the Golden Anniversary 50th Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, September 10-11. Sat. 11am-7pm, Sunday 10am-6pm
You will find us chalk the street on California Street between Castro and Hope Streets in downtown Mountain View, California.
October 8-9, 2022
Chalktoberfest | Marietta, Georgia
The Marietta Chalktoberfest combines a Chalk Art Festival with a Craft Beer and Wine Festival. The event features more than 80 professional chalk artists creating works of art on the streets of historic Marietta Square, as well as 40 breweries, over 120 types of craft beer, and more than 20 varieties of wine. Additionally, there will be kids craft and games area, a competition chalk section for adults/teens/youth, concerts and much more.
Date:
Saturday October 8, 2022 from 10am to 5pm
Sunday October 9, 2022 from 11am to 5pm.
October 15-16, 2022
Kerrville Chalk Festival | Kerville, Texas
Kerrville Chalk Festival is a family-friendly art event for the Texas Hill Country. More than 65 artists create large-scale chalk drawings directly on the pavement. Kerrville’s downtown becomes a festive canvas for local and regional artists, as wells as invited guest artists from around the United States.
AUGUST 28, 2022
Young Bette Davis I Chalk on concrete 7 x 8 feet diameter
LIVE CHALK ART event at City Center Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California.
June 14, 2019
The CHALK ART EXPERIENCE | Burnaby, Canada
Chalk Art, Musical Entertainment at the Bonsor Recreation Complex.
August 16-18, 2019
Pacific NW Chalk Festival | Redmond, Washington
Join us for world class street art, food and shopping experience at the Town Center
September, 2019
Madonnari Festival | Kevelaer, Germany
Come to the pilgrimage city of Kevelaer for the 2nd Madonnari Festival. September 20-22, 2019 • More info to come!
Street Art Festival | Delft, The Netherlands
I will be among a handful of international artists at this premier event featuring 2D and 3D street art masterpieces on view. September 11-13, 2019
More info coming soon!
October 12-13, 2019
KERVILLE CHALK FESTIVAL | Kerville, Texas
Chalk Art, Musical Entertainment and Epicurean Food Truck Experience at the Bonsor Recreation Complex.
Peterson Plaza in Kerrville, Texas. Festival hours are 10 am – 5 pm on Saturday and 10 am – 4 pm on Sunday.
Free event: The Festival is free to the public for all to experience and enjoy!
Check back later for more event listings. Thank you!
February 6, 7, 8, 2019
Bucerias Street Festival | Bucerias, Mexico
February 5, 6 & 7, 2019
25th Anniversary Celebration at STREET PAINTING FESTIVAL | Lake Worth, Florida
April 5- 7, 2019
International CHALK FESTIVAL | Sarasota, Florida
