Chalk Festival

The original international Chalk Festival that started in Burns Square Sarasota is now located at the Venice Airport Fairgrounds on Venice Island, Florida - the Shark-Tooth Capital of the World. The Festival will celebrate the theme LOVE & PEACE November 11-14. General admission is $10 adult day pass, $5 student day pass with unlimited passes available too at www.chalkfestival.org.

Featured events include 3D illusion paintings, traditional pavement painting, Young and Young at Heart Fun Zone for all, Pavement Music Festival, Food Trucks and Beer Gardens. Additional ticketed events include Cirque Ma'Ceo Equestrian Performances, 5K Fun Run and Opening/Closing Parties.

Other ticketed events include Cirque Ma'Ceo Equestrian Show, 5K Fun Run, Opening and Closing Parties.

The Festival is a collaboration of artists, volunteers, donors and visitors who bring together, once a year, the best pavement artists in the world while welcoming anyone of any age or skill level to participate.

It is a celebration of the ephemeral pavement arts where artists use pastel chalk as their medium and the street surface as their canvas to create over-sized masterpieces as the public is invited to watch the creative process. Hundreds of other artists participate and in a multitude of ways from music, dance, poetry, acting, magic, and much more.

In 2014 the Festival artists broke a world record for the Largest Anamorphic Pavement Art lead by renowned artist Julie Kirk. The design by Kurt Wenner measured over 22,000 square feet!

The Festival started in 2007 as a regional event. By 2008 it went national with over 100 artists participating. In 2010 the festival became the First International Street Painting Festival in the United States. The 2011 festival attracted in on location the most renowned artists in the field of street painting with over 500 artists participating and over 200,000 guests attending the week-long event. The 2012 festival celebrated the theme 'Circus City, USA' and artists from all over ued the circus as an inspiration for their artwork - Kurt Wenner, Nik Wallenda and many others put on a great performance event! The theme for the 2013 festival is 'Legacy of Valor' honoring Veterans, inspiring patriotism and embracing freedom, "Freedom Pass It On." The 2014 theme was 'Extinct and Endangered Species,' and the 2015 theme 'Eat, Drink & Be Merry.'