Chalk Walk
300+ artists, 150 squares, eight hours, and a whole downtown watching it happen on the pavement.
Thousands of art lovers head downtown each year to experience this live art competition in Market Square. Artists work from 8 AM to 5 PM; awards are announced at 7 PM on the Market Square Stage.
Categories run Elementary through Professional, with a Family division, plus the T-Shirt Award, People’s Choice, and Best in Show.
Artist and vendor applications open November 2, 2026.
Tickets
Suggested Donation
Chalk Walk is free to attend — this keeps the chalk in the artists’ hands.
- Supports 150 squares of artists
- Event map in-app
Supporter
Sample priceCovers a full square for a student artist.
- Everything above
- Chalk Walk sticker at the info tent
Tickets are issued in-app so they live in your wallet with a scannable code and purchase history. In production this runs on Bora, with the gate scanning the same codes offline.