Charlotte Chalk Art Festival

The Annual Charlotte Chalk Art Festival (CCAF) features a friendly competition between local and regional chalk art artists ages 12+ (youth individuals and youth teams of up to three), and ages 18+ (adult individuals).

This FREE two-day event will be held outside at NoDa Brewing Company North End. Festival-goers will have the opportunity to watch a colorful street art gallery come to life. A variety of music offerings, family-friendly fun activities, food, beverages, arts, crafts, and retail vendors will be on hand for all to patronize.

Creative Canvas Productions, LLC, a Charlotte-based event management, video production, and motion graphics design company, created the CCAF as a way to preserve an art form that dates back to 16th-century Renaissance Italy. This was a time when an artist aka “madonnari” made a living off of coins received from passersby watching them recreate chalk paintings of the Madonna while traveling from one village to another. The Charlotte art scene started bustling in 2018, the year the idea was born, and in 2022 the founders of the festival held the first of its kind chalk art festival and we’re growing year after year.

Know Before You Go
CCAF is FREE to attend
CCAF is family-friendly
CCAF welcomes dogs and service animals.
CCAF is stroller, cane, walker, and wheelchair accessible.
CCAF is a Shine or Rain event.
Food & Beverage Vendors will be at CCAF.
Local Artisan Vendors will be at CCAF.
Chalk Art Artists ages 12 and up will compete at CCAF
Advanced and pro artists will create a street chalk art gallery over two days during CCAF.
DJs, Local Musicians, and family-friendly activities and performances will be featured during CCAF.
Parking is FREE during CCAF.
CCAF venues may have specific requirements for entry.

Click here for Chalk Art Artists Application