Enjoy the glorious sights and sounds this Labor Day weekend, September 3 – 5, as hundreds of sidewalk chalk artists and dozens of live music acts come together for yet another fun-filled, family-friendly Chalk It Up! festival.
Chalk-It-Up! is a nonprofit organization created to benefit children’s arts education and art activities. The festival features over 200 sidewalk paintings created at the festival by local artists who donate their time, energy, and talent. These concrete masterpieces are left on the sidewalk for the public to enjoy throughout the month of September. The pieces are done with soft chalk pastel mixed with water.
During the festival local bands, musicians, and other performers entertain the artists and the public. Since the aim of Chalk-It-Up! is to encourage children’s art programs, all children’s activities at the festival are FREE. These include chalk drawing and a variety of other art activities.
We went the year before last and had such a fun time! The kids were really impressed with the artwork and thought it was so neat to watch some of the artists in the process of creating their square. They loved drawing with chalk themselves, painting, playing on the playground and listening to the bands. This is a fun way to spend some time together over the long weekend!
Labor Day Weekend, September 3-5, 2011
10am – 6pm each day
Fremont Park, 16th & P Streets
Click here for the Chalk It Up! website
Written by Keilah Woodard
My love for exploring and creating experiences with my three kids led to the founding of SacramentoSidetracks.com in 2009. I realized that Sacramento has so much to offer and I was excited to share my findings with other parents. Besides simply having fun, these are the other positive side effects of taking my kids on outings that I’ve discovered: we have quality time together away from the distractions at home, we cultivate our curiosity, learn new things, conversations are triggered by what we see and do, we connect and bond as a family, and we create new memories. Ready to get sidetracked, too? Let me be your guide!
