Charlotte Chalk Art Festival -

Charlotte Chalk Art Festival October 18-19, 2025 NoDa Brewing Company North End, 150 W 32nd St, Charlotte, NC 28206

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ALL CCAF2025 APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!

CCAF2024 RECAP VIDEO – Facebook Post

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The Annual Charlotte Chalk Art Festival (CCAF) features a friendly competition between local and regional chalk art artists aged 12 to 17 (youth individuals and youth teams of up to three) and ages 18 and over (individual adults). All competitors must APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 30th.

This FREE two-day event will be held outside at NoDa Brewing Company North End, 150 W 32nd Street, Charlotte, NC 28206. Festival-goers will be able to see a colorful street art gallery come to life. Various 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 to preserve an art form from 16th-century Renaissance Italy. This was a time when an artist, known as a “madonnari,” made a living by receiving coins from passersby who watched 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 conceived, 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
Local and regional artists 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.
You can bring a blanket or lawn chairs to sit on in the astro-truf area if picnic areas are full.
Parking is FREE during CCAF.
CCAF venues may have specific requirements for entry.

Want To Participate in CCAF2025?

Join us at CCAF2025 as a Sponsor, Artist, Volunteer, Food/Beverage Vendor, Arts, Crafts, Retail Vendor, or Performer. Applications for each category are available until the deadline. Chalk Art Artists must apply by September 30th. Set your social media notifications to ON, so you receive information about our posts on Facebook and Instagram, or bookmark this site and follow our updates. Artisan Vendor, F&B Vendor, and Chalk Art Artist APPLICATIONS ALL APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED UNTIL 2026!

SPONSOR CCAF2025

Sponsor a Square! OR, learn more about our other Sponsorship Levels, including Performance, Logistics, and Awards. These sponsorship levels are customizable, and you can view details about each one here. Sponsor A Square or allow us to customize a partnership that works best for you. Become a CCAF2025 Sponsor Today!

FOOD/BEVERAGE VENDORS

SOLD OUT! We love delicious food and refreshing beverages. Look for opportunities to be a CCAF food vendor next year. ALL VENDORS must be on-site BOTH days of the festival.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

CCAF2025 needs Volunteers. This will be the most important role in the success of the Annual Charlotte Chalk Art Festival. We need help with set up (8 or 9 am) and tear down at 5 pm. We need help tending to artists, vendors, and performers. Ages 12 (working with a parent) or older are welcome to help us. Apply Here!

ARTISAN VENDORS

Artisan & Retail Vendors will occupy a 10×10 tented, no-walls (we provide) space at CCAF2025. You must be on-site for BOTH days: October 18th and 19th. Click Here To Apply TODAY!

ARTISTS 12-17 & 18+

Join our CCAF2025 Chalk Art Contest! Local and regional artists will compete for cash prizes using their creative chalk art designs. Sign up as a youth individual or a youth team of three, ages 12-17, or an individual adult ages 18+. Prizes are awarded within each category. Apply By September 30th.

LOCAL PERFORMERS

We’re curating our CCAF2025 stage, so be sure to keep an eye on our social media posts for the festival line-up of performers. Our goal is to offer local live or DJd music, visual, and/or performance art.