• Colorful promotional poster for the Kansas City Chalk & Walk Festival, featuring paintings of landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, San Francisco skyline, waterfalls, colorful Victorian houses, and Big Ben, with event dates and location details.
  • Colorful street art mural depicting a woman wearing a gold decorative mask with curly detailing, black hair, and traditional attire, surrounded by blue swirling cloud motifs and red geometric borders, with the text 'FRESH KARMA' and 'Sharyn Chan' at the bottom.
  • A woman with gray hair, wearing glasses, a pink shirt, and blue pants, is standing on top of a large painted cow cutout, mimicking a jumping or leaping pose with her arms outstretched. Life-sized animal figures, including a pig, a rooster, and a cow, are arranged in front of her on a sidewalk outside a building with large windows. The reflective windows show people standing inside and outside, and there's outdoor art or signage on the sidewalk.
  • A young girl with curly hair wearing a pink shirt and ripped white pants kneeling beside a sidewalk mural of animated aliens playing musical instruments, with a reflected crowd in the glass windows behind. The mural is labeled "Missouri Arts Council."
  • Colorful mural depicting a city park scene with trees, fountains, a statue, and children playing. Artwork promoting the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, part of the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
  • Colorful mural featuring the Statue of Liberty, a yellow taxi, a red apple, and city buildings with a blue sky and clouds in the background. A man with sunglasses, a red t-shirt, black shorts, and a backpack is touching the mural near the statue's hand.

You’re invited!

Join us to watch stunning street paintings come to life, meet the artists behind them, and enjoy lively performances from local street entertainers.

This years theme is: Famous Landmarks From Around the World.

September 5th, 2026: 10am - 5pm

September 6th, 2026: 10am - 3pm

The Historic City Market

20 East 5th Street
Kansas City, MO

Colorful street art mural of a person wearing sunglasses, holding a saxophone, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, with text below indicating it is by Amy Lynn Sell, promoting tax and accounting solutions.

Fun for Children & adults of All Ages

Imagine artists, young and old, professional and amateur displaying their talents by drawing directly in front of visiting audience rather than in the solitude of their studios. Artists start with empty squares of asphalt/concrete and by the end of the weekend, these squares will be transformed into magnificent pieces of artwork.

Festival Attraction & Initiatives

  • Guest 3D Chalk Artists

  • Children’s Creative Corridor

  • Live Street Painting

  • Local KC Restaurants

  • Street Performance & Music

Apply to paint

Get involved

  • A young boy sitting on a 3D chalk art of the Kansas City Chiefs logo and a football on the sidewalk. The artwork includes detailed shading to create a realistic 3D effect. Reflections of a busy outdoor market or fair with tents and people can be seen on the glass window behind the artwork.

    Donate to the festival

    The Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival continues to be “FREE” to all visitors through donations and sponsorships from the community. The donations support an organization that provides arts education outreach programs to schools and shelters in the Kansas City area all year round.

    donate
  • Painting of a person watering plants outside a house with colorful autumn trees in the background.

    Sponsor The Festival

    The Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival is currently looking for companies or individuals to sponsor a square and artists to participate in the event. Levels of sponsorship range from $50 to $5,000.

    Sponsor
  • Two women sitting on the sidewalk next to colorful chalk drawings of cartoon characters, including a green crocodile, a yellow creature with glasses, and a pink creature with glasses, that appear to be in a pool. One woman is sitting on a blue and yellow striped object, and the other is sitting on the sidewalk near large flower pots.

    Volunteer

    Volunteers will be needed in many areas throughout the Festival. Volunteers to help in registration, chalk supply, dispensing fresh water as requested, providing directions for artists and helping in the Children's Creative Corridor. Other jobs will be assigned as needed. Volunteer as an individual or part of a service organization.

    Volunteer

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

— Pablo Picasso

Logo for Kansas City Historic City Market established in 1857.

Our partners

Logo of the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund (NTDF) with Kansas City emblem
Black background logo with Missouri Arts Council written in large letters.
A person sitting on a bench in front of a body of water with trees in the background.
Logo for Innovative Solutions Tax & Accounting with blue, green, and gray squares and text.
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Logo for Mid-America Contractors, Kansas City, showing a stylized building with three blue horizontal stripes and text underneath.