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Reno Chalk Art & Music Festival

An artist sits on the ground, creating a colorful chalk drawing of a blue hot air balloon and a large, vibrant iguana surrounded by stars at an outdoor street art event. Supplies and other artists are visible nearby.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
A band performs on an outdoor stage at the Reno Chalk Art & Music Festival. A singer with a microphone raises her hand, with bandmates playing guitar, bass, and drums nearby. Audience members watch from tables in the foreground.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
Outdoor market scene with colorful stalls selling jewelry, wind spinners, and henna tattoos. People browse under white tents. Tall buildings and decorative columns are visible in the background, with a clear, sunny sky overhead.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
A smiling woman in sunglasses and a straw hat holds a colorful glass award on stage at an outdoor event, with musical instruments and speakers visible in the background.
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Photo Credit: Tracie Barnthouse
Two artists create a colorful chalk mural on pavement, featuring a large snail with a spiral shell, tall grass, daisies, and a ladybug. Art supplies are scattered nearby as they work outdoors.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
A chalk drawing on pavement shows one hand sketching another hand in Eschers style. Below the artwork, “M.C. Escher Tribute” is written in white chalk. Colorful art is visible on the pavement nearby.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
A woman sits on a stool, creating a colorful chalk portrait of a person with bright facial features and a glowing symbol above their head on the pavement. Art supplies and pastels are laid out beside her.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
A person draws a chalk mural on pavement, featuring a wolf howling at a crescent moon in a starry sky. Art supplies are scattered around. Other colorful chalk artworks and artists are visible in the background.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
A person sits on pavement, creating a colorful chalk mural with the words ORANGE GLAD in rainbow letters. Art supplies, a water bottle, and a chair are nearby. The scene is outdoors, likely at an art event.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
An artist sits on pavement next to a large chalk drawing of a utility worker climbing a pole with an American flag backdrop, at an outdoor art festival. Other artists work on their sidewalk art in the background.
Photo Credit: Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
Something For Everyone
Northwestern
Northwestern NV
Music & Arts

Ready to get to know one of Reno’s fastest growing art events? Presented by the Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa, more than 150 chalk artists and 20,000 spectators descend upon the Biggest Little City each summer for the region’s largest chalk art festival. Headquartered at the Atlantis West Parking Lot, discover local arts and craft vendors, all kinds of savory food and drink, live music and entertainment, and much more. Best yet, no admission is required to access this free, multi-day event.

A summertime staple in the BLC, chalk and roll your way through some of the West’s most celebrated chalk artists’ live installations while enjoying all kinds of local food and drink vendors, live music, and more.

Interested in participating yourself? Join the competition for free as a team, individual, or student. Prizes will be awarded based on category, including best use of color, best use of 3D, best reproduction of a master’s work, and people’s choice. For a list of previous Reno Chalk Art Festival winners, click here.

For more information about the Reno Chalk Art Festival, including a full lineup of live entertainment, get in touch with the Atlantis event coordinators directly at (775) 285-4700.

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