Via Colori Street Painting Festival returns this weekend, bringing hundreds of artists, patrons, community organizations, and vendors together at Kentucky’s most creative event. This showcase of street art spans October 19–20, from 10 am to 7 pm Saturday and 10 am to 5 pm Sunday, at the Big Four Bridge Lawn at Louisville’s Waterfront Park. Admission is free, and all are welcome.
More than 200 artists will participate in a gallery of 150 paintings on the sidewalks of Waterfront Park. Visitors will enjoy live music, street performers, vendors, and specialty foods. Children can help create a street painting, experience activities and games, and meet their favorite characters and superheroes.
The 2024 non-profit partner of Via Colori will be Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana, with festival proceeds benefiting girls’ leadership programs.
2024 marks the 16th year for Via Colori in Kentucky. Through the years, the event has attracted tens of thousands of visitors to the downtown waterfront. An event map is accessible online here. Attendee parking will be available along the streets and lots near Waterfront Park. See pictures from last year’s Via Colori here.
Featured Festival Artist
The 2024 Featured Artist for Via Colori is Kayla Green. Her work frequently consists of young girls breaking barriers. She strives to make her community thrive through her work in the arts. Green has been recognized as one of the top rising local talents in the arts community. See Green’s work here.
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About Via Colori
Via Colori is a celebration of art in a way that brings communities together to help a cause. Via Colori has been hosted in Kentucky since 2007. It moved to Louisville in 2017 and found a home at the Big Four Bridge Lawn. Via Colori began in 1994 in Florida. In the ensuing 25 years, more than 50 Via Colori festivals have been held in 14 cities. More than 10,000 artists have created large-scale, chalk pastel works of art. More than 5,000 volunteers have worked the events. More than $8 million dollars have been raised for causes ranging from sheltering victims of abuse to preserving historic architecture and other community building causes. In the 2008 economic crisis, sponsorships evaporated, and many Via Colori festivals did not survive. The onset of the pandemic in 2020 further threatened the movement, yet Via Colori Kentucky continues and thrives as the only remaining Via Colori festival in the country. To learn more visit www.viacolorikentucky.com.
