Chalktober Fest Brings Beautiful Sidewalk Art

To Clearwater & Clearwater Beach During October

Every weekend in October will have an extra added attraction in the Clearwater-Clearwater Beach communities when AMPLIFY Clearwater opens the first Clearwater Chalktober Fest, presented by Morton Plant Hospital/BayCare Health Systems. Local and visiting artists have been invited to chalk masterpieces in front of a variety of local establishments in various areas of Downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Beach to attract customers to all participating businesses in a friendly, social distancing way.

This year’s Clearwater Chalktober Fest is being held every weekend in October beginning October 1 and ending on November 1. The five-weekend-long artistic celebration offers those of all ages an opportunity to experience high quality chalk art at all your favorite hot spots along Clearwater Beach and Downtown. The participating businesses will be open to offer food and refreshments for those who wish to join in the celebration.

During the Clearwater Chalktober Fest, each participating business will be partnered with a local or visiting artist who will chalk a masterpiece in front of its establishment. Artists will begin their work on Thursday with the goal of completing their work by noon on Saturday for weekend enjoyment! The schedule for the various chalk artists to work will take them to a different neighborhood each week.

This year’s schedule will open with artists working in South Clearwater Beach from October 1 to 4. Next on the schedule will be Island Estates from October 8 to 11, followed by Downtown Clearwater from October 15 to 18, North Clearwater Beach (Stone Crab Weekend) from October 22 to 25, and concluding with Central Clearwater Beach for Halloween Weekend from October 29 to November 1.

One of the goals of Clearwater Chalktober Fest is to offer residents and visitors an opportunity to see the artists at work and to enjoy viewing their art in a leisurely fashion, while also seeing the reopened businesses that are following all of the post-Pandemic rules while continuing to offer some of the finest quality food and drinks that have earned them such outstanding reputations.

AMPLIFY Clearwater is the newly combined chambers of commerce from Clearwater and Clearwater Beach. Their stated mission is to promote and meet the needs of businesses, tourism and industry and to provide leadership for the advancement of economic vitality and equality for the North Pinellas Region.

For more information and specific locations of participating restaurants, visit www.amplifyclearwater.com/chalktober. For the last event put on by the AMPLIFY Clearwater team check out the Taste of downtown Clearwater here. Photos are from previous Chalk festivals covered by Destination Tampa Bay. And it wont be long until we will be celebrating the Stone Crab Festival also in October.

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