Explore the Arts and Old Town North with “Chalk-A-Block” on Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 11am-4pm!

Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 11am to 4pm when the streets of Old Town North will be brought to life with chalk artists, live music, and local artists/makers showcasing their works.

“Chalk-A-Block” will combine two beloved Alliance events, the Chalk Walk and the Art Block, into one great event!

Follow the Old Town North Tern’s chalk footprints from site to site throughout the neighborhood to complete the scavenger hunt and be entered to win prizes! (Pick up your scavenger hunt form at any location and turn it in at Made in ALX at 533 Montgomery St.).

Chalk artists will transform the sidewalks and parking lots of Old Town North into their canvases. Live music will fill the air from a variety of artists including Mars Rodeo, Yellow Door Jazz, The Frontier, Maddie Cantrell, and Alex Alavi. Local artists and makers will be on hand to showcase their works.  From ceramics to jewelry to apparel to spices to bath products to books and more, there will be something for everyone!

Photo of Old Town North Alliance Art Block (Courtesy of Old Town North Alliance)

Photo of Old Town North Alliance Art Block (Courtesy of Old Town North Alliance)

“Chalk-A-Block” will offer fun for all ages and will give you a chance to be an artist!  Chalk artists will designate areas at most locations where kids can join in and make chalk art of their own.  Alexandria’s own Mobile Art Lab 2.0 (introduced at the ALX 275th birthday celebration in July) will be parked at First St. & N. Fairfax St. to help make rubbings of the artist-designed stormwater covers installed in Old Town North last fall.

Old Town North Alliance thanks our wonderful partners in helping to host “Chalk-A-Block”: Hotel AKA, Made in ALX, Royal Restaurant, The Art League, Canal Center Events, Alexandria House, Simpson Development, Venue, Oak Steakhouse, Old Town North Community Partnership, and the City of Alexandria.

This event is free and open to the public - we hope to see you there!