ALAMOSA – The City of Alamosa is hosting an Arts Festival event on Friday September 17 and Saturday September 18 in downtown Alamosa. The Festival begins Friday with Artscape (rotation of outdoor sculptures) beginning at 7:00 a.m., Artwalk (regional artists showing/selling their artwork) beginning at 10:00 a.m., and a free chalk demonstration class (prior registration needed) in the SLV Federal Parking lot at 5:30 pm.

The Festival continues on Saturday with performances from Salida Circus, a custom mural piece designed by Jennifer Chapparo with Amazing Street Painting, and ArtWalk downtown which displays entries from local artists for show and purchase from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Society Hall will also be hosting their annual Raise the Roof event which will feature live music, food and drinks on Saturday September 18 from 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

There will be several parking spaces throughout the downtown area that will be blocked off on September 17th between 6:00 am - 2:00 p.m. to allow crews and artists to safely install new pieces. Those spaces will reopen as soon as new pieces have been installed.

The Arts Festival is sponsored in part by Alamosa County Local Marketing District, El Pomar Foundation and the Alamosa Live Music Association.

For more information or to register for the chalk class, please contact Jasmine Husmann at

719-587-2024 or [email protected]