Alley Art Festival

09/03/2024

Here they are!!! Thanks once again to The Monochromatic Me Project for taking our pictures at Alley Art Festival in downtown Aurora. See you next year at Alley Art Festival AURORA 2025🥰🥰🥰

2024 Monochromatic Me photos from the Aurora Alley Art Fest can be found and downloaded for free from this gallery link:
https://bluecactusphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/19078582/album/18282973

09/02/2024

Year 14!!!! Thank you everyone!!! We appreciate the tremendous support for local artists and FUN! See you next year to celebrate 15 years of Alley Art Festival in downtown Aurora. We have lots of special treats planned including a commemorative poster.
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08/31/2024

Today!!! If it's Saturday, August 31 - the last Saturday of August - then join us at Alley Art Fest!!! 12-5. FREE!!!
🌞 It's a gorgeous day! Stop by Downer Place and Water Street Mall in downtown Aurora and visit 90 local artists plus yummy food vendors, live music, kid's activities, and more. See you soon!

08/30/2024

See you this Saturday!!! Stop by the INFO BOOTH on Water Street Mall near City Hall and pick up some merch! We'll have tees, stickers, posters, and more. Cash or Zelle.

08/28/2024

This Saturday! We're super excited to keep bringing you LOCAL ART at Alley Art Festival AURORA 2024 on August 31 from noon to 5 p.m.

Aurora’s Alley Art Festival takes place from 12 to 5 p.m. Aug. 31 on both Water Street Mall and Downer Place, between Stolp Avenue and Water Street, in downtown Aurora.

08/27/2024

THE MAP! Alley Art Festival is Saturday, August 31 in downtown Aurora. Come visit! It's fun for everyone!

08/21/2024

Local artists unite! That's what Alley Art Festival is all about. It's about bringing the local arts community together to celebrate. It's about bringing people downtown to showcase our beautiful downtown and its wonderful shops, museums, and restaurants. We love this banner made by Lisa Manning, an Aurora artist who shares her creativity and passion with the community through her art, whether it's a mural inside Yellow Bird Books or carefully crafted props on the set of a Paramount Theatre production. We hang it every year as a reminder of who we are and why we are doing what we are doing. Come support local artists on Saturday, August 31 in downtown Aurora.

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Thanks to this year's sponsors:
Superjumbo Records
Representative Barbara Hernandez
Aurora Downtown
Gina Salamone
Community Advocacy Awareness Network CAAN
Yellow Bird Books Aurora
Paramount School of the Arts

08/17/2024

Meet Mary! Mary works tirelessly for the community. She is all about collaborating and giving back. You've probably seen her downtown Aurora running her small business and entrepreneur expo on First Fridays on Water Street Mall. Mary started a nonprofit to give back to others, called CAAN. Alley Art Festival is proud to have CAAN as their nonprofit partner this year for our event on Saturday, August 31. Thank you, Mary!!!

Community Advocacy Awareness Network CAAN Mission: To reduce incidents of homelessness and hunger and to advocate for seniors and youth while focusing on community engagement, diversity and inclusion, community outreach events and other support services for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Photos: Alley Art Festival organizer Marissa Amoni with Mary Fultz of CAAN

08/05/2024

Don't miss out on the Alley Art Festival in downtown Aurora on August 31! Explore local art, enjoy live music, food trucks, and fun activities. Free admission!

Alley Art Festival is a grassroots outdoor summer festival on the last Saturday of August in downtown Aurora, Illinois. It's one of the best free things to do in the Aurora area. Support local artists and enjoy a day outside with live music, artist booths, and more.

07/26/2024

The L's are playing in Mundy Park at Alley Art Festival at 3 p.m. Come enjoy their harmonious flavor of nostalgic tunes reminiscent of your favorite female bands & soloists.
The L's

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07/20/2024

Matthew Garcia is playing Alley Art Festival on August 31. Come see him at noon at the Mundy Park pavilion. Garcia is a singer-songwriter from Aurora. A recent West High graduate, come see this rising star before he heads off to great heights.
Matthew Garcia - Music

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07/15/2024

Happy July 15! List of artists for Alley Art Festival AURORA 2024 on August 31 announced: https://www.alleyartaurora.com/artists

We'll see you soon! Thanks to our presenting sponsors Representative Barbara Hernandez and Superjumbo Records.

07/03/2024

What festivals are you attending or showing at this summer?! See you at Alley Art Festival AURORA 2024 on Saturday, August 31 in downtown Aurora.

Thanks WTTW - Chicago PBS
City of Aurora, IL, Government

Get ready for fun with this guide to neighborhood street fests, art shows, outdoor concerts and cultural celebrations of all sizes across Chicago and the suburbs.

06/24/2024

We're counting down the days until Alley Art Festival AURORA 2024

See you on Saturday, August 31!

alleyartaurora.com

Artist applications are now closed.

05/16/2024

Oh, look! It's Ms. Ivory Mastodon! She's ready to celebrate the 14th year of Alley Art Festival on Saturday, August 31 from noon to 5 p.m. in downtown Aurora. See you there!

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Poster by Lucky Eye Ink

Thanks to our hosting sponsor Community Advocacy Awareness Network CAAN and our presenting sponsor Representative Barbara Hernandez

04/22/2024

Call for artists! Aurora Greenfest is looking for artists who are inspired by nature, create upcycled/recycled art, use sustainable methods, and more. Visit the website to sign up! https://www.auroragreenfest.com/get_involved

Artists like HappyScapes Art have always been a part of Aurora Greenfest. They share their unique vision of the natural world through their artwork.If you are an artist and would like to get involved with Aurora Greenfest on June 8, we'd love to see you and your art. Go to www.auroragreenfest.com/get_involved to sign up.

03/21/2024

Apply to be an artist at Alley Art Festival on August 31, 2024.
Visit alleyartaurora.com to apply!
Applications are open until June 15.

02/12/2024

Save the date! Alley Art Festival will be back on Saturday, August 31 in downtown Aurora. It'll be a day of art, community, and fun.
Artist applications are open from March 15 to June 15.
More info: https://www.alleyartaurora.com/

08/28/2023

📷 Thanks The Monochromatic Me Project 📷 Here are photos from this year's photo booth by Jason and Randy. Thanks to everyone who stopped by Alley Art Festival this year!

https://bluecactusphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/19078582/album/15592171

08/23/2023

Alley Art Festival 2023 is this Saturday, August 26 from noon to 5 p.m. Let's celebrate local art! All the info: alleyartaurora.com

Artists will be on both Downer Place and Water Street Mall in downtown Aurora.

Aurora Farmers Market is from 8 a.m. to noon.

08/22/2023

This Saturday! Thanks Daily Herald 🌟

Alley Art Festival will fill downtown Aurora with artists for the 13th year on Saturday, Aug. 26. "Over the years, we've seen the event go from 40 to 60 to now 90 artists. It's been incredible to see the growth and support of the arts in our community," said Marissa Amoni, one of the founders.

08/13/2023

Alley Art Festival 2023 ENTERTAINMENT
12-5pm at Mundy Park
All performances will be at Mundy Park next to Water Street Mall
Adjacent to The Venue, 21 S. Broadway, Aurora

​Chairs are welcome! Free to enter!

2023 SCHEDULE

12 Huguito Gutierrez + Armando Bakle featuring music from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina

​2 p.m. Eastern Fire Belly Dance

3 p.m. Cat Gaddis Project

04/03/2023

We're celebrating Lucky 13 this year! Join us at Alley Art Festival 2023 on Water Street Mall and Downer Place in downtown Aurora.

Thanks to Aurora Downtown and City of Aurora, IL, Government for sponsoring!

This year's event poster by Jacqueline Franco. Find her at: http://jfrancoart.carrd.co/

Franco is an illustrator with too many ideas and not enough paper to keep up, she says. She said she is obsessed with experimenting with vibrant colors and using a limited color palette.

Artists can apply for the festival through June 15: https://www.alleyartaurora.com/artist-applications

01/04/2023

Alley Art Festival returns in 2023! Check out Aurora Downtown's EVENT GUIDE to see all of the upcoming events you need to know about this year. Don't forget that Alley Art Festival applications open up on March 15. Happy New Year!!!

Aurora Downtown has a packed 2023 event season waiting for you. See what's in store in this west suburban city, the 2nd largest in Illinois.

09/12/2022

08/29/2022

The Monochromatic Me Project

08/24/2022

Supporting local art for 12 years! See you on Saturday, Aug. 27!
Noon to 5 p.m. on Water Street Mall & Downer Place in downtown Aurora
Alley Art Festival 2022

Alley Art Festival will expand its footprint in downtown Aurora this year. The popular grassroots art festival will be back on Water Street Mall and is expanding to Downer Place between Stolp Avenue and Water Street.

08/23/2022

The MAP! We're super excited to share this year's map with you for Alley Art Festival 2022 in downtown Aurora. See you Saturday!
August 27. Noon to 5 p.m. Water Street Mall & Downer Place

Parking map: https://auroradowntown.org/parking/

More festival info: https://alleyartaurora.com/

08/22/2022

This Saturday! Visit the link for a map! Support 70+ local artists in downtown Aurora on Saturday, Aug. 27 from noon to 5 p.m.

Celebrate local artists at the 12th annual Alley Art Festival on Saturday, Aug. 27 from noon to 5 p.m. in downtown Aurora.