Chilliwack Mural Festival

The Chilliwack Mural Festival is a celebration of street art in the summer. It features live music, market vendors, food trucks and more in downtown Chilliwack.

Presented by the Chilliwack Arts Council, the festival’s dates for 2024 are from August 15th to 17th. Other events in the Fraser Valley that same weekend are the Chilliwack Corn Maze, Ribfest Langley and Symphony in the Park in Abbotsford (the second two of which have admission by donation). On August 17th there is also the Summer Country Jam at Greendale Acres Farm and on August 18th there is the Greendale Summer Market.

To learn about other events happening around the same time, see our August Calendar. To learn about the Chilliwack Mural Festival, continue reading.

The Chilliwack Mural Festival

The Chilliwack Mural Festival is a fun showcase of street art that takes place in August. So expect to see murals made by a diverse group of artists from both the Lower Mainland and around the world.

The festival is an opportunity to watch murals being painted live and to check out already existing murals in the Chilliwack community. Guided tours can be booked for large groups, and a map with mural locations is available online.

The three-day festival also has other family-friendly events. There is a street party and plenty of live entertainment over the three days.

Event Schedule

This year’s Chilliwack Mural Festival runs from Thursday, August 15th, until Saturday, August 17th. Thursday’s festivities run from 6:00 to 10:00 pm and Friday’s festivities finish one hour later. Both days feature free performances at Mill Street and Bricklayer Brewing.

On Saturday, festivities run from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at various locations, including Central Community Park. On each day there are mural tours where participants walk around and check out all of the either in-progress or completed murals.

Featured performers include Balkan Shmalkan, Spank Williams, The Revelators, Sadé Awele and Serengeti, and many more. Also expect to see food trucks, activities for kids and an art market.

2024 Entertainment Lineup

There are performances at a variety of venues over the course of the festival. On top of the artists listed below there are also roving performers from the Vancouver Circus School on the Friday and Saturday.

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

8:00 pm – Summer Eyes (at Bricklayer Brewing)
8:45 pm – Hollow Twin (at Bricklayer Brewing)
9:30 pm – Beach Moms (at Bricklayer Brewing)

Friday, August 16th, 2024

6:00 pm – The Relevators (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
6:00 pm – DJ Aanam (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
6:00 pm – Pilalt Dance Group (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
6:30 pm – Higher Ground Dance Battles (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
7:00 pm – Sleepy Gonzales (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
7:00 pm – The Wookiez (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
8:00 pm – Spank Williams (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
9:00 pm – Daniel Sparrow (at Bricklayer Brewing)
9:45 pm – girly. (at Bricklayer Brewing)
10:30 pm – The Sylvia Platters (at Bricklayer Brewing)

Saturday, August 17th, 2024

11:00 am – Muevete (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
11:00 am – Line Dancing with Tricha McElhinney (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
11:30 am – Velavox (at Court Lane)
11:30 am – Ted Kim (busking at Victoria Avenue)
11:30 am – Alison May (busking at The Offy)
11:00 am – Creative Outlet (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
12:00 pm – Kara Kata Afrobeat Group (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
12:00 pm – Priya BollyDance (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
12:30 pm – Ivan Hartle (busking at Victoria Avenue)
12:30 pm – Mai Garnica (busking at The Offy)
12:30 pm – Western Jaguar (at Court Lane)
1:00 pm – Vox Rea (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
1:00 pm – Balkan Shmalkan (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
1:30 pm – Haleluyah Hailu (at Court Lane)
1:30 pm – Nathan Barrett (busking at The Offy)
1:30 pm – Cocolarosa (busking at Victoria Avenue)
1:30 pm – Higher Ground Dance Battles (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
2:00 pm – Las Empanadas Illegales (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
2:00 pm – Beat Boxing Workshop with The Wookiez (at Thunderbird Stage at District 1881)
2:30 pm – Michaela Slinger (at Court Lane)
2:30 pm – Silent St. j (busking at The Offy)
2:30 pm – Natalie Faith Music (busking at Victoria Avenue)
3:00 pm – Sadé Awele and Serengeti (at Sasquatch Stage on Mill Street)
3:30 pm – Nathan Barrett (at Court Lane)
3:30 pm – Matt Hermano (busking at The Offy)

Chilliwack Mural Festival Artists

The Chilliwack Mural Festival features both local and international artists. The lineup also includes many styles of art created from different perspectives.

In 2024 there are nine artists painting for the festival, which is three more than last year! They will all paint their murals in downtown Chilliwack from August 1st to 17th. The festival itself might not begin until the 15th but there is painting to watch for two weeks leading up to the big day!

Guillem Font (Barcelona, Spain)
Terry Horne (Chilliwack, BC)
Jordan Horne (Chilliwack, BC)
Leon Keer (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Ovila Mailhot (Seabird Island, BC)
Sophie Mess (London, England)
NEAN (Brussels, Belgium)
Fio Silva (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Juanjo Surace (Mar del Plata, Argentina)

To learn more about each artist, visit the official Chilliwack Mural Festival Artists page.

Mural Locations

There are dozens of murals to check out in Chilliwack and new paintings are added each year. Mural locations and artists from recent years include the following:

District 1881 Woolly Dog Alley (Chase Gray, Malik Arts)
District 1881 Back Parking Lot (Carrielynn Victor)
45863 Kipp Avenue (Hoxxoh)
9248 Main Street (Emmanuel Jarus)
9264 Main Street (Chantelle Trainor-Matties)
9282 Main Street (Jullian Mundy, Ankh One & Nicole Boyce)
9340 Main Street (Chris Perez)
9341 Mill Street (Druvid)
9345 Mill Street (Oxana Gaidasheva)
9360 Mill Street (Tierney Milne, Siobhan D’Souza, Lacey & Layla)
9369 Mill Street (Lucas Simpson)
9371 Mill Street (Andrew Tavukciyan)
9375 Mill Street (HENGone)
9381 Mill Street (Kyle Mirva)
45830 Princess Avenue (Ronnie Harris)
45939 Thunderbird Lane (Curtis Hylton)
45904 Victoria Avenue (SATR)
45925 Victoria Avenue (Chantelle Trainor-Matties)
45951 Victoria Avenue (Kevin Ledo)
45886 Wellington Avenue (Jason Botkin)
45915b Wellington Avenue (Marianne Palmer)
45929 Wellington Avenue (Carrielynn Victor)
45939 Wellington Avenue (Mavik, Art Direct West)
45947 Wellington Avenue (Kyle Mirva)
46115 Yale Road (Mavik)
46199 Yale Road (Raven-Tacuara)
46275 Yale Road (Carly Bowman)

Visit the Chilliwack Mural Festival website for full details.

Other Information

For more information about the festival, visit the Chilliwack Mural Festival website.

To learn more about the area, see our articles about Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley or visit the Tourism Chilliwack website.

Other events happening in Chilliwack in the summer and early fall include the following:

Chilliwack Fair & Rodeo – a country fair and rodeo at Chilliwack Heritage Park.
The Chilliwack Pride Festival – festivities celebrating the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in downtown Chilliwack.
Chilliwack Flight Fest – an air show with free admission at the Chilliwack Airport.
Chilliwack Ribfest – BBQ-ed rib vendors, live entertainment and family-friendly activities at Vedder Park.
The Chilliwack Sunflower Festival – a farm with sunflowers to admire in the fall (as well as tulips in the spring).
Chilliwack Corn Maze – a corn maze, pumpkin patch and child-friendly activities at Greendale Acres.
Peteys Pumpkin Patch – a corn maze, pumpkin patch and kid-friendly activities at Fantasy Farms in autumn.
Reapers Maze of Terror – a serious outdoor haunted attraction in October at Fantasy Farms.