Paint Jam / Street Festival

The Paint Jam / Street Festival will be the encore / finale event for the Belltown Mural Festival!

This event will begin at 11am on Saturday (8/17) and promises to be an all day extravaganza for the public to enjoy live musical performances, festival vendors, and the thrill of creating mural art alongside others.

The Paint Jam / Street Festival will be taking place along Bell Street and 2nd Avenue — and will provide visitors of all ages an opportunity to interact with our local neighborhood and artists community — and we promise a few surprises throughout the event as well!

All Festival activities are FREE and open to the public — so come out and celebrate the completion of 10 stunning new murals that transform Belltown!

Featured attractions include:

Showcase Painting — A team of public artists will be putting their talents on display working to create a 100' long mural live during the two days of the street festival!

Community Painting — A series of public to paint walls will be scattered throughout the festival footprint to provide an open invitation for the visitors to create their own works of art during the festival weekend!

Artist Exhibitions — The finale appearance of the Casspir Project in Seattle will be on display on Saturday (8/17) -- as well as a live painting by Casspir creator and artist Ralph Zimon.

Artist Demonstrations — A special display of an AR mural created by Future Arts and Coyote Central on display for festival goers (with interactive demonstrations)

Musical Performances — Live musical sets include: DJ soulstoryhour (11am-1pm), Caleb and Walter (12pm-2pm), BYCT (1pm-2pm), DJ Kfly (3pm-5pm), Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints (4pm-6pm), Maxwell Edison  (5pm-7pm), Brenna Dart (7pm-9pm)

Festival Vendors:  Dozens of local vendors, artists, and community organizations will be on hand throughout the festival footprint sharing information and selling amazing goods!  

The Paint Jam / Street Concert is presented by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Downtown Seattle Association and with support from Belltown United.

Musical Programming for the Paint Jam / Street Concert is presented by Screwdriver Bar / Belltown Yacht Club, and Downtown Seattle Association and with support from Belltown United.

Special Festival appearances by the Casspir Project, Art at the Rendon, Future Arts, and Coyote Central.

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Header Image: Detail of Ralph Ziman’s “SPOEK 1”, Installed at Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2017 (Photo Ralph Ziman)