The 42nd Palo Alto Festival of the Arts transforms University Avenue into a free open-air arts event with 250 fine-arts booths and Italian street painters. The festival runs 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23-24, and features West Coast artists working in sculpture, ceramics, glass, fiber, wood, metal, photography, leather, paint and mixed media. Featured chalk artists Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw will demonstrate trompe-l'oeil 3-D techniques inspired by the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. DJs from Pacific Crew will spin at the new Ramona Beats & Brews area while Devil's Canyon Brewery supplies brews, and more than 20 musical performances include Tom Rigney and a Uke Jam. A Play Me piano returns, and food booths offer a wide variety of international and festival foods. Bring tote bags for purchases and see the festival website for band lineup and details.
This weekend's 42nd Palo Alto Festival of the Arts will turn the city's University Avenue into an open-air gallery with 250 fine-arts booths plus Italian chalk artists, a children's Chalk-A-Lot area and new this year a DJ spin zone. The event, hosted by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23-24. Admission is free.
Those whose medium is chalk will descend on Tasso Street for the Italian street painting expo, with the featured artist duo of Wayne Renshaw, a Santa Clara architect, and Cheryl Renshaw, a local landscape designer, demonstrating how they create trompe-l'oeil, or 3-D, chalk images. They'll be using the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina as the inspiration for their works.
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