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2019 Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival | Berkeley

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Saturday, August 24, 2019 - All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Free festival, but bring money to buy chalk and chocolate. Chocolate tickets are $1 each, Box of Chalk is $10.

Gourmet Ghetto (North Berkeley) | Shattuck Avenue and Vine Street, Berkeley, CA

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The sidewalks along Shattuck Ave. in the Gourmet Ghetto in North Berkeley are the target of artists young and old, professional and greenhorn during the 21st Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival on Saturday, August 24, 2019.

2019 Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival
Saturday, August 24, 2019 | 10 am to 5 pm
Gourmet Ghetto, Shattuck Ave, North Berkeley
FREE

  • Make Art: With no fees to artists, areas of sidewalk are assigned for you to create your own fanciful chalk drawings. Same-day art registration takes place 10AM-5PM in event booths where colorful artist’s chalk is available for $10. 
  • A Chalk Art Contest for the best drawing will be judged after 4 pm.
  • Eat Chocolate: Purchase tasting tickets in advance ($1/ea. or $20/20); also available at the festival. The to-go menu features over 30 items including chocolate rum gelato, English toffee, a chocolate rose des sables, dark chocolate truffles, Oreo shakes, bittersweet chocolate pudding, chocolate ganache cupcakes, or savory menu items such as chocolate-covered pancetta or a chocolate molé taco. For vegans there are cookies, brownies and gelato, too. You might even relax with a hand massage with chocolate-scented cream.
  • Have Fun: Festival booths fill the blocks between Rose and Vine Streets. Enjoy music near the CVS Performing Area at 1471 Shattuck including jazz and steel pan drums or be entertained by a one-man band and circus art performers near Books Inc at 1451 Shattuck. The Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble and others perform near Cedar & Shattuck.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*Free festival, but bring money to buy chalk and chocolate. Chocolate tickets are $1 each, Box of Chalk is $10.
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, KFOG, Kids & Families, Live Music
Address: Shattuck Avenue and Vine Street, Berkeley, CA