Arts Around August - celebrate the arts in Downtown Walnut Creek

The city of Walnut Creek, along with 11 of its arts and business organizations, is hosting a month-long celebration of the performing, visual and culinary arts with activities for the entire family.

• Summer Concerts at Broadway Plaza
• Movies on the Roof (family friendly movies atop the Lesher Center garage)
• First Wednesday Street Fest
• Moveable Feast (an upscale culinary stroll including tastes from the best of Walnut Creek’s restaurants)
• Downtown Stages (presented by local performing artists)
• Family Chalk Art Days
• Paint the DownTOWN (a plein air art festival)
• Public Art Walking Tours, History Tours, Weekly Art & History Scavenger Hunts
• Family Theatre Sundays (Fantasy Forum presents Cinderella on the Plaza)
• Opera performances
• Painted Pianos (8 pianos placed throughout downtown for all to enjoy)

Kevin Wilk, Mayor of Walnut Creek, says, “we are very excited and proud that eleven non-profit and business organizations, as well as the City of Walnut Creek, are all working together to bring Arts Around August to our downtown this summer. We hope that residents of Walnut Creek and neighboring cities will join us downtown for these fun events and help bring back a sense of community and vibrancy to our great city."

For more information and a complete calendar of events: www.walnutcreekdowntown.com/ArtsaroundAugust