Bayshore Town Center Chalk Art Festival is this weekend, August 17 and 18!

Bayshore Town Center’s seventh annual Chalk Art Festival will be held Saturday, August 17 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, August 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Attendees of the free festival will be able to watch more than 65 local and national artists create works of sidewalk chart art and vote for their favorites.

On Saturday, August 17, attendees will be able to watch artists in progress and vote until 6 p.m. on their favorite pieces in five categories: People’s Choice, Most Likely to be Hung in a Museum, Best Use of Color, Best Animal and the new North Shore Bank Youth Award (artists 19 and under). Additional activities and performances in the Town Square will include:

• 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Free Kids’ Activities
• Noon to 3 p.m.: Caribbean Eclipse at the Rotunda entrance
• Noon: Mainstreet Song & Dance Troupe
• 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Dueling Pianos

On Sunday, August 19, attendees will be able to see the finished pieces and results of the public vote. Performers will also be providing entertainment in the Town Square, including:

• Noon to 2 p.m.: MYSO’s Calypso steel band
• 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.: MYSO’s New Orleans Jazz camp combo, the New Orleans Stompers at the Rotunda entrance