Chalkfest 2025

Our flagship community event returns to Newbury Market place on Monday 4 August 2025 – join us from 10am to 4pm to chalk in the Market Square in Newbury. And we are celebrating our 10th year of Chalkfest!

On the square you will be allocated an area per household to create roughly a 1 metre square picture.
It is free to chalk but we ask you for a donation towards the chalk if you want to enter our 2025 competition.
To pay the donation entry fee you can add it to our donations bucket on the day or pay by card at the event (£1 per competition participant).

We’ll ask you to photograph the chalk artwork when you’ve finished and e-mail us the pictures of the chalk artwork, letting us know the age of the participant (when filling you details on payment).

The prizes will be City Arts Gift Vouchers for children (up to 6 years) and (7 to 12 years old), teen (13 to 17 years old) and adult (18 +) categories.

Date: Chalkfest 2025 is on 4 August 2025 – pay your competition entry either cash or card on the day up to 4pm
Deadline: Pay your fee at the event and send us your images by 7pm on 4 August 2025 to aW5mbyB8IGNpdHlhcnRzbmV3YnVyeSAhIG9yZw== with the name of the entrant you told us when making payment and the entry number we’ll give you.

Competition results will be published on our Facebook page on week commencing 18 August 2025. The images will be judged by artist Diana Pattenden. The judge decision is final.

You may also like the following events from City Arts - Newbury:

• This Thursday, 31st July, 10:30 am, Children’s Glass Fusing – Bugs for Bugs House in Newbury
• This Saturday, 2nd August, 10:00 am, Flower or Butterfly Stake Copper Foiled Stained Glass in Newbury
• This Sunday, 3rd August, 10:30 am, Creative Colour for Teens in Newbury

Also check out other Contests in Newbury, Nonprofit events in Newbury, Arts events in Newbury.