Minneapolis, MN
Street Art Festival bringing color, creativity to downtown Minneapolis
Downtown Minneapolis will be full of color this weekend!
Artists with chalk and spray paint are taking to the streets for the annual Street Art Festival.
Street artists from all over the world are creating lifesize masterpieces along Nicollet Mall, providing people an opportunity to see art in action.
“A lot of times you don’t actually get to see art actually being produced and you just go to galleries and see finished pieces,” said Shawn McCann, a chalk artist and founder of the event. “With these chalk art festivals, you really do get to see the art come to life over the course of two days.”
McCann says the best and brightest artists are in the heart of Minneapolis doing live art. 27 world-renowned artists are using everything from chalk to spray paint to create all sorts of 3D art in a 10-foot by 10-foot block, with each one taking 15 to 20 hours to finish.
This is the sixth year for this event.
New this year, Jackalope Arts is hosting an Indie Artisan Fair as part of the festival, featuring more than 100 local artisans selling jewelry, paper goods and home decor.
“It’s really about bringing vibrancy to the community and really just bringing people out enjoying art and food trucks and shopping really in the heart of downtown,” said Meghan Gustafson with the Minneapolis Downtown Council.
The Downtown Minneapolis Street Art Festival is free and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
MINNEAPOLIS — Real Capital Solutions (RCS) has acquired 3701 Wayzata Boulevard, a 308,681-square-foot office property in the Urban West End neighborhood of Minneapolis, for $34 million. Situated on 25.8 acres overlooking Brownie and Cedar lakes, the nine-story asset is 99 percent leased and serves as the headquarters location for several companies such as Tactile Medical, SRF Consulting Group, Regis Corp. and MOBE.
Originally developed as a corporate headquarters campus for Prudential and later occupied by Target Corp., the property underwent a comprehensive renovation and repositioning in 2019. Amenities today include a fitness center, conference facilities, a golf simulator, onsite café, outdoor gathering spaces, a rooftop patio, bike storage and direct access to regional trail systems.
Big Honking Truck Parade heads to Minneapolis
A ?cavalcade of wheels? will line Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis on Thursday, July 31, for the first-ever ?Minneapolis Moves: The Big Honking Truck Parade? featuring vehicles from fire engines to snowplows.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Families can get up close to massive trucks and city vehicles as the Big Honking Truck Parade rolls back through Minneapolis on Thursday.
Big trucks take over Nicollet Mall
What we know:
The “Minneapolis Moves: The Big Honking Truck Parade” is set to line downtown with municipal, public safety, construction and big-wheel trucks in an effort to bring families together and highlight the people and equipment that keep the city running.
The event begins at 5 p.m. with a local vendor market featuring crafts and food. A parade then starts at 5:30 p.m., traveling down Nicollet Mall from East Grant Street to South Sixth Street.
Mayor Frey during the 2025 Big Honking Truck Parade. Credit: City of Minneapolis (Supplied)
Dig deeper:
The parade is said to feature City of Minneapolis cars, police and fire trucks, construction vehicles, semitrailers and more from local businesses and operators.
Two Minnesota Special Olympics athletes, Dequan Williams of Minneapolis and Niko Lichtscheidl of St. Francis will serve as grand marshals of the parade, ahead of the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games which officially kick off in Minnesota on Saturday.
After the parade, all vehicles will be parked along the Mall until 8 p.m. for a “touch-a-truck” experience, giving families a chance to explore the trucks up close.
According to officials, the parade route will:
- Begin at East Grant Street
- Travel down Nicollet Mall
- End at South Sixth Street
Hoping to expand upon its first year in 2025, the parade is said to feature City of Minneapolis cars, police and fire trucks, construction vehicles, semitrailers and more from local businesses and operators.
What they’re saying:
“The Big Honkin’ Truck Parade is one of those uniquely Minneapolis events that brings families together while showcasing the people and equipment that serve our city every day,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a press release. “It’s fun, it’s educational, and it’s a great reminder of all the work happening behind the scenes to keep Minneapolis running.”
The Source: Information provided by a City of Minneapolis press release.
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