Be part of the magic of the Alley Art Festival over LABOR DAY WEEKEND!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 | 11am - 11pm

Tickets are $5 each with free admission for kids 12 & under! Gates will be located on 4th, 5th, and 6th Streets.

Explore Sioux City’s refreshed outdoor gallery of 140+ murals, support regional art vendors, and enjoy unforgettable live music from both local and nationally touring acts, kids alley, local food trucks, beer gardens and more in the alley ways between 4th & 6th and Pierce & Nebraska Streets.

Here’s What’s Happening:

THE MURALS

Explore more than 140 larger than life murals featuring 27 new creations in the alleys between 4th, 6th, Pierce and Nebraska Streets! Check our social media for the 2026 muralist announcements.

Vote for your favorite mural to receive the People’s Choice Award!

All new murals have a chance to receive Best of Show, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention, People’s Choice, and Vangarde Board Award awarding more than $3,000 in prizes!

Murals are refreshed regularly and can be viewed year round. As the festival gets closer, wander the wonders of the alleys regularly to see how the alleys transform! All mural concepts are carefully reviewed through an application process by a committee of local artists prior to acceptance.

View Muralist Guidelines

**2025’s BEST OF SHOW mural by Brysen Sneller.**

ART VENDORS

Art vendors bring much inspiration to the Alley Art Festival! Visitors can browse through a record 40 vendor spaces and shop for beautiful handcrafted creations and original art, located conveniently next to the food trucks!

Artwork will range from pottery and painting to upcycled clothing and crochet creations in all levels of affordability! Check our social media pages to see which vendors will be joining us!

**The 5th Street Vendor Market offer visitors a variety of beautiful art!**

THE MUSIC

The brand new alleyway stage is boasting an eclectic lineup of musical acts headlined by the one and only BLACK CAT ZYDECO, straight outta Church Point, Louisiana, featuring Dwight Carrier!!!

Come early and stay late for the Kris Lager Band, Sexy Cash, and buskers will be grooving up the the alleys throughout the day!

4:00 - John Roxborough
5:00 - Kris Lager Band
7:00 - Black Cat Zydeco
9:00 - Plastic Blow
10:00 - Sexy Cash

(all set times subject to change)

FOOD VENDORS

Food trucks on site ready to satisfy hungry festival attendees offering tasty meals and snacks to keep you energized all day long!

Food trucks like Diamond Thai, Robles Taqueria, Mama Moon Rayes, and La Palapa will be on site and ready to dish out their own delicious creations!

Beer, wine, water, and soda will be available throughout the day.

Kids Zone

The Alley Art Festival will have many fun, FREE, and creative activities for the young and young at heart!

The whole family can:

Create and decorate their very own tambourine!

Create a coaster with The Nameless Project

Weave a friendship bracelet with The Untwisted Fibre

Color with Brutal Doodles

Draw a sidewalk chalk mural masterpiece

Get some Henna from Michelle (available for purchase)

EVERYONE can grab a brush and add some color to the Wall for All Community Mural

Children 12 and under with a parent or guardian get FREE admission to the Festival!

The kids and families are a BIG part of the Alley Art Festival.

Volunteer At Alley Art 2026

It takes a lot of hands and some seriously awesome volunteers to bring the Alley Art Festival to life! We’d love your help with setup, activities, mural support, and more. Volunteers get a cool volunteer t-shirt, free admission to the festival, and refreshments in the volunteer area!

Send us an email at alleyartfestivalsc@gmail.com for more info.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

The Alley Art Festival is back for it’s EIGHTH year! The festival is a street art festival that provides local artists with a platform to show their skills by creating murals in downtown Sioux City alleys. This year the event will fill the alleys between Pierce and Nebraska Streets and Fourth and Sixth Streets.

Organized by Vangarde Arts, the Alley Art Festival reinvents urban spaces with public arts and enhances the walkability between Historic Fourth Street and Historic Pearl Street Districts. Over 2,000 visitors, young and old, filled the festival area and enjoyed live mural painting, a vendor area where you can browse and buy art from local artists and outstanding live music from local and national touring performers!

This is your opportunity to be part of this exciting and fun, family friendly event.

Please consider one of the options below and show your support for the arts in Siouxland!

$50 DONATION
Recognition in social media
TWO admission tickets
TWO Sponsor Passes

$100 DONATION
Recognition in social media
ONE Special Edition T-Shirt
TWO admission tickets
TWO sponsor passes

$250 DONATION
Recognition in social media
TWO Special Edition T-Shirt
FOUR admission tickets
FOUR Sponsor Passes

$500 DONATION
Recognition in social media and printed promotions
TWO Special Edition T-Shirt
SIX admission tickets
SIX Sponsor Passes

$1,000 DONATION
Recognition in social media and printed promotions
Your company banner can be hung at the Festival
FOUR Special Edition T-Shirt
EIGHT admission tickets
EIGHT Sponsor Passes