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Press Release: Downtown Management District Announces Event Schedule for Mural Fest presented by Corpus Christi Medical Center

Corpus Christi, Texas – The Corpus Christi Downtown Management District is pleased to announce the event schedule for the 2024 Downtown Corpus Christi Mural Fest, presented by Corpus Christi Medical Center, which will bring five new, large-scale murals to Downtown Corpus Christi’s Marina Arts District. CCDMD is producing the festival hosted on Friday, June 7th during the monthly First Friday event from 6:00PM-10:00PM.

The festival will feature ArtWalk block parties on Chaparral, Lomax, Peoples, and Starr Streets, and ArtWalk park parties at La Retama and Artesian Parks. The parties will host over 100 pop-up vendors, local food trucks, and live music on the streets and inside select businesses.

The public will also have the opportunity to watch the artists paint live at several locations in the Marina Arts District from June 3rd leading up to the festival and are invited to attend other events that are as follows:

  • Mural takeover at CC Hooks home game on Tuesday, June 4th at 6:35PM. To purchase tickets to the CC Hooks game, visit https://www.milb.com/corpus-christi/tickets
  • Art Center of Corpus Christi’s Grow Local Farmers’ Market on Wednesday, June 5th from 5:00PM-8:00PM. Artists will be there from 5:30PM-6:30PM for an Artist Meet & Greet. Free to attend, open to the public, and family-friendly.
  • 2024 Artist Summit presented by Valero and hosted by CCDMD and National Mural Awards at K-Space Contemporary where the artists will take part in a panel discussion and general Q&A on Thursday, June 6th from 6:00PM-7:00PM. Free to attend, open to the public, and family- friendly. Capacity is limited and registration is required. Registration closes on June 3rd or until all spots are filled. To register, visit https://signup.com/go/HRhrEAF
  • During Mural Fest, on Friday, June 7th, from 7:00PM-8:00PM, CCDMD will be presenting dedications at the mural sites and highly encourage the public to join, see the murals, and get “artographs” from the Mural Fest 2024 national artists.

Events are weather permitting. Murals produced by the festival are semi-permanent and intended to last for several years.

For more information about National Mural Awards, visit https://www.nationalmuralawards.org/

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