2023 Wheaton Arts Parade & Festival

This year’s theme is “Art to Action”

The parade starts at 10am. Don’t miss it!

It’s free to walk in the Arts Parade!

On this day everyone can be an artist. Just make some art and join the parade. Just push, pull, carry, wear or perform your art! Artists, friends, neighbors, and community groups will parade the triangle through Wheaton’s town center to the Marian Fryer Town Plaza at 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD 20902.

Arts Festival 10AM – 5PM

The festival has more than 50 booths of artists displaying and selling their original work in all media. The afternoon is filled with continuous performances on 3 stages by MoCo’s top talent, including Strathmore artists, local dance companies, choral groups, musicians, and showcases by area high schools.

Poster Contest Winner – Fernando Santiago

Free children’s art activities, including face painting & balloon art. More than 50 artists & arts organizations exhibit and sell their original art from 10am-5pm.

Enjoy fine food & beverages from the Wheaton area

Enjoy food from the Wheaton area’s famed restaurants, Salvadoran pupusas from Los Cobanos Restaurant, burgers and fries from Frank\’s Burger Place, and Vezuelan cachitos from Panateca, or enjoy a beverage from Denizen’s Brewing Co or the Urban Winery of Silver Spring in our tented beer garden.