Via Colori Street Painting Festival

Houston, TX · Arts & Culture

When: November 14–15, 2026
Where: Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby St · Houston · TX
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

Via Colori covers the streets around Houston City Hall in chalk murals each fall, a fundraiser for the Center for Hearing and Speech running since the late 1990s. Professional and amateur artists compete side by side with a food and music lineup filling the plaza. (2026 date approximate; the organizers had not announced the exact November weekend as of this pass.)

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