Chalk It Up To Sacramento aims to empower the next generation of artists by providing grant funding and programs for teachers and schools, giving all students equitable access to the arts, with an emphasis on serving our region’s most vulnerable populations. The annual three-day Chalk It Up! Chalk Art & Music Festival, a vibrant celebration of our local arts community and artists of all ages, is offered free to the public over Labor Day weekend, serving as a gift to the city and the greater Sacramento region.
Chalk It Up could not do any of this without the tireless work of volunteers throughout the year. Each year, hundreds of volunteers help us ensure that the Chalk It Up! Festival is one of Sacramento’s most popular family festivals. We also rely on our volunteers throughout the year to help Chalk It Up fulfill its mission of empowering and supporting the next generation of artists in the Sacramento Region.
Please sign up to be added to our Volunteer list and tell us what skills or awesomeness you bring to Chalk It Up! We will reach out when we have volunteer opportunities during the year, and again in the summer as we start scheduling volunteers for the Chalk It Up Festival!
2026 Festival Volunteer FAQs
- We are thrilled to bring the annual Chalk It Up! Chalk Art & Music Festival back to Fremont Park this Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 5 – Monday, September 7, 2026. It’s our 36th year! The festival activities inside the park – music, vendors, etc. – open at 10:00 AM and close at 6 PM on all three days of the festival: Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Set up begins on Friday. Tear-down starts on Monday afternoon.
- WHERE: Fremont Park, 1515 Q Street, Midtown Sacramento. Fremont Park is an entire city block between 15th and 16th, and P and Q Streets, in Midtown, Sacramento.
- VOLUNTEERS NEED TO BRING:
- Sunscreen, sunhat
- Comfortable shoes
- Refillable water bottle
- Lunch, snacks, or money to visit the vendors
- Students: School paperwork for signatures
- Optional: camp chair or blanket for breaks or hanging out before/after shift
- CHECK-IN: On the back side of the BIG TENT, see the Volunteer Check-In Station.
- STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
- Ages 14-17: Please bring your “in case of emergency” phone number and name for check-in.
- Volunteers age 13 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for the duration of their volunteer shift.
- BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS: We are grateful to all the local high school students who volunteer at the Chalk It Up Festival. Please remember that you are not only representing yourself but also your high school and the entire Chalk It Up community. Please put your best face forward and use your best judgment when interacting with the public. Thank you!
- WHAT TO EXPECT:
- Chalk It Up is high-energy and fun! Volunteers get to see the art, listen to the music, visit the vendor booths and food trucks, and help put on the festival.
- Since 1991, the Chalk It Up Festival has been free to the public because of the support from our volunteers. Because of your hard work, we are the last FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY festival! WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT!!!