Arts Walk

Anyone that would give this event less than 5 stars is not a true Olympian. Who can’t love all the rad Olympia shops downtown featuring amazing local artists work? Random local bands playing and just Olympia coming together as a community and enjoying being together and appreciating what we have to offer. Yay it’s fall arts walk! See you in the spring :)

I love Arts Walk! It is a great chance to see local art and to become more familiar with local businesses. In addition to the art itself, there are craft events hosted by local groups/​businesses/​non-​profits and performers such as jugglers and dancers. I participated in the 2003 Fall Arts Walk as a dancer. It was great fun!
Both the Spring and Fall arts walks are very fun. Arts Walk is full of local flavor.
FYI:
The Spring Arts Walk tends to have more folks attending than the Fall Arts Walk. It also includes the Illuminated Procession and The Procession of the Species.
This year’s Spring Arts Walk takes place April 26 &27.
This year’s Fall Arts Walk takes place October 4 & 5.

Found Arts Walk to be ok. Went to an event Friday night that was a lot of fun, and it was nice to see so many people out and about downtown in the evening. I also was impressed by the lineup of activities over the 2-​day event. Saturday seemed quite a bit more subdued. We went to one sparsely-​attended event in the morning that was very sub-​par. We also walked around town again but it lacked much activity with the exception of most stores being open on a Saturday morning.

The twice yearly Oly festival! Downtown streets are semi shut down for art, food, music, sidewalk chalk and general revelry over two days