After a two-year hiatus, the beloved RiNo street arts festival is back — featuring 60 muralists, four stages of live music, and a new culinary pavilion anchored by local chefs. This year's theme: "Roots and Routes."
The Overture Arts Festival, which last ran in the summer of 2023 before organizers took a hiatus to restructure its funding model, is returning to the River North Art District on June 14th and 15th — and by most measures, it is coming back bigger than ever.
This year's edition will span eight blocks of Larimer Street and feature work from 60 muralists, up from 38 in its last full run. Four separate music stages will host over 30 acts across the two-day festival, with headliners to be announced in mid-May.
"We spent two years asking ourselves what this festival should really be," said Overture co-founder Jasmine Tran. "RiNo gave us our start. We wanted this year to be a love letter back to the neighborhood and to the people who built it — including communities that have been priced out of it."
A portion of this year's wall assignments have been reserved for artists from Denver's historically Latino neighborhoods, including Globeville and Elyria-Swansea, as part of a new equity initiative. The festival has also partnered with six local high schools to commission student murals along the festival's southern corridor.
The culinary pavilion, new for 2026, will feature 14 local restaurants and food vendors, including several James Beard-nominated chefs. A portion of food vendor proceeds will benefit the Denver Urban Gardens program.
General admission is free. A limited number of VIP weekend passes are available at overturedenver.com for $85, which includes access to artist talks, a private preview night on June 13th, and a commemorative print.