About
10TH SIDEWALK FESTIVAL 2025
WILD. RESISTANCE. RHYTHM. STORY
APPLICATION PERIOD: MARCH 20-APRIL 24
SIDEWALK FESTIVAL: AUGUST 1-2, 2025 AT ELIZA HOWELL PARK
Want to Learn More? Join an Info Session!
We'll be hosting two info sessions for further details and to answer any questions before the application launches online and then in-person at Eliza Howell Park
March 18 (6-7 PM, Online) – Q&A Session Register here
March 22 (2-3PM EST, In Person) – Q&A Session @ Eliza Howell Park Register here
Questions? Email info@sidewalkdetroit.com
Sidewalk Festival is a vibrant biannual celebration of arts and culture featuring a variety of site-specific performances, interactive installations, music, dance, and community-centered workshops. It highlights creativity in outdoor and public spaces, often transforming unconventional locations like parks, streets, and neighborhoods into dynamic stages for artistic expression. We’re looking for bold, site-specific performances, interactive installations, music, dance, and community-centered experiences that transform public spaces into immersive artistic environments. The festival emphasizes themes such as environmental justice, spatial equity, and community engagement, creating opportunities for local artists and audiences to connect. Participating artists will be expected to follow the theme and artistic guidelines and attend one site visit before the festival Sidewalk Detroit is accepting applications for its 10th bi-annual Sidewalk Festival starting March 20, 2025. This summer’s theme is WILD. RESISTANCE. RHYTHM. STORY
Your work should embody the essence/ energy of WILD. RESISTANCE. RHYTHM. STORY. Let the WILD beauty of Eliza Howell Park inspire your creative expression. Selected works should explore one or more of the following:
the RESISTANCE needed to move forward
the RHYTHMS of daily rituals that shape our lives and communities
and the STORIES of the present and future that need to be told
