Beaumont Mural Fest returns
Beaumont Mural Fest is back this weekend, bringing international artists to transform public walls and inject large‑scale color across the city. Organizers are positioning the event as part of a broader mural‑festival wave that’s revitalizing urban space this spring. (12newsnow.com)
The festival is scheduled for March 21–22, 2026, with hours listed as Saturday 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (beaumontcvb.com) Organizers list Obana Restaurant Group as the festival host and Min Dai as an organizer, with festival artist curation credited to the handle @jmuzacz on promotional listings. (panews.com) (stayhappening.com) Organizers presented plans for six new “landmark” murals at civic and animal centers plus a community mosaic on the Riverfront Park staircase, and said the festival will include school participation. (citizenportal.ai) Festival leaders have described the event as privately funded while noting prior support from the city’s hotel occupancy tax (CVV/hot tax) for earlier editions of the event. (citizenportal.ai) Returning muralist Floyd Mendoza is among artists associated with the festival in previous years, and local coverage frames this edition as the festival’s continued growth into an annual spring attraction. (kfdm.com) (12newsnow.com) Programming for the weekend includes live mural painting, evening concerts, food trucks and vendor booths according to the Beaumont Convention & Visitors Bureau and event listings. (beaumontcvb.com) (happeningnext.com) The city calendar and local event pages list the downtown/Riverfront Park area as the site and provide organizer contact bmtmuralfest@gmail.com for artist and vendor inquiries. (beaumonteventstx.com) (beaumonttexas.gov)
