Hoodoo Mural Festival returns Saturday for a second year at its new home, Arts in the Sunset.
“It is just a fun-filled day where people can watch art being made, watch the muralists painting, enjoy music by not only local bands, but also pretty up-and-coming, outstanding artists. And then we have really fun, interactive activities. So it’s definitely family friendly,” said Rachel Flores, Arts in the Sunset executive director and Hoodoo board member.
Several nationally known muralists will create new works of art on the walls at Arts in the Sunset and, in the next several weeks, in other locations around the city, including the Amarillo Zoo, Margaret WIlls Elementary School and, if everything works out, on the side of a Maverick Boys & Girls Club bus, Flores said.
“One of the things we wanted to do differently this wear was to have more murals that were community-focused. We don’t just want to forever put them on the walls at Arts in the Sunset,” Flores said. “We wanted to make sure that we were doing the meaningful murals that we were trying to accomplish this year, even if they don’t get painted during the week of Hoodoo.”
The festival also will feature music on two stages and inside the Vermillion Gallery, the Brick & Elm Food Truck Alley, and booths from area vendors and nonprofits.
The party runs from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $25 plus fees or $125 plus fees for VIP tickets.
Kicking things off is a “Meet the Muralists” panel discussion at 6 p.m. Friday featuring artists Megan Oldhues, Egypt Hagan, Anna Charney, Christian Stanley, Clayton Spaulding, Raela Ornelas and Shanda Fletcher, facilitated by Brick & Elm co-publisher Jason Boyett. Admission is free, and Redd & The Paper Flowers will perform following the panel. Food trucks Coach’s Cocina and the Tap Truck will provide food and drinks for the evening.
For information, visit hoodoomural.com.
This week’s other can’t-miss options:
Amarillo Tri-State Fair & Rodeo: times vary through Saturday; 3301 S.E. 10th Ave.; ticket prices vary; 806-376-7767
Circus Golden Star: times vary through Sunday; Westgate Mall, 7701 W. Interstate 40; ticket prices vary; 800-756-8048
Roger Hodges: 6 p.m. Tuesday; Hummers Sports Café, 2600 Paramount Blvd., Suite B2; 806-353-0723
Andy Chase & Friends: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; 575 Pizzeria, 2803 Civic Circle; 806-322-5575
The Solano Project: 6 p.m. Wednesday; Smokey Joe’s, 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698
Amarillo Jazz Society Big Band: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday; Six Car Pub & Brewery, 625 S. Polk St.; 806-576-3396
HPPR Living Room Concert with Ali Holder: 7 p.m. Wednesday; Chalice Abbey, 2717 Stanley St., Suite A; $15 suggested donation; 806-576-2480
Rocky Shaw art exhibition: 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday; White Shirt Art Gallery, 619 S. Tyler St.; 806-352-8222
Strange Whiskey Project: 6 p.m. Thursday; Smokey Joe’s, 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698
West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. Thursday; Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall in Canyon; free; 806-651-2840
Alfred Robles: Vatos with Gatos: 8 p.m. Thursday; Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Buchanan St.; tickets $44 to $55; 806-378-3096
Giovannie & The Hired Guns: 8 p.m. Thursday; The Lumberyard, 850 N. 23rd St. in Canyon; tickets $29 to $53; 806-804-3000
Steel Magnolias screenings: 5 p.m. all-ages, 8 p.m. 21 and up; Don Harrington Discovery Center, 1200 Streit Drive; admission $5 at 5 p.m., $10 at 8 p.m.; 806-355-9547
Vintage: 7:30 p.m. Friday; Shark Beach Burgers, 1505 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1151; no cover; 806-335-5644
Black Sunday Revival: 8 p.m. Friday; Bomb City Distillery; 306 S. Cleveland St.; 806-220-2662
Innovacion: 8 p.m. Friday; Bliss Horizon, 9700 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1151; cover; 806-676-8256
Moon Dog: 8 p.m. Friday; Smokey Joe’s, 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698
Steven Birkenfeld: 8 p.m. Friday; West Texas Sports Grill, 1512 Fifth Ave., Suite 204, in Canyon; 806-452-7135
The Toadies: 8 p.m. Friday; The Lumberyard, 850 N. 23rd St. in Canyon; tickets $48.20; 806-804-3000
Brother & The Hayes: 9 p.m. Friday; Golden Light Cantina, 2906 S.W. Sixth Ave.; cover; 806-374-9237
Logan Ellis & The Fever Dream: 9 p.m. Friday; Blind Pig, 609 S. Independence St.; cover; 806-412-4251
Mark Patterson: 9:30 p.m. Friday; The Vault, 5001 S.W. 51st Ave.; no cover
Canyon Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday; Fourth Avenue and 15th Street in Canyon; 806-567-0746
25th Annual Panhandle Down Syndrome Guild Buddy Walk: 10 a.m. Saturday; Sam Houston Park, 4101 Line Ave.; registration fee to walk; 806-670-1568
32nd Annual Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; Saints’ Roost Museum, 610 E. Harrington St. in Clarendon; admission free, $25 per plate; 806-874-2746
Gee’s Family Farms: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; continues through Oct. 31; 7651 S. Whitaker Road; admission $7; 806-346-5899
Ink & Anime Con: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; Amarillo Civic Center Complex North Recital Hall, 401 S. Buchanan St.; 806-378-3096
Maxwell’s Pumpkin Farm: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday; continues through Nov. 1; 12908 S. Bell St.; admission prices vary; 806-373-9600
Sad Monkey Oktoberfest: noon to 9 p.m. Saturday; Sad Monkey Mercantile, 9800 Texas Highway 217; 800-692-1338
End of Summer Party: 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday; Smokey Joe’s, 2903 S.W. Sixth Ave.; 806-331-6698
Karma: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; Shark Beach Burgers, 1505 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1151; no cover; 806-335-5644
Rak-45: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; Crush, 627 S. Polk St.; 806-418-2011
Boss Texas Band: 9 p.m. Saturday; Broken Spoke Lounge, 3101 S.W. Sixth Ave.; no cover; 806-373-9149
The Buster Bledsoe Band: 9 p.m. Saturday; Western Horseman Club, 2501 E. Interstate 40; cover; 806-379-6555, Ext. 2999
Pug Johnson: 9 p.m. Saturday; Golden Light Cantina, 2906 S.W. Sixth Ave.; cover; 806-374-9237
Golden Tiki Pirate Party: 10 p.m. Saturday; RR Bar, 701 S. Georgia St.; 806-342-9000
HOA … No! Murder Mystery Dinner: 4 p.m. Sunday; Amarillo Magic Co., 5208 S Western, Suite 300; tickets $70, plus fees; 806-414-2082
Andy Chase & Friends: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29; 575 Pizzeria, 2803 Civic Circle; 806-322-5575
Email submissions to info@brickandelm.com.
Movie options:
Opening Thursday: nature documentary Deep in the Heart 2: A Texas River Story, animated adventure Forgotten Island, action drama Heart of the Beast and current-events drama Primetime (Cinemark Hollywood 16, 9100 Canyon Drive, and Cinergy, 9201 Cinergy Square)
Special engagements: faith-based documentary Heaven in Stone and Glass (Hollywood 16); blockbuster Avengers: Endgame Encore (opens Thursday, Hollywood 16 and Cinergy); faith-based documentary No Limbs, No Limits: The NickV Story (opens Friday, Hollywood 16); Princess Mononoke (Saturday, Sunday and Sept. 30, Hollywood 16)
