Rocky Horror Live: Final Performance

Don't miss the final year of this classic play on Halloween weekend!

The Art of Peace

A worldclass collaboration of local culture, celebrating fashion, art, food and entertainment.

Twilight Zone Live! The Interactive Experience

Do you dare to take the journey to discover what lies beyond? Join us at the Blue Room Theatre for a Haunting Interactive Experience.

Jtown: Come on Down and Question Reality!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk into an altered reality? Well come October, you will get the chance. “Jtown” will be taking ...

Open Studios Tour: Chico, Paradise, Oroville

Local artists open their studios to the public every weekend in October during the Open Studios Tour! Paintings, sculpture, pottery, photographs, gla...

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Thrill the World

Sponsored by Friends of the Arts and organized by Chico teacher Cathy Small, Thrill The World is a worldwide attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance with Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Read More

French Documentary Filmmaker Gerard Ungerman

Gerard Ungerman (right) on location

Recently relocated to Chico, veteran French documentary filmmaker Gerard Ungerman will present some of his work as part of Chico’s Artoberfest 2009 celebration. He will answer questions and speak about both his latest film “BELONGING”, narrated by Dustin Hoffman, and about his current sustainability project focused on Chico. Read More

Welcome

Chico Artoberfest is an annual festival featuring more than 130 events in 31 days during October.

Concerts, live performances, literature, poetry, dance, film and video, visual arts, music, theater, architecture and special events round out the festivities in this beautiful college town. Join us this fall!

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The Big Names

Joan Osborne

Five-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne (“One of Us”) has toured with Taj Mahal, Spearhead, the Dixie Chicks, and Bob Dylan, showcasing her honeyed blues delivery around the world.

Garrison Keillor

True to his radio form, Grammy award-winner, author, and humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor will share his hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and “late-life fatherhood.” With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, Keillor will once again visit Lake Wobegon with his words of wisdom, class, charisma, and humor.

Gillian Welch

“(Welch has a) soulful and expressive voice and an innate grasp of melodies and themes of traditional country music.” – Amazon.com

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The Writing Loft Teams Up With Typing Around Town: Free Writing Seminars

The Writing Loft

Are you ready to unleash your inner writer? Do you need some additional inspiration to get you there? Then you won't want to miss out this exciting literary opportunity!

The Writing Loft, Northern California's only creative writing school, has teamed up with Typing Around Town to educate and encourage aspiring writers throughout the month of October. Every Saturday, different authors will be featured at eacb cafe participating in Typing Around Town. Be sure not to miss out on these free lectures! This is a great way to get those creative juices flowing and start writing your stories about growing up in Chico.

Must See!

Chico Palio

"Palio" is an Italian word that means a horse competition between neighborhoods and communities. Read More

Window Art Project

The 2009 Window Art Project includes 56 local artists partnering with downtown businesses to exhibit their art in storefront windows. Read More

The Turner

The Turner Print Museum is a world-class and internationally known museum of fine art prints. The collection boasts more than 3000 pieces. Read More

#10 Art Town

“When the organizers of Artoberfest, a communitywide and monthlong series of exhibitions, concerts, performances, and art fairs, decided ot have fun with the concept of the Palio di Sienna, a centuries-old horse race around the Piazza del Campo in the Italian town of Sienna, they came up with a winning formula.

“Instead of having various Terzieri (neighborhoods) represented by four-legged thoroughbreds, the Palio di Chico uses the leg power of humans to carry sculptures of race horses around the Downtown City Plaza…” —John Villani

Local Artist?

If you're a local artist and would like to have your artist statement and a photograph of your work on the Artoberfest site, please send your content to us! Electronic submissions only. View Submission Guidelines

Campaign Resources

Partnership Opportunities

Are you interested in becoming a sponsor? There are many levels of support that businesses can make to the Chico Artoberfest campaign. Please download our 2009 Rate & Sponsorship Sheet for full information or call (530) 228-2860.

2009 Rate & Sponsorship Sheet

Campaign Results

Summary reports from past campaigns are part of our accountability process! Check out our success and growth!

2008 Artoberfest Campaign Report (PDF 13.9Mb)
2007 Artoberfest Campaign Report (PDF 13.4Mb)
2006 Artoberfest Campaign Report (PDF 7.6 Mb)

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Rocky Horror Live: Final Performance

The Art of Peace

Twilight Zone Live! The Interactive Experience

Jtown: Come on Down and Question Reality!