A mural painted by Houston-based Emily Ding during last year’s SHINE Mural Festival. Mural located at 100 7th Street South in downtown St. Pete | stpeteartsalliance.org

9/23/2022 Update: We are less than a month away from the SHINE Mural Festival and new information continues to roll in! We’ve updated this article with the location of this year’s murals and a list of six Bright Spot murals.

From cooling temperatures to early sunsets, pumpkin patches to pumpkin spice lattes, there are numerous things that signify fall in the Sunshine City. But our most anticipated sign of fall is always the SHINE Mural Festival, which takes place every October on the streets of St. Pete.

The SHINE Mural Festival returns for its eighth year on October 14-23, 2022. The internationally recognized street art festival will bring 17 new murals to the art districts and surrounding neighborhoods of St. Petersburg’s downtown, adding to more than 100 SHINE murals that already exist.

The 2022 artist lineup features seven international artists, one national artist, and seven Florida artists. The full list of participating artists can be found below.

The CARMADA Street Carnival will kick off the festival on Saturday, October 15th from 10 am - 3 pm in Childs Park at 4300 11th Avenue South. The carnival will feature live art car painting, the NOMAD Art Bus activities, make-your-own mini art car, and more.

In addition to the festival’s 17 main murals, there will also be six Bright Spot murals painted this year by local artists:

Jason Harvin (Wayward Walls) will be painting an asphalt intersection mural in Childs Park
Chad Mize and a select group of local artists and community groups will be repainting the concrete barricades along the Pinellas Trail near 20th Street South
Alyssa Marie is back with another community paint-by-numbers mural at St. PetersBark at 3001 Central Ave
The Vitale Bros will be donating a three-story residential mural to Parc, a non-profit organization serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Nneka Jones will live paint a vehicle at the SHINE kick-off event hosted by Carmada.
Amy Ilic-Volpe will transform a Polaris Slingshot with her stunning bright colors and patterns.

A finale party will take place on October 22nd. Details to be announced in the coming weeks.

Be sure to follow the SHINE Mural Festival on Instagram and Facebook for the latest updates. A map of the mural locations will be released closer to the start of the event on the festival’s official website.