48 Blocks
48 Blocks Festival
Saturday, September 20, 2025
10 am–10 pm
Don’t miss Atlantic City Arts Foundation’s free all-day art festival on September 20th!
One day. One place. A full-tilt celebration of Atlantic City’s creative spirit—featuring live music, art demos, exhibiting vendors, food, activities, and stories from all 48 blocks. 🧃🦜
COURTSIDE STAGE
Presented by Anchor Rock Club
SNACKTIME ✌︎ Grupo La Nueva Era ✌︎ Jimmy Cuzzie
Saturn Daze ✌︎ Te Vista ✌︎ CJ Sooy & The Rain Dawgs ✌︎ West Meadow Dwellers
Full Event Schedule Coming Soon!
Mural Tours, Live Music, Performances, Exhibiting Vendors, Art Demos, Food, & Activities
FESTIVAL GROUNDS
Uptown Park & Fisherman’s Park
420 Melrose Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
FREE PARKING
at Uptown School Complex
323 Madison Ave
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
48 Blocks Festival is supported in-part by funding through the NJEDA’s A.R.T. – Phase I Grant Program. Additional support from NJCRDA, City of Atlantic City, and Inlet CDC.
48 Blocks is a program of the Atlantic City Arts Foundation, dedicated to bringing public art to every Atlantic City neighborhood, made possible by our networks of artists, volunteers, donors, and community partners. It includes the 48 Blocks Festival and Atlantic City’s largest mural arts program.
Why “48 Blocks”?
Did you know Atlantic City spans 48 blocks? Public art created for 48 Blocks can be found in every neighborhood in the city—murals, adirondack chairs, and planters. The festival incorporates projects by residents and visitors, all intended to celebrate Atlantic City.
48 Blocks Festival
One day. One place. A full-tilt celebration of Atlantic City’s creative spirit—featuring art, live performances, and stories from all 48 blocks 🧃🦜
48 Blocks Festival is a fully-loaded festival, complete with two stages of local live music, theater, and poetry, a full schedule of art activities and demonstrations, a marketplace of exhibiting artists and vendors, social service resources, restaurant pop-ups, and most importantly, you.
This festival is dedicated to the diverse and unique; to the beautiful and strange; the beloved and misunderstood: to the artist in us all.
Evolving from a citywide public arts initiative, 48 Blocks Festival is a culmination of Atlantic City’s creative energy presented as a free day-long celebration of art, culture, and community, where everyone is invited and participation is encouraged.
How to Participate
48 Blocks Festival: There are opportunities for vending, exhibiting art, performing, interactive workshop & demonstrations restaurants, social services & community partners, and volunteers.
Public Art: We offer opportunities to create murals and other public art installations throughout the year.
Subscribe to our newsletter to be notified of opportunities.
Mural Map
Discover murals in Atlantic City using our interactive map. There are over 100!
Adirondack Chairs + Planters
Find artistic chairs and planter boxes across the Boardwalk and in O’Donnell Memorial Park.
48 Blocks AC Virtual Library
Experience the projects from 48 Blocks AC 2020 virtual event on-demand.
Mural Videos
Watch the transformation of Atlantic City through our mural arts program videos.
Header Photo: Ruben Garcia / © ACAF 2019