Dia de los Muertos Youth Art Show
November 2 @ 8:00 am - December 2 @ 8:00 pm
Free
Downtown Decatur’s 3rd Annual Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration will be Saturday, November 2nd! It will be an all day street festival with lots of events on 2nd Avenue and surrounding streets from 11:00am until 9:00pm.
ACA will again feature a Dia de los Muertos Youth Art Show (grades K-12) in both our buildings. Day of the Dead is the ideal time for students and adult guests to experience the ACA and see that we are not only an institution for visual and performing arts education, but also for cultural enrichment.
November 2 – December 2, 2024
Visual Arts bldg. – Walking Gallery – Dia de los Muertos Youth Art Show wall art
November 2 & 3, 2024 (2 days only)
Performing Arts bldg. – Lobby – 2D & 3D art in addition to over a dozen Ofrendas (altars)
On Saturday, Nov. 2nd, there will be food trucks, music, make and take art activities and more taking place in downtown Decatur as the community celebrates Day of the Dead.
SCHEDULE for Sat., Nov. 2nd, 2025 (subject to change):
10am – Free showing of the movie, Coco, at the Princess Theatre
11am-1pm – Lunch Specials at downtown restaurants
2-3pm – Quinceanera Lead Out (ACA Steps of Performing Arts bldg.)
4pm – Cumbia Social (Free Dance Lesson & Social at ACA Steps)
5-9pm – Food Trucks on 2nd Avenue
5pm – Band begins
5-7pm – Art Activities at ACA provided by Carnegie Visual Arts Center
6pm – Cultural Dancers
7:30pm – High School Dance Competition in front of Princess Theatre
9pm – Event ends