Outdoor Mural/Music Festival: It's a Wrap
Festival Overview
MillHouse and the Cotton Mill Partners thank you for attending our 3nd juried OUTDOOR Mural Festival at the McKinney Cotton Mill. We now have 33 murals adorning the historic Cotton Mill facility. Come by for a tour.
NOTE: We're pausing MuralFest to tackle new projects. Stay tuned.
HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR 2024 EVENT:
Featured muralist: Alex Bugg of Littleton, Colorado.
MuralFest is a family-friendly festival with live music, food, and drinks and artists painting live while you watch. Free admission.
The HEB Helping Here Music Stage offered a full lineup of musicians performing throughout the festival. Muralists will paint on either side of the stage. The Community Canvas paint station offered participants an opportunity to add to the collaborative mural designed by MillHouse Gallery Artists Dana Brock and Gail Delger.
Food and drinks was provided by Luchas Tacos, Oopsie Scoopsie Ice Cream, and Boozy Bar Dallas; as well as coffee and snacks at White Box Roastery inside the Cotton Mill.
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MURALIST MENTOR ALLI KOCH OF ALLIKDESIGN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU!
Festival Hosts
MillHouse Foundation partners with the Cotton Mill Partners to offer art festivals to showcase local and regional talent, and to bring art patrons to historic McKinney to shop, eat, and enjoy our marvelous city. Sister nonprofits, MillHouse Foundation and MillHouse McKinney, operate out of the Cotton Mill to lift up micro-business women in creative fields.
The McKinney Cotton Mill is a century-old property that has played a vital role in the McKinney community. The industrial equipment and unique features that once made the place the largest denim manufacturer in the World still remains today, making it a one-of-a-kind destination for artists, businesses, weddings, corporate events, and art festivals.
Funding and in-kind support is provided by the Cotton Mill Partners, McKinney Arts Commission, Visit McKinney, McKinney Community Development Corporation, and festival sponsors, listed below.
Rosie the Camper design by Artist Nolan Mueller
MillHouse Muralfest 2024 Rosie the Vintage Camper design by Artist Nolan Mueller, sponsored by MNC Candle Co
MuralFest Music Stage: Sponsored By HEB Helping Here
Ginny Mac
Travelin Jed Band
Abram Olivas
Ginny Mac, FRIDAY VIP Reception performer, brings a fresh twist to Country & Western Swing vocals and instrumentals
Abram Olivas
Travelin Jed Band
Abram Olivas
SATURDAY June 1 at 10 am
DFW Bassist, composer, arranger, educator
HUD Field economist
Erick Fayard
Travelin Jed Band
Travelin Jed Band
SATURDAY June 1 at 12 pm
Singer-Songwriter, REALTOR®, Recruiter, Ambassador.
Travelin Jed Band
Travelin Jed Band
Travelin Jed Band
SATURDAY,June 1 at 2:15 pm
Travelin' Jed Band offers blues, soul, and rock n' roll.
Amanda Riley
Festival Emcees
Aaron Whitman
SUNDAY, June 2 at 10 am
Amanda's soulful voice is insired by Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Alicia Keys.
Aaron Whitman
Festival Emcees
Aaron Whitman
SUNDAY June 2 at 12 pm
Dallas-based award-winning saxohonist, multi-intrumentalist, and music producer.
Rachel Stacy
Festival Emcees
Festival Emcees
SUNDAY June 2 at 2:15 pm
Rachel fuses blues and country with vocals accompanied by guitar and fiddle.
Festival Emcees
Festival Emcees
Festival Emcees
MuralFest Celebrity Emcees Celeste Seitz and Markus Lloyd will host this year's festival from the HEB Helping Here Stage.
Event Photos
Our Partners & Sponsors
Food & Drink Vendors
SPECIAL THANKS TO 2023 MURAL SPONSORS!
The Cotton Mill Partners
Lori and Raj Bhargava
David & Barbara Kelly
LuAnne Malnory, Bottle Britches LLC
Bruce and Shelly Mead
Stacy De La Cruz, RE/MAX Dallas Suburbs
Dana Brock Art
33 Restaurant Group
Wayne & Connie Luna and Family
The Body Shop Collision Repair
Beth Beck for Bailey Elizabeth Brown
Benchmark Bank
Judy Moody
Visit McKinney
McKinney Christian Academy
Funding and In-Kind Support provided by Partners & Sponsors.
August 23-24, 2025: 11 am- 5 pm
Spend your weekend with us at this year's SUMMER INDOOR ArtFest. You can shop with fine artists, jewelers, potters, woodworkers, photographers, fiber artists, and more showcased against the gorgeous century-old architecture of the Cotton Mill facility, built in 1910.