After a Year Delay, This International Mural Fest Is Officially Coming to RiNo

Last year, Denver muralist Ally Grimm, aka A.L. Grime, joined forces with World Wide Walls — then known as Pow! Wow! — to bring its international mural festival to the Mile High City under the name Denver Walls in September 2022. She’d painted for the festival’s 2021 iteration in her hometown of Washington, D.C., and was encouraged to share the event with Denver, which she thought had a more diverse array of artists and styles. But the festival never materialized, given a lack of funding and “extenuating circumstances,” she said at the time.

But now the writing’s on the wall: The RiNo Art District is partnering with Denver Walls to host the renowned mural festival in RiNo for ten days in 2023, from September 22 through October 3. The nonprofit district will be the presenting…