Race for the Arts 5K

Join us for the 27th annual Race for the Arts, benefiting California nonprofit performing, literary, cultural, and visual arts organizations and school music, literary, drama, and art programs. Enjoy the shady racecourse at William Land Park. Come out for the exercise or run or walk to support your favorite program.

The following California nonprofit arts organizations and school programs have benefited from Race for the Arts over the past 20 years, receiving 100% of pledges designated to them.

The list of Beneficiaries can keep growing, here is how to have your organization/school listed:

1. Collect Pledges
2. Designate Organization or School Program on Entry Form. There is a space to write in your organization/school that is not already listed on Entry Form.

As long as they are listed on the entry form, they will receive 100% of pledges designated to them. DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1, 2024. They must be a California nonprofit visual, performing, cultural, literary or culinary arts organization and/or a school music, drama, art, literary or culinary arts program.

Albert Einstein Middle School
Alternative Arts Collective
Antelope Crossing Middle School Band
Antelope High School
Antelope Meadows Elementary Art Docent Program
Archoe Elementary (Herald, Ca)
Arts Reach San Diego
Asian Community Center of Sacramento
Asian Pacific Community
Counseling/Groundworks
B Street Theater
Big Idea Theatre
Blue Oaks Parent Teacher Club
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Sacramento
Bradshaw Christian School
Bravo Bach Festival
Broadway Arts Festival
CASS/TTSR (Community Activity Support Services for adults with developmental disabilities)
California Consultancy for Arts Education
California Musical Theater
California Wind Orchestra
Camellia Symphony Orchestra
Camellia Waldorf
Camerata California
Capitol Ballet Company
Capitol Chamber Players
Capitol Opera
Capitol Pops Concert Band
Capital Stage
Center for Contemporary Art
Center High School Music Department
Chalk It Up Sacramento
Chanteuses
Charles Mack Elementary School
Children’s Bereavement Art Group
Children’s Theater of California at the B Street
Theater
Children’s Theatre
Christian Brothers HS-FOTA
Civic Theatre West (Magic)
Classical Masters Music Festival
Community Asian Theater of Sierra
Contemporary A Capella Society
Core Dance Collective
Cosumnes Oaks High School
Courtyard School
Coyote Ridge Elementary
Creative Connections Arts Academy
Crocker Art Museum
Crockett-Deane Ballet
CSUS Theatre and Dance
CSUC String Project
David Lubin Elementary
Davis Musical Theatre Company
Deane Dance Center
Del Ora High School Dance
Delta Elementary Charter School
Detering Arts Resource Team
Developmental Disabilities Service Organization
Dewey Fundamental School
El Dorado Arts Council
Elk Grove Artists
Elk Grove High School Marching Band
Eureka Schools Foundation
Fair Oaks Recreation Foundation
Fairbanks Elementary School
Fairfield Suisan Unified School
Fantasy Theatre for Children
Folsom Arts Association
Folsom Civic Ballet Theatre
Folsom High Art Department
Foulks Ranch Art Docent Program
Friends of Lincoln Library
Friends of SMAC
Galena Street East
Galt Liberty Unified Ensembles
Gold Country Orchestra
Granite Bay High School Emerald Brigade
Boosters
Grant Union High School /VAPA Dept.
Greater Broadway Partnership Arts Festival
Habitot Children’s Museum
Harris Center for the Arts
Hawkins School of Performing Arts
Health Professions High Choir
International Documentary Association “Godlove”
Jackson Elementary School
Jesuit High School Fine Arts Program
JFK High School Arts Department
John Morse Guild
John Still Middle School
Kala Art Institute
La Raza Galleria Posada
Lambda Players
Language Academy of Sacramento
Music & Health Program
League of Sacramento Theaters
Leonardo DaVinci – PTC
Lillie’s Learning Place
Lots-Light Opera Theatre of Sacramento
McClatchy High School HISP
McClatchy High School Music Boosters
Magic Circle Theater
Marble Valley Center for the Arts
Marcum-Illinois Elementary School Band
Matrix Arts
Marysville Charter Academy
Meadowview Enhancement Center
Merced County Arts Council
Merryhill-Eastern
Met High School
Miriam Gray Acting Studio
Monterey Trail High School
Monterey Trail High School Drama Club
Mother Lode Performing Arts Co.
Musical Mayhem Productions
Mystic Sun Studio
Natomas Charter School
Navigator Elementary
Nevada County Arts Council
New Helvetia Theatre
North Country Elementary School Band
Oak Ridge High School Dance Team
Oakmont High School Dance/Drill Team
Old Sacramento Living History Museum
PCOE Homestudy (Placer County Office of
Education)
Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet
Phantom Galleries
Phares Theatre Ballet
Placer Art League
PS7, St. Hope Public School
Raices de mi Terra
Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band
Riddley Gallery, Sierra College
Rio Americano High School
River City Chorale
Riverbells
Rocklin Academy Music Program
Rosemont High School Music Booster
Roseville Arts Center
Roseville High School Music Boosters
Roseville Performing Arts Studio
Roseville Theatre Arts Academy
Runaway Stage Production
S.E.E.A.R.T
Sacramento Artists Council
Sacramento Ballet Association
Sacramento Baroque
Sacramento Children’s Chorus
Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra
Sacramento Community Concert Association
Sacramento County Office of Education
Sacramento CUSD
Sacramento Fine Arts Center
Sacramento Food Bank – Women’s Project
Sacramento Gay Men’s Choir
Sacramento Guitar Society
Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Sacramento Klown Alley, Inc.
Sacramento Mandarins Drum & Bugle Corp
Sacramento Master Singers
Sacramento Opera Association
Sacramento Philharmonic League
Sacramento Poetry Center
Sacramento Sheriff’s Community Impact
Sacramento State String Project
Sacramento Symphonic Winds
Sacramento Theatre Company
Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Foundation
Sacramento Valley Chorus
Sacramento Valley Sweet Adeline’s
Sacramento Women’s Chorus
Sacramento Youth Chorus
Sacramento Youth Symphony
Sacred Heart School Art Docent Program
Sheldon High School Band, Elk Grove USD
Sierra Mountain Music Camp
Silverado Middle School Band
Sinag-Tala Filipino Theater and Performing
Arts Assn.
SMAC-Sierra Branch (Suzuki Music School
Association)
Small Difference Women’s Chorus
Sojourner Truth Art Center
Spirit in the Arts
SPLURGE
Stages – Northern California Performing Arts
Staging A Miracle FUMC
St. Patrick Academy
Stockard Coffee Elementary
Suzuki Music Association of California
Tahoe Elementary Choir Program
Taylor Street Elementary School
The Ballroom of Sacramento
Tiny Tots Preschool
Toby Johnson Middle School Electives
Tower of Youth Media Arts
Toyon Middle School Advanced Choir
Toyon Middle School Drama Department
Training Towards Self Reliance
UC Davis Early Music Ensemble
Vallejo Charter School
VAPAC
Verge Center for the Arts
Vista Del Lago Music Boosters
Wellspring Women’s Center
West Campus Marching Band
West Sacramento Art Guild
West Sacramento Community Orchestra
Wind Youth Center Art Program
Women’s Wisdom Art
Woodcreek High School Band Boosters
Woodcreek High School Dance
Woodland Opera House
Woodland Prairie Elementary
Yolo County Arts Council

Promote your upcoming season, arts organization / school program with a free Booth at the 25th Annual Race for the Arts!  A Booth is a 10′ x 10′ tent, 6′ table and two chairs – each organization / school will have their own Booth to decorate, display and provide hands-on activities.

More fun for participants and what better way to promote! You may sell items that represent your organization, but you must have your own resale license.

Download and fill out a Booth Reservation Form, and please return via:

Fax: (916) 966-8907 OR
Email: sallyrice@RacefortheArts.com

The Arts, School Programs, Media or Sponsorship:

For information on sponsorship, arts, performances, entertainment or vendors, contact Sally Rice:

P. O. Box 799
Folsom, CA 95763
Tel: (916) 966-8893 / Cell: (916) 715-9711
Fax: (916) 966-8907
E-mail: sallyrice@raceforthearts.com

Registration & Volunteers

For information on registration, teams or volunteers, please contact Capital Road Race

chris@capitalroadrace.com
(916) 492-8966

Join us for the 26th annual Race for the Arts, benefiting California nonprofit performing, literary, cultural, and visual arts organizations and school music, literary, drama, and art programs. Enjoy the shady racecourse at William Land Park. Come out for the exercise or run or walk to support your favorite program.

Race Location

Race for the Arts takes place in William Land Park near the Sacramento Zoo on Land Park Dr at 15th Ave. 

Pre-Race Packet Pickup

Fleet Feet Sacramento
Friday, August 22, 2025
2311 J st., Sacramento
10:00am – 5:00pm

Race Day Packet Pickup

Near the race start/finish line at Land Park Dr. and 15th Ave
7:00am – 8:15am

Parking

Neighborhood parking is available near the race location, as well as parking on 15th Ave across from Fairytale Land

Event Schedule

7:00am - Registration and Packet Pickup open
8:10am - Kids’ ¼ mile and ½ mile fun runs
8:33am - National Anthem - Sacramento Gay Men's Chorus
8:35am - 5K Start
9:00am - Performances start (schedule TBA)

Event Features

• Event t-shirt
• Finisher medal
• Professionally timed with age group awards (top 3 in each division) 
• Post-race arts festival with entertainment and food

5K Course

Prefer to collect pledges offline? No problem! 

Its easy as 1, 2, 3.

1. Download Pledge Form
2. Collect Pledges and designate where you want your pledges to go
3. Mail Pledge Form and pledges in. Deadline: October 1st, 2024

Raise money for your favorite organization and mail in your payments to the address below. Download a Pledge Form to print, and make as many copies as you need for members of your organization or school. TIP: You can obtain pledges through websites, newsletters, board meetings, incentives, teams, families, friends, co-workers, and challenges.

*Please note that Pledges are separate from the Entry Fee.  You can make Pledges in any amount to your designated nonprofit California visual, cultural,  performing, culinary, literary arts organization or school program.  They receive 100% of the Pledges designated to them on the Pledge Form.

Pledges may be turned in on Race Day, or mailed anytime before October 1, 2024 to:

Race for the Arts
P. O. Box 799
Folsom, CA 95763

Please make checks payable to “Race for the Arts.” Be sure to designate the organization or school you want your donations to benefit. Contributions not earmarked for a specific group are directed to the Race for the Arts Endowment Fund.

Land Park Amphitheatre Stage

8:30 – 9:00 am        Neil Nayyor

9:00 – 9:15 am        Sac Civic Ballet

9:15 – 9:45 am        McClatchy High School Band

9:45 -10:00 am       River City Chorale

10:00 – 10:20 am   McKeever School of Irish Dance

10:25 – 10:40 am   Backstage Performing Arts

10:45 – 10:55 am   St Francis High School Band

10:55 – 11:10 am   Sac Civic Ballet

11:15 – 11:30 am   Sco Dance Sacramento

Showcase your arts organization/school! Sign up to perform at the 25th Annual Race for the Arts

Download and fill out a Performance Participation Form, and please return via:

Fax: (916) 966-8907 OR
Email: sallyrice@RacefortheArts.com

2024 Results

2023 Results