The 14th annual Art Beat kicked off with a record breaking number of people in attendance.

Every type of art was available in downtown South Bend from traditional paintings and drawings to dance -- and in case you forgot about them, even flash mobs.

Event coordinators are estimating 12,000 people showed up to see what all of the buzz was about in Downtown South Bend.

And with that many people around, it's a great start for any budding artist to be seen.

“We try to be very inclusive and encourage all levels of artists,” said Kylie Carter, events coordinator for Downtown South Bend. “So we have a lot of artists where this is their first art show. Maybe they've never even really shown their artwork to people. So, we only turn people away if they are not making an earnest effort at making creative works.”

And for folks that aren't familiar with Art Beat traditions, each year some kind of artistic reminder is left in the city.

This year it's a mural of a tree in the alleyway -- now a pocket park behind CJ’s Pub.