Florida Art & Craft Festivals
Celebrating art is a centuries old tradition that Florida is proud to carry on. Visual art takes on many forms, and it is important to celebrate it in all its amazing variations. Likewise, crafting in a long revered practice. Come join us to celebrate Florida arts and crafts!
Events
October 19 - 21, 2018
Location: Niceville, Florida
Welcome to Boggy Country! What’s our recipe for success? Start with a savory assortment of food, including tons of tasty mullet. Add a unique selection of handmade arts and crafts, then throw in thrilling amusement rides and games. Top it all off with top-notch musical entertainment, and you’ve got one of the most enduring festivals in the Southeast! It’s three days full of fun for the whole family, and you won’t want to miss a minute!
October 20, 2018 - January 20, 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
This celebration of public art promotes video, film, and performance in urban spaces every year!
October 20 - 21, 2018
Location: Orange Park, Florida
The Town of Orange Park Fall Festival is Clay County’s oldest and largest Arts and Crafts Festival featuring 2 days of fun family activities with over 200 artists, vendors, entertainment, kids zone and great food.
October 27 - 28, 2018
Location: Cholokka Boulevard, Micanopy, Florida
Fall festival with the true Florida small town traditions. Local artists, crafters, musicians, and lots of activities for the whole family.
October 27 - 28, 2018
Location: Mount Dora, Florida
The Streets of Mount Dora fill with amazing vendors selling all kinds of unique art during this fun and artsy festival!
November 2 - 4, 2018
Location: Downtown Pensacola’s Historic Seville Square
The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is a three-day, juried art show that draws more than 200 of the nation's best painters, potters, sculptors, jewelers, graphic artists, craftsmen and other artists.
November 3 - 4, 2018
Location: Lake Eola Park, Orlando, Florida
Twice a year, Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando hosts one of the state's largest art festivals. Here you will find tons of food, craft, and other types of vendors surrounding the lake once in the Spring and once in the Fall.
November 3, 2018
Location: Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, Florida
This is an art and dance festival celebrating Indian culture and heritage. It showcases performers and artists of all ages!
November 9 - 12, 2018
Location: Venice Airport Fairgrounds, Venice, Florida
Mark your calendars and come out for the largest gathering of eminent pavement artists creating masterpieces on pavement in chalk.
November 10, 2018
Location: Downtown Miami, Florida
Enjoy a stroll along the Miami River while you browse vendors and experience so much of what makes Miami culture unique including a boat parade.
November 16 - 18, 2018
Location: Jensen Beach, Florida
This festival was originally a celebration of the pineapple heritage of this area. It has since grown into so much more. It is one of Florida's biggest street festivals with amazing music, food, carnival rides and so much more.
November 17 - 18, 2018
Location: Deland, Florida
Voted “Best Florida Outdoor Fine Art Festival” by Florida Living, this festival is an event that shouldn't be missed by any art lovers!
November 17 - 18, 2018
Location: Tamiami Park, Miami, Florida
Celebrate the fall season and South Florida's best weather of the year with a harvest festival that's fun for the whole family!
November 24 - 25, 2018
Location: Francis Field in Uptown, St. Augustine, Florida
Outdoor art fair that is a Thanksgiving tradition attracting thousands of visitors, discerning art collectors and savvy holiday shoppers. The event helps support the Art Association programs, while animating the local arts scene and boosting the economy of the nation's oldest city.
December 1 - 2, 2018
Location: Downtown Gainesville, Florida
Come out to historic downtown Gainesville for a celebration of art and creativity, live music, performing arts and great food.
January 12 - 13, 2019
Location: Cape Coral, Florida
This festival has been serving as the top cultural festival for Lee county since its conception in 1985. Here you can listen to music to music from all different genres and be immersed in a world of art.
January 18 - 20, 2019
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Celebrate the artistic style of art deco in one of the most art deco places in the world. This festival features over 85 individual events within three action packed days. This cultural festival certainly has something everyone can enjoy!
January 25 - 27, 2019
Location: Riverside Park, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
This highly regarded art festival brings over 200 artists from all over the country together to showcase tons of amazing artwork. Here you will also find live music and hands on art projects to help you really get involved.
January 26 - 27, 2019
Location: Whitehead and Caroline Streets, Key West, Florida
This outdoor craft festival brings talented artists to beautiful downtown Key West to show off their works. browse over 100 vendors while you enjoy the other amazing things this island has to offer!
January 26 - February 3, 2019
Location: Eatonville, Florida
Celebrated Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston was born in 1891 in Eatonville, Florida. Since 1990, her hometown has been holding this arts festival in her honor. It celebrates arts of all kind and its effect on the town of Eatonville.
February 1 - 3, 2019
Location: Downtown Fort Myers, Florida
Head to Fort Myers for the biggest art festival in Southwest Florida! This waterfront festival offers amazing art of all kinds from artists all over the country. You'll also find great food, fun activities for the whole family, and plenty of opportunities to meet the artists.
February 2 - 3, 2019
Location: Florida Classic Park, Brooksville, Florida
This festival celebrates the Native American culture of Brooksville and across the nation! Here you will find Native American performers and vendors selling tons of authentic Native American art and hand crafted goods.
February 2 - 3, 2019
Location: Marathon Community Park, Marathon, Florida
This festival allows you to enjoy amazing art and to help support the tiny historic island in the keys, Pigeon Key. It is a great way to meet amazing artists and see some of their work while you enjoy the perfect weather of the keys in the winter!
February 9 - 10, 2019
Location: Downtown Sarasota
This festival takes over downtown Sarasota for a weekend of amazing art and culture. It is consistently ranked one of the top 100 Fine Art Shows by Sunshine Artist Magazine. It will feature amazing art by artists from all over the country!
February 16 - 17, 2019
Location: Sanibel Island
This festival brings together amazing artists from all over the country. Bid on amazing one-of-a-kind art works as you walk through the tree lined art show. All proceeds go to support the arts in the local community and beyond.
March 2 - 3, 2019
Location: Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Downtown Tampa + Kiley Garden, Tampa, Florida
One of the most prestigious art festivals in the country, Gasparilla brings together some of the best artists from all over the country to show their work and compete for over $70,000 of prize money.
March 2 - 3, 2019
Location: Oval Park, Lake Mary, Florida
This festival is one of Seminole County's best art events of the year, promoting arts of all kinds! It will feature tons of artists from the local area and beyond, plus live entertainment and food trucks!
March 15 - 17, 2019
Location: Central Park and along Park Avenue, Winter Park, Florida
One of the nations oldest outdoor art festivals, this event has been going strong since 1960. It is a juried display of some of the best artists from all around the world. Here you can enjoy the beauty of downtown Winter Park while you enjoy amazing art!
March 30 - 31, 2019
Location: Frost Park, Dania Beach, Florida
Check out this event for amazing live music, a juried art show, tons of delicious seafood, and more family friendly activities to enjoy.
April 6 - 7, 2019
Location: Downtown Gainesville, Florida
Sponsored by Santa Fe College, this festival is a celebration of all kinds of art in the center of downtown Gainesville.
April 12 - 14, 2019
Location: Downtown Delray Beach, Florida
This is the largest arts & craft festival in the Southeast United States. Stroll the palm tree lined streets of downtown while you browse an eclectic mix of arts and crafts!
April 12 - 14, 2019
Location: Cascades Park, Tallahassee, Florida
This is an occasion to celebrate music and literature of all kinds. It features tons of writers and musicians and explores how the two disciplines can work together.
April 13 - 14, 2019
Location: Lakeridge Winery, Clermont, Florida
Listen to amazing blues music while you taste the delicious wine and cheese this area has to offer!
April 20 - 21, 2019
Location: Brownwood Paddock Square, The Villages, Florida
One of the best annual traditions of the area, this festival gives locals and visitors the chance to meet artists from all over the nation and purchase their art work.
April 20 - 21, 2019
Location: New Haven Avenue, Melbourne, Florida
This is a juried art show featuring more than 140 artists from the local area and around the country. Enjoy the art while you enjoy the beautiful outdoor environment.
April 20 - 21, 2019
Location: Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg, Florida
This is one of the best cultural events of the year in this area! Performing arts and visual arts come together for an amazing experience.
April 25 - 27, 2019
Location: Wynwood, Miami, Florida
This festival celebrates everything that makes Miami's art district special! Live music and live painting demonstrations from top artists provide the entertainment while local craft vendors and food trucks give you a taste of the area.
April 27 - 28, 2019
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Enjoy the beautiful northern Florida spring while you stroll downtown Tallahassee at this fun art festival. Here you will find live entertainment, local food trucks and vendors, and libations served at the WXYZ Bar by Aloft.
May 2 - 5, 2019
Location: Downtown West Palm Beach, Florida
The largest 5 day waterfront music & art festival in Florida, with 3 stages that span across the West Palm Beach waterfront featuring 50 bands, arts and crafts, and great food.
May 2 - 11, 2019
Location: Historic Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
The Tampa International Fringe Festival…
Is Tampa’s first open-access, uncensored, international fringe theatre festival. Winner of the 2017 Creative Loafing Best of the Bay award for BEST MOMENT WHEN LOCAL THEATER TURNED A CORNER!
Our second annual festival takes place May 3-12, 2018, right in the heart of Tampa's Ybor City historic district, and we will be holding our annual lottery on December 11th at Bad Monkey in Ybor City.
If you're an artist, you can perform on the fringe! If you're a member of the public, we have loads of events and shows for you to check out!
May 3 - 5, 2019
Location: Key West, Florida
Human-Powered art sculptures take over Key West during this amazing festival! This is a parade unlike any other that features art in motion. You can make a sculpture to be a part of parade yourself, or you can simply enjoy it from the sidelines!
May 4 - 5, 2019
Location: Downtown Sanford, Florida
A Fine Arts & Fine Crafts event with live artist demonstrations, workshops, gourmet foods and acoustic performers line the brick streets in beautiful downtown Sanford.
May 11 - 12, 2019
Location: Lake Morton, Lakeland, Florida
One of Florida's oldest and largest art festivals, Mayfaire wows tons of art lovers in downtown Lakeland every Mother's Day weekend.
May 14 - 27, 2019
Location: Orlando, Florida
This festival highlights Orlando's thriving theater community and makes performances accessible to everyone while giving performers a chance to show off their best work. Fringe festivals take place all over the world with a few major goals: they must be 100% unjuried, 100% uncensored, 100% inclusive, 100% accessible for artists and audiences alike, 100% of ticket sales given back to the artists. The Orlando Fringe festival is now the longest running Fringe festival in US!
May 17 - 18, 2019
Location: Alys Beach, Florida
This festival celebrates a new kind of graffiti. During the festival, the white walls of Alys Beach are covered with projected images for a whole new way to view art work!