Between New Year’s weekend and April’s end, Southwest Florida is the scene of more than 40 outdoor art fairs and festivals. Some are boutique shows that feature just a few dozen artists. Others boast more than 200 exhibitors, with ArtFest Fort Myers attracting an estimated 90,000 visitors and the Cape Coral Art Festival topping out at 140,000 attendees.
Following are the names, dates and organizers of each of these outdoor art shows:
12/27-12/28 15th Ann Coconut Point New Year’s Howard Alan Events
Weekend Art Festival
1/3-1/4 Naples New Year’s Art Fair NAI
1/3-1/4 Sarasota Winter Fine Art Festival Paragon Festivals
1/10 Naples Artcrafters Fine Art & Craft Naples Artcrafters
1/10-1/11 Bonita Springs National Art Festival Arts Bonita
1/10-1/11 41st Annual Cape Coral Art Festival Cape Coral Art Festival
1/17-1/18 Art Fest Naples Invitational at Art Fest Naples
Fleischmann Park
1/24-1/25 23rd Annual St. Armands Circle Art Fest Howard Alan Events
1/24-1/25 3rd Annual Uptown Naples Fine Art Fest Howard Alan Events
1/24-1/25 Lakewood Ranch Fine Art Festival in Paragon Festivals
Bradenton
1/31 Naples Art in the Park NAI
1/31-2/1 Bonita Springs Art Walk at the Boulderbrook Productions
Promenade at Bonita Bay
1/31-2/1 Sarasota Fine Art Show Boulderbrook Productions
2/6-2/8 ArtFest Fort Myers ArtFest Fort Myers
2/7-2/8 Bonita Springs National Art Festival Arts Bonita
2/7-2/8 Pine Island Art Association Art Show Pine Island Art Ass’n
2/7-2/8 38th Ann Downtown Sarasota Festival Howard Alan Events
of the Arts
2/14-2/15 20th Ann Coconut Point Art Festival Howard Alan Events
2/14-2/15 43rd Annual Sanibel-Captiva Rotary San-Cap Rotary Club
Arts & Craft Festival
2/14-2/15 Wellen Park Fine Art Festival in Sara Paragon Festivals
2/20-2/22 Naples National Art Fair NAI
2/28 Naples Artcrafters Fine Art & Craft Naples Artcrafters
2/28-3/1 Sarasota Festival of the Arts Paragon Festivals
2/28-3/1 25th Anniversary Downtown Venice Howard Alan Events
Art Classic
2/28-3/1 Bonita Springs Art Walk at the Boulderbrook Productions
Promenade at Bonita Bay
3/5-3/7 89th Sanibel Shell Show & Festival Sanibel Isl. Chamber Com.
3/7 Naples Artcrafters Fine Art & Crafts Naples Artcrafters
3/7-3/8 Lakewood Ranch Fine Art Festival Paragon Festivals
In Bradenton
3/14-3/15 Bonita Springs National Art Festival Arts Bonita
3/14-3/15 Naples Fine Art Show Hot Works LLC
3/14-3/15 4th Annual Downtown Sarasota Fine Howard Alan Events
Art and Craft Fair
3/21-3/22 Sarasota Fine Art Show Hot Works LLC
3/21-3/22 Naples Downtown Art Fair NAI
3/29-3/30 Bonita Springs Masters Art Festival Boulderbrook Productions
At the Promenade at Bonita Bay
4/4 Naples Art in the Park NAI
4/11 Naples Artcrafters Fine Art & Crafts Naples Artcrafters
4/11-4/12 Fort Myers Fine Art Show Hot Works LLC
at Jet Blue Park
4/18 The Spring Bonita Art Walk at the Boulderbrook Productions
Promenade at Bonita Bay
4/23-4/24 St. Armands Fine Art Festival Paragon Festivals
Support for WGCU’s arts & culture reporting comes from the Estate of Myra Janco Daniels, the Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation, and Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.
