Music, fruit, art… the biggest and best Florida festivals happening in 2019 are right here at your fingertips. Click the festival name to get more information about the event. And yes, the Swamp Cabbage Festival is a thing and it’s legendary.
Naples Wine Festival
Jan. 24-27
Photo via Kelsey Knight on UnsplashKumquat Festival in Dade City
Jan. 26: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Photo by Stefania Crudelion UnsplashIII Points @ Downtown Miami
Feb. 15-17
Photo via Jess PhillipsSouth Beach Wine & Food Festival
Feb. 20-24
Photo by Elle Hughes via UnsplashSwamp Cabbage Festival
Feb. 23-24
Photo by James St. John via Flickr/CC2.0Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival
Feb. 23-24
Photo by Jason Edwards via UnsplashFlorida Strawberry Festival in Plant City
Feb. 28-March 10
Photo by Barry McGee via UnsplashHunahpu’s Day in Tampa
March 9
Photo by Jon Sullivan [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsGasparilla Music Festival @ Curtis Hixon Park and Kiley Garden
March 9-10
Photo via Ysanne Taylor c/o Gasparilla Music FestivalReggae Rise Up @ Vinoy Park
March 15-17
Photo via Chris RodriguezWinter Music Conference @ Faena Forum
March 20-22
Photo via Facebook/Winter Music ConferenceUltra Music Festival @ Historic Virginia Key Beach Park
March 29-31
Photo via Facebook/Ultra Music FestivalInternational Cuban Sandwich Festival in Tampa’s Ybor City
March 31
Photo via Kramtronik [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia CommonsSafety Harbor Songfest @ Safety Harbor Waterfront Park
April (Dates TBA)
Photo by Kamran MalikSpringing The Blues @ Jacksonville Beach
April 5-7
Photo via Facebook/Springing the Blues FestivalFesta Italiana in Tampa’s Ybor City
April 6-7
Photo via PixabayWanee Music Festival at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
April 19-21
Photo via Facebook/WaneeBrooksville Blueberry Festival
April 27 & 28 in downtown Brooksville, with pick-your-own blueberries and (we’re pretty sure) a Blueberry Queen
Photo via MaxPixelA Taste of St. Augustine
April 29
Photo bySunfest @ Downtown West Palm Beach
May 2-5
Photo via Facebook/Sun FestWelcome To Rockville @ Metropolitan Park
May 3-5
Photo via Facebook/Welcome To RockvilleHarvey Milk Festival @ Five Points Park
May 4-11
Photo via Ted Sahl, Kat Fitzgerald, Patrick Phonsakwa, Lawrence McCrorey, Darryl Pelletier [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsSt. Johns River Festival of the Arts
May 4-5
Photo by
Yannis Papanastasopoulos via UnsplashRolling Loud at Bayfront Park
May 10-12
Photo via Angelina BrunoSunset Music Festival at Raymond James Stadium
May (Dates TBA)
Photo via Jess PhillipsMonticello’s Watermelon Festival
Third weekend in June
Photo by rawpixel via UnsplashThe Key Lime Festival in Key West
July 4-7
Photo by Stacy, via Wikimedia Commons/CC2.0Hemingway Days in Key West
July
Photo via Cathy SalustriDunedin Orange Festival
July 7
Photo by Noah Buscher via UnsplashEpcot International Food and Wine Festival at Walt Disney World
August-November
Photo by Jared, via Flickr/CC2.0Key West Lobsterfest
Aug. 8-11
Photo via Douglas Whitaker, Wikipedia Commons /CC2.5 or CC3.0Pensacola Seafood Festival
Sept. 27-29
Photo by Tommaso Cantelli via UnsplashBoggy Bayou Mullet Festival in Niceville
October
Photo via NOAAClearwater Jazz Holiday @ Coachman Park
October 17-20
Photo via Kamran MalikCedar Key Seafood Festival
Oct. 20 & 21
Photo by Larry Hoffman via Flickr/CC2.0The Fest in Downtown Gainesville
October (DATES TBA)
Photo via Anthony MartinoSuwannee Hulaween @ Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
October (DATES TBA)
Photo via Jess PhillipsTampa Bay Veg Fest
November
Photo by Anna Pelzer via UnsplashElectric Daisy Carnival @ Tinker Field
November (Dates TBA)
Photo via Alex Perex ? Insomniac EventsClearwater Beach Uncorked
November
Photo via Michel Rathwell via Flickr/CC2.0Florida Seafood Festival in Apalachicola
Nov. 2 & 3
Photo by Elle Hughes via UnsplashDowntown St. Petersburg’s Ribfest
Nov. 9-11
Photo via Michael Salazar via Flickr/CC2.0House of Creatives Music & Arts Festival @ Historic Virginia Key Beach Park
Nov. 10-11
Photo via Facebook/House Of Creatives
