Arts & Culture

Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts

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Date
Saturday, Mar 6, 2027 to Sunday, Mar 7, 2027
Location
Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park
1001 N Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33607
Where to stay

Of the downtown Tampa hotels, the closest to Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park is The Barrymore, about three minutes by car.

Organized by
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Inc.

About this happenin

Judges hand out up to $92,000 at the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, including $15,000 for Best in Show, so every booth you pass is in the running. All 250 artists are juried, and they set up along the Hillsborough River in Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, where walking in costs nothing. Saturday runs 9 to 6 and Sunday 10 to 5, and Sunday morning is when the artists have time to talk. The show is more than fifty years old. It started as a juried exhibit at the Florida State Fair, parked near the horticulture displays and the livestock barns, before art activists moved it onto downtown sidewalks.

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Where

Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park · 1001 N Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33607

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