Our festival calendar is constantly updated and we’ve been following the festival scene for 15 years. Here are 75 hand-picked festivals around the state that range from off-beat local bashes to huge nationally known cultural events.
Florida festivals
Prime festival season in Florida runs from fall to spring, with January, February and March being the peak. There are far fewer festivals in the steamy summer.
We offer many articles about individual outstanding festivals as well as several calendars of events:
Claw your way to the 2026 Naples Stone Crab Festival Oct. 23-25
The Naples Stone Crab Festival marks the opening of stone crab season in Florida’s prime stone-crab harvest region.
Seminoles American Indigenous Arts Celebration, Nov. 6-7, 2026
The Seminoles American Indigenous Arts Celebration offers tradition like fry bread & alligator wrestling, and celebrates diverse native cultures with dancing, wildlife presentations and music.
From whole towns to gardens and historic sites, the best Christmas lights in Florida
These Florida destinations offer over-the-top holiday lights and decorations in quaint Old Florida settings. Several of the displays continue into the new year.
Oktoberfest! Calendar of events across Florida
Prost! German-American clubs are rolling out barrels of beer from the Panhandle to Tampa Bay, Orlando and South Florida.
Cedar Key Seafood Festival: Oct. 17-18, 2026
Seafood festivals are common in Florida, but Cedar Key Seafood Festival is uncommonly appealing. Not only is Cedar Key historic and charming, it’s also clam capital of America.
Three events kick off Florida’s seafood festivals season this weekend
Seafood festivals in Pensacola, Destin and Panacea kick off Florida’s Seafood Festival Season with fresh local seafood from the Gulf served by local restaurants, charter captains and non-profit organizations.
Florida Seafood Festivals Calendar 2026-2027
Updated and revised for the 2026-27 season, our Seafood Festival Calendar covers every corner of the state.
Lake Placid Caladium Festival, July 24-26
This small town festival celebrates a uniquely Lake Placid product: caladiums, a colorful plant grown commercially almost nowhere else. There’ll be music, food, a car show, arts and crafts and tours of caladium fields.
Wet and wild July 4th traditions: Charlotte Harbor Freedom Swim and Vero Beach Swim to the Wreck
Elsewhere, picnics and lawn games may be a perfect Fourth of July tradition. In steamy Florida, we like to stay wet, and these two exuberant saltwater adventures have become traditions for a good reason.
Florida Folk Festival celebrates Florida people and culture, showcasing Americana music
The Florida Folk Festival began in 1953 at Stephen Foster State Park on the Suwannee River and is a Memorial Day weekend tradition. It’s a celebration of what make Florida unique.
Venice Sharks Tooth Festival set for April 10-11, 2027
You don’t have to dig deep or look very hard to find a shark’s tooth on the beaches of Venice, so every year this Florida city celebrates its unique place in the world with the Venice Sharks Tooth Festival.