Arts & Crafts

The Miami Dade County Fair and Exposition is an annual must see for South Florida residents as well as tourists. This fair brings fun and entertainment to families every March when it comes to town.  The  Miami Fair is considered one of the largest in the country and brings in approximately 700,000 visitors each year. 

Date:  Saturday, March 26, 2016

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location:  Bamford Sports Complex

                3801 S. Pine Island Road

Egg Hunt and most activities FREE

Refreshments & Food available at a cost

The 11th Annual All Kids Included Family Arts Festival is part of the All Kids Included - Accessible Arts Experiences for Kids (AKI) program and will be held at the South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center. AKI is an innovative, interdisciplinary community arts festival for children with or without disabilities, created with funding from The Children’s Trust and produced in partnership with Arts for Learning, Creative Children Therapy, and VSA Florida, and with the support of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton will be sponsoring a fun-filled 13th Annual Turtle Day!  This annual event is a big hit with locals and tourists alike.  Come and celebrate the sea turtle and learn about its life and its habitat.  Visit some of the sea turtles receiving care for various illnesses and injuries.  There will be aquarium feedings at the multiple large open air aquariums filled with barracuda, sting rays and various other fish.

Delray Art League 50th Anniversary events will celebrate local art through exhibits and sales by local artists. This event will be a unique and fascinating part of the weekend scene in downtown Delray Beach. The Delray Art League has over 200 juried members in all categories of art, including photography.

The Royal Egg Hunt in Sunrise is a marvelous way to celebrate the Easter holiday with your little ones!  Put your little gal or guy in their cutest fancy pants outfit so they can be their favorite Prince or Princess.  Have a big basket at the ready to load up on plastic goodie-filled eggs.

The newly renovated Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is celebrating the Year of the  Boar! Fireworks and a Dragon Dance highlight the Norton’s free Chinese New Year’s celebration on Saturday, February 16th. Activities begin at noon and include music, exhibition tours, lectures, storytelling, art projects for all ages, and more. 

Reggae Fest in Lake Worth is an annual celebration of Caribbean culture that has been exciting fans for 19 years. In addition to featured bands – this year’s headliners are Passafire, Maxi Priest & Collie Buddz– there will be an abundance of food and arts and crafts for sale. What was once the main stage will now act as a side stage for local supporting acts and a much larger stage will be erected in the lawn of the venue to host the well known national and international main headlining entertainment.

SunFest is back!  Florida's largest waterfront music and art fest is returning to their popular city of West Palm Beach location this April 2016. The festival grounds are on Flagler Drive from Banyan Boulevard to Lakeview Drive. This event hosts famous bands every year that draw fans of all genres of music.  

PERFORMING FOR 2017:  (Detailed Schedule HERE)

Come out to Sugar Sand Park in west Boca Raton for an interactive art afternoon!  This five hour event will feature some of the awesome programming they have at Sugar Sand including a preview of their CIRQUESCO performance opening on February 20th in the Willow Theatre.  So, what's so interactive?  The kids can participate in workshops, make and take crafts, demonstrations and, of course, enjoy things like getting their faces painted or getting air brush tattoos!