SunFest is Florida's largest waterfront music and art festival, held each spring along the Intracoastal Waterway in downtown West Palm Beach. Since 1982 it has grown from a scrappy ten-day debut into a multi-stage event pairing national touring acts with a juried Art District, drawing more than 100,000 visitors over its run.
Its scale and Intracoastal setting make it one of Florida's strongest music rows.
SunFest pairs a serious touring music lineup, spanning rock, hip-hop, reggae, country, jazz, and electronic acts, directly against the Palm Beach waterfront skyline, so crowds watch sunset sets with the Intracoastal Waterway and passing boats as backdrop
The festival survived a rocky start: organizers spent three years paying off debt from the original ten-day 1982 run before trimming the event to three days in 1984 to reset its finances
The Art District adds a juried, hands-on layer beside the concerts, with working artists demonstrating techniques live in the open air rather than just selling finished pieces, and the long-running TGi5K road race has become its own community tradition tied to festival weekend
SunFest grew out of a 1982 civic push to bring a large public event to downtown West Palm Beach's then-underused waterfront
and its Art District preserves that original mixed arts-and-music format rather than treating visual art as an afterthought
The TGi5K run tied to festival weekend and the practice of showcasing emerging regional bands alongside headline acts continue the festival's founding aim of blending accessible community programming with professional-caliber entertainment
Dates TBA · Usually May
Downtown parking and rideshare demand are high.
Warm-weather festival wear: shorts, breathable fabrics, comfortable closed-toe or sandal footwear for standing and walking on pavement and grass, a hat and sunglasses for sun exposure, and a...
SunFest is easier with a small bag, charged phone and group plan that survives poor signal.
West Palm Beach
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SunFest is listed for May · Spring. Always re-check the official or local source close to travel.
The festival is listed in West Palm Beach, United States. The map coordinate is a planning reference, not a guarantee of a ticket gate or exact venue.
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West Palm Beach, FL
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