Raw States
Sebastian Riverfront Fine Art & Music Festival
Sebastian, FL · Arts & Culture
- When
- January 16–17, 2027
- Where
- Riverview Park · Sebastian · FL
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A two day outdoor fine art show with live music, featuring juried artists in categories such as painting, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, glass and photography. Held in Riverview Park beside the Indian River. A not-for-profit 501c3 runs it and uses proceeds for school scholarships, grants and public art projects.
The history within reach
- Pelican Island1.4 mi
Theodore Roosevelt signed an executive order protecting a five-acre mangrove island from plume hunters, and in doing so created the first national wildlife refuge, the seed of a system that now covers more ground than the national parks.
Decorated boats wind through the Indian River Lagoon past several public parks and the city marina on a set night before Christmas.
Zora Neale Hurston, who chronicled Black Florida in her writing, spent her last years here writing for the local paper, and was buried in an unmarked grave until Alice Walker came looking in 1973 and put up a stone reading 'A Genius of the South.' The town now keeps a trail of her places, ending at the Garden of Heavenly Rest..
Hundreds of surfers dress as Santa, elves and reindeer to paddle out on Christmas Eve morning while thousands watch from the sand.
I Dream of Jeannie set its astronaut sitcom in Cocoa Beach at the exact moment the real space program made the town famous, and the town has leaned into it since: there is an I Dream of Jeannie Lane, and the giant Ron Jon Surf Shop up the road never closes..