Heritage Blues Festival. [January] Bradfordville Blues Club. 7152 Moses Lane, Tallahassee, Florida. 32303. USA. Tel: 850-906-0766.
A Gathering on the Grounds...honoring the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional and National Blues artists making music on a site where the music's played continuously for more than 100 years...previously held as the Freedom Blues Festival.

Bikes & Blues with Mickey Jones. [April] Brevard County, FL. USA.

Sarasota Blues Festival. [November] Sovereign Ventures Inc. 5611 Sheffield Greene, Sarasota, Florida 34235. USA

Springing The Blues Festival. [April] P.O. Box 51348. Jacksonville Beach, FL 32240. USA.

Tampa Bay Blues Festival. [March] Tampa Bay, FL USA.

Fort Myers Beach Film Festival. [April-May] 2523 Estero Blvd. Fort Myers Beach, Florida 33931. U.S.A. Tel: 239-765-0919, ext. 113. Fax: 239-765-0909
The Fort Myers Beach Film Festival is a celebration of independent film that includes film screenings, filmmakers'luncheons and two filmmakers' workshops, a gala awards ceremony, concerts, and a children's film festival.

Everglades Seafood Festival. [February] P.O. Box 5029, Everglades City, FL 34139-5029. Tel: 239-695-4100.
State of the Art Rides and Attractions. Great Seafood, Local Indian Arts and Food Over 150 Arts and Crafts Booths.

Grant Seafood Festival. [February] Ann Christenson. Grant Seafood Festival. P.O. Box 44. Grant, FL 32949.
Grant, Florida is an unincorporated community located on Florida's East coast in southern Brevard County. This riverside town is located on U.S. Hwy. 1, 12 miles South of Melbourne and 22 miles North of Vero Beach. Grant has a population of around 2700 residents. In 1966 the Community Center held a small fish fry hoping to attract a "couple hundred folks" to make enough money to pay the center's utility bills. Now thirty-seven years later we attract as many as 50,000 people for this two day event and we have become the Southeast's largest and longest running seafood festival.

Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival. [May] P.O. Box 6146. Fernandina Beach, Fl 32035. Tel: 1-866-4-Amelia or 904-261-3248.
As a part of local history, Fernandina Beach is credited with being the birthplace of the modern commercial shrimping industry early in the 20th century. The first Shrimp Festival was held in 1963 to celebrate the traditional blessing of the shrimp fleet.

The Florida Strawberry Festival [March] Location :2202 West Reynolds St. Plant City, FL 33563-4706. Tel: (813) 752-9194. Mailing Address: PO Drawer 1869 Plant City, FL 33564-4297.
Fairs and Florida Strawberry Festival®s represent history in a continuing process–they reach far back into the past when they were the source of uniting communities through celebrations of their harvests. They will continue into the future through preservation of this heritage.
The Florida Strawberry Festival® is full of traditions. One of the most obvious traditions is the volunteer spirit that prevails. The Florida Strawberry Festival® has served to preserve and enhance the agricultural and historical legacy of the strawberry.
Exhibits of agriculture, commerce, industry, livestock, fine arts, horticulture, and crafts await you. The fabric of American life is woven into this Florida Strawberry Festival® through ethnic traditions, social events, competitive contests, youth developmental programs, top-name entertainment, parades with scores of glorious floats, and high-stepping marching bands moving to the musical beat.

Palm Beach Seafood Festival. [March] Tel: 561 832 6397.
This event is one of Palm Beach County’s premier free events held at Howard Park on the corner of Okeechobee Blvd and Parker, just across from the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, The Convention Center and City Place. The festival will feature seafood vendors and restaurants from throughout the Southeastern U.S., a children’s area, live reggae, classic rock and jazz music, arts and crafts exhibits and a children’s midway. A portion of the proceeds will benefit local charities.

Rajuncajun Crawfish Festival [April] Isle Of Pine’s South Beach, 13040 Lake Mary Jane Rd. Orlando, Fla. 32832. Box Office (407) 384-9211.
We are here to make your experience a festive time of good humor and good cheer. We are here to share our foods and music and create an atmosphere that is unique and original. After this night you also will become a Rajuncajun follower if you are not one already. Get ready to meet and make new friends and acquaintances. That is the nature of the traditional Louisiana Crawfish Festivals. Family, Friends, Neighbors…..Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!

Sandestin Wine Festival. [April] The Village of Baytowne Wharf. Tel: 850.267.8184.
Sandestin Wine FestivalUnbeknownst to many, Destin, Fla. may very well be the wine capital of Florida’s Gulf Coast. One of the leading wine events that has set the area apart as a “wine country” all its own, is the annual Sandestin Wine Festival, whose history dates to 1986, when the event was first-held by creator, wine connoisseur and restaurateur, Chan Cox.

Hollywood Jazz Festival. [November] 10885 N.W. Fifth St., Plantation FL 35324. Tel: 954-236-0175 Fax: 954-236-0176. [Two-day mainstream-jazz event featuring regional and national musicians.]

Pensacola Jazzfest. [March] P.O. Box 18337, Pensacola FL 32523. Tel: 850-433-8382 Fax: 850-433-1969. [All styles of jazz. Presented in the historical Seville Square in downtown Pensacola. National and local musicians.]

Sarasota Jazz Fest. [March] 290 Coconut Ave., Sarasota FL 34236. Tel: 941-366-1552 Fax: 941-366-1553.

Sounds Of Jazz. [May] 4537 Coronado Parkway, Cape Coral FL 33904. Tel: 941-574-0801 Fax: 941-574-0822. [local and national contemporary jazz at the Coral Oaks Golf Course.]

Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Classic. [November] P.O. Box 1945, Largo FL 33779-1945. Tel: 727-536-0064 Fax: 727-786-4922

WJCT’S Jacksonville Jazz Festival. [November] 100 Festival Park Ave., Jacksonville FL 32202. Tel: 904-358-6305 Fax: 904-354-6548. [LOng running jazz festival. Includes a jazz piano competition.]