Boca Raton Upcoming Events 2020

.Boca Raton Upcoming Events 2020

Boca Raton Events always highlight annual festivals in the entire state of Florida. The cultural calendar is well-populated throughout the year. Highlighted by the Annual Boca Fest and the Festival of the Arts BOCA. 

The Boca Raton Cultural Consortium comprises the following organizations. Cultural activities during Boca Raton Cultural Consortium enjoy a total annual attendance of more than 500,000.

Boca Fest is an outdoor Art Show at Town Center of Boca Raton. It features a display of products like jewelry, digital, photo, fiber, sculpture, glass, mixed media, paintings and much more. The show will be located in the lot at the intersection of St Andrews Blvd and Glades Road at The Town Center Mall. The Town Center is one of South Florida’s top luxury shopping destinations and one of Boca’s main attractions. The Town Center is located right off I-95 and Glades Road.  The show offers a convenient location with over 200 national artists and plenty of parking, including valet and the admission, is FREE!!! 

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And there is also the Festival of the Arts BOCA! 

Established in 2007, Festival of the Arts BOCA was designed to promote the cultural arts and to enrich the quality of life of the residents of Boca Raton, North Broward, and Palm Beach County.

The Festival is special, because of the venue, the season, the quality and diversity of its cultural offerings. It is also because of the opportunity for young and old to celebrate the traditions of great art.  Since its inaugural year, the Festival has been an unprecedented cultural arts festival and has been heralded as a resounding success, with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang, and Pat Metheny. The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, West Side Story and Raiders of the Lost Ark have been performed with live orchestra.  World-renowned speakers over the ten years have included Edward Albee, Sir Salman Rushdie, acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, Daniel J. Levitin, Thomas Friedman, and Fareed Zakaria.

Festival of the Arts BOCA is also about cultural arts education – introducing new audiences to great music and exposing young people to the great artists in master classes and open rehearsals. The images are remarkable: Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway leading the best flute students in the region in a master class, Itzhak Perlman “doing a little Q & A” with students, two times Grammy Award nominee Joey Alexander playing two tunes with the Don Estridge High Tech. Middle School Jazz Band and physicist Brian Greene igniting the imaginations of students at West Boca Regional High School and throughout Palm Beach County via live streaming. 

Commitment to the Community

The Festival continues its commitment to education, offering master classes, school visits, lectures. It also has open rehearsals for over 10,000 area students. In addition, over 1,000 Festival tickets are donated to students and teachers every Festival. We would like to expand our educational efforts into Broward County.

Usually, the Festival attracts over 15,000 attendees a year. These attendees live primarily in southern Palm Beach and northern Broward counties.  The Festival’s annual economic impact on South Florida is over 1.3 million dollars.

Now, if you’re a foodie and a music buff at the same time, here’s another festival I am sure you don’t want to miss — Boca Raton Seafood & Music Festival. The 3rd Annual Boca Raton Seafood & Music Festival is returning to Mizner Park in Boca Raton on February 7-9, 2020. Do you want to have fun and relaxation? Great food and outstanding live music? Then come join us! Festivities begin Friday evening 4pm-10pm and continue Saturday 11am-10pm and Sunday 11am-6pm. 

Admission is only $5 with children 12 and under admitted free. Tickets are available at the gate or in advance on EventLive. To purchase in advance, click on the icon below to go to the Event Live site.

Festival For Foodies

Enjoy delectable foods cooked fresh on-site including seafood, meat, and vegetarian dishes. Seafood dishes are prepared using indigenous and sustainable seafood from Florida’s coastal waters. Add to your main course with selections from a diverse menu of side dishes. The event also offers your choice of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, delicious fruit drinks, and both sodas and water.

While enjoying your meal, sit back and relax to musical entertainment consisting of live on-stage performances by creative and talented musicians from both the local and regional circuits. Performers this year will be, Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty Tribute Band) and Jose Fajardo, Jr. (salsa). Saturday to listen to the sounds of Carly Jo Jackson (Indie, pop, rock), RJ Howson (R&B, blues, rock), JP Soars & The Red Hots (soul, blues) and the Aretha Franklin Tribute Band (blues, soul, roots). On Sunday come relax to live performances by JUke (post-blues, bottomless soul), Twinkle & Rock Soul Radio (blues, soul, rock) and the Melody Trucks Band (rock, blues, jazz, country). See the Band Performance Schedule in the column to your right. Click on the image to show an enlarged version.

Therefore, it only goes to show that South Florida let alone Boca Raton has a lot to offer. Not only when it comes to scenic views, a booming economy, significant growth in the real estate industry but also in culture and arts. These are the kinds of festivals you want to take part in, whether you’re a vendor or a buyer.