Cape Coral Art Festival & Market Place
Name: Cape Coral Art Festival & Market Place
Date: January 11 & 12, 2025
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Description: The Cape Coral Art Festival & Market Place showcases over 300 artists and craftsmen from around the world. The event is one of the largest special events in Lee County, drawing more than 140,000 attendees the second full weekend in January. This year’s festival promises to 
be even more exciting than ever before, with a diverse array of artwork, live entertainment, delicious food, and much more. In addition to paintings, drawings and photography, ceramic, fiber, glass, graphics, jewelry, metalworks, sculpture, wearables & woodcraft artworks are on display and available for purchase throughout the festival.
Location: 
Located in front of the Holiday Inn Express on both sides of the median along Cape Coral Parkway, from Del Prado to SE 15th Ave. The festival’s Premier Artist Area features the 78 artists who received the highest jury scores
Ranking: The festival was voted the Best Outdoor Event by the readers of Gulfshore Life Magazine in 2020 and the 5th Best Art Festival in the nation
by Sunshine Artists.
Milestone: This is the 40th Annual Cape Coral Art Festival & Market Place.
Parking: There are many City owned parking lots throughout the downtown Cape Area, as well as plenty of on-street parking.
Sponsor: Rotary Club of Cape Coral.
January 3, 2025
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.