Palm Bay, FL -- The city’s annual Multicultural Festival has always been a family day at Fred Poppe Regional Park. This year it’s bigger. A new event joins the lineup: the inaugural Palm Bay Multi-Cultural Art Show, running at a separate venue across two days and anchored by a Friday evening opening night with a fashion show, beer and wine, and a DJ. The city is calling in the Brevard Cultural Alliance to help pull it off.
The art show is not a small addition. It has its own venue, its own partners, and its own theme: America’s 250th Anniversary. The U.S. Semiquincentennial falls on July 4, 2026, and Palm Bay is using this event to tie local artistic expression to the national celebration months ahead of the date.
Two Venues, Two Days
The festival and the art show are separate experiences, operating at separate locations.
The 5th Annual Palm Bay Multicultural Festival runs Saturday, March 7, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Fred Poppe Regional Park, 1951 Malabar Rd NW. This is the main family event. Expect live multicultural music and dance, a Kids’ Zone, food trucks, and local vendor and cultural organization booths. Admission is free, same as every year.
The Palm Bay Multi-Cultural Art Show is at Ted Whitlock Community Center, 370 Championship Circle NW, a short distance away. It opens Friday evening, March 6, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and continues Saturday during the festival hours. Residents can catch both in the same day on Saturday or attend the Friday night opening for a different experience entirely.
Previous festivals have drawn over 5,000 attendees. The 4th Annual in January 2025 was the attendance baseline. This year’s two-venue structure gives the city more capacity and a reason for residents to come back on both days.
Friday Night: Fashion, Art, and a Familiar DJ
The Art Show opens Friday evening with a distinct program from the family festival the next day.
Double Tiime DJ handles the music. Palm Bay residents may recognize the name from the city’s Treats, Beats & Eats food truck series, which launched earlier this year. Double Tiime DJ appeared at the February edition of that series. The city is developing a consistent vendor roster for its events calendar, and this DJ is becoming a regular part of it.
Beer and wine will be available. The evening includes dancing and a fashion show by Andrea Castaneda, described as a featured artist of both Art Basel Miami Beach and New York Fashion Week. Those two credentials are worth putting in context. Art Basel Miami Beach is the largest contemporary art fair in North America, held each December at the Miami Beach Convention Center. New York Fashion Week is one of the four major global fashion weeks, alongside Paris, Milan, and London. Castaneda is presenting wearable art. This is not a local hobbyist. She is a working professional at the top of two different fields, and she is coming to Palm Bay.
A More Formal Arts Infrastructure
The art show’s partners say something about where Palm Bay is taking this event.
The Brevard Cultural Alliance is the primary collaborator. They are the regional arts organization for Brevard County, and their involvement gives this inaugural show institutional backing beyond city staff. That is a meaningful escalation from previous years, when the festival was a city recreation event with no formal arts organization attached.
Painting Smiles for Brevard and the Brevard Hispanic Chamber of Commerce round out the partner list. The art show features local professional and student artists across diverse cultures and creative perspectives.
Palm Bay has been building out its art show tradition for years. The Turkey Creek Sanctuary art shows, run out of Tony Rosa Community Center, draw 60 or more artisans each season. The Multicultural Art Show is a different event in scale and scope, but it fits the same pattern: the city using public venues and free admission to make arts access routine for residents.
Vendor and Attendee Information
Non-food vendor registration has been open and may still be available. The requirement is practical: non-food vendors must bring candy or giveaways for 1,200 to 1,500 kids. Everything must be family-friendly. Food vendors have separate requirements including a business license and certificate of insurance with the city listed as certificate holder.
Admission to both events is free.
Artists interested in featuring their work in the show can find information on the city’s calendar page for the Art Show event.
For questions on either event, contact Kaley Berry, Special Events Coordinator, at kaley.berry@palmbayfl.gov or (321) 423-0993.
Event Details
Palm Bay Multi-Cultural Art Show
Friday, March 6: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Opening Night)
Saturday, March 7: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Ted Whitlock Community Center, 370 Championship Circle NW, Palm Bay, FL 32907
Free admission
5th Annual Palm Bay Multicultural Festival
Saturday, March 7: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Fred Poppe Regional Park, 1951 Malabar Rd NW, Palm Bay, FL 32907
Free admission
