Art Fair Tampa 2026

Art Fair Tampa is Tampa Bay's 1st inaugural major indoor fine art fair taking place October 15th-18th, 2026. The fair will take place inside 104,000 square feet of the Expo Halls at the Tampa Convention Center in downtown Tampa. In our 1st year we are accepting 300 artists accepted and curated in. We will be assembling 12 foot walls arranged in 3 different booth selection sizes. We are anticipating over 20,000 plus attendees over the course of the fair. We will be distributing several artist awards including a $10,000 best in show award. Other awards will include Best Painting, Best Sculpture, Crowd Favorite Booth and Artist Favorite Booth. 

Preffered categories accepted will be in Paint and Sculpture. Artists will be notified of the decision on their application after a short review process within 7 days of application. Artists cannot submit more than 1 application. 
Schedule:
Load in/Set Up
October 14th: Check in at Designated Area & receive Artist credentials
October 14th: Load in/Set-up 9am-9pm
October 15th: Set up 9am-4pm
Opening Night will be a ticketed VIP Collectors Night
October 15th: Opening night doors open 5pm-10pm
Fair Days will be open to the public
October 16th, 17th: Door open 10am-6pm 
October 18th: Doors open: 10am-4pm
October 18th: Load out 5pm-10pm

Accepted artists are encouraged to build out their booth design with few restrictions and to get creative. We are advertising as more than a traditional art fair and urge artists to bring attendees into their own artist world built to their vision once they step inside their booth. 

Artwork hung on walls must be no heavier than 40lbs to ensure the integrity of the walls. 
Artwork heavier will be on pedestal or floor mounted. 
Prints are permitted to sell during fair

Each artist is responsible for collecting Florida state sales tax on sales made during the Festival and remitting such taxes to the local office of the Florida Department of Revenue. 

Load in begins Evening of October 13th, extends through October 14th and October 15th. 
Opening night will be a ticketed VIP Collectors night on October 15th. All booth should be set and ready for doors to open by 4pm Thursday, October 15th. 
All walls will be assembled by our team with drywall materials and 3 lights per booth. 
All walls will have a 12 foot height.
Booth sized are 
4 foot depth by 10 foot width at $1,000 base price. 
10 foot depth by 10 foot width at $2,000 base price.
10 foot depth by 20 foot width at $3,000 base price.

Artists canceling 60+ days prior to the event may receive a full refund, minus administration fees of $250. Artists canceling within 60 days would be subject to 50% refund. Artists canceling within 30 days would not be refunding barring circumstances of force majeur. Waitlist Exception: If an artist cancels but the fair is able to fill their specific booth spot from an active waitlist, a 100% refund is issued. No-Show Rule: Failing to check in to Art Fair Tampa forfeits your spot and any potential refunds. Event is indoors and is Rain or Shine. Art Fair Cancellation: "If the Event is canceled entirely due to a Force Majeure event, i.e. Hurricane, World event, or War, the Organization will make reasonable efforts to reschedule. In the case a rescheduled date conflicts with artist schedule, our organization will make every effort to refund booth fees (excluding admin costs of $250) in a timely manner.  fund policy