SunFest – Music & Art Festival


SunFest is one of the State of Florida’s best annual outdoor events.  Located in downtown West Palm Beach along Flagler Drive at the Intracoastal Waterway, SunFest is a music and art festival that attracts over 100,000 visitors each and every year.

Originally founded in 1982, this multi-day festival is typically held in late April / early May and features a live concerts by a number of popular recording artists.  These shows that place on three individual stages that are spread out among the SunFest location.  Check out the full lineup for this years event below.

There is also an “Art District” which is three blocks of artists and vendors.  Guests have the opportunity to view / purchase artwork and apparel as well as experience live demonstrations that occur throughout the four-day event.

In addition to the Art District, visitors can relax at one of the floating bars and enjoy great food from three specialty eateries located throughout the festival.  And to cap off SunFest, a massive fireworks show takes place along the waterfront when the final music show closes on Sunday night.  

Since SunFest is held completed outdoors, visitors should prepare accordingly as the show will go on either rain or shine.  And since Florida weather can be unpredictable this time of year, guests may want to bring a rain jacket or umbrella.

SunFest Lineup for 2022

Starting on Thursday, April 28th and continuing until Sunday, May 1st, the SunFest lineup for 2022 consists of more than 50 artists performing on three different stages.

Thursday, April 28th Performers

Ford Stage

  • Bonn E Maiy – 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
  • Kidd G – 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • Sam Hunt – 8:30 PM to 9:45 PM

Ideal Nutrition Stage

  • Citizen Badger – 5:45 PM to 6:15 PM
  • Colony House – 6:45 PM to 7:45 PM
  • Goo Goo Dolls – 8:15 PM to 9:30 PM

Ford Stage

  • American Sigh – 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
  • flipturn – 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  • Rainbow Kitten Surprise – 8:30 PM to 9:45 PM

 Friday, April 29th Performers

Ford Stage

  • Joey Calderaio Band – 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM
  • The Main Squeeze – 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  • Slightly Stoopid – 9:30 PM to 10:45 PM

Ideal Nutrition Stage

  • Indigo Dreamers – 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
  • Fancy Hagood – 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
  • Counting Crows – 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM

Ford Stage

  • Sko Gudino – 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM
  • seeyousoon – 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  • Polo G – 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM

Saturday, April 30th Performers

Ford Stage

  • Levi Humon – 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM
  • Brett Young – 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM
  • Public Sounds – 6:15 PM to 6:45 PM
  • Rouge Theory – 7:15 PM to 7:45 PM
  • Selfish Sons – 8:15 PM to 9:00 PM
  • Lil Wane – 9:30 PM to 10:45 PM

Ideal Nutrition Stage

  • Bre Kennedy – 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
  • Melissa Etheridge – 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM
  • Chris Pierce – 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
  • Justus Bennetts – 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
  • Adam Lambert – 9:00 PM to 10:15 PM

Ford Stage

  • DE’WYANE – 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Chase Atlantic – 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM
  • iDiaz – 6:45 PM to 7:10 PM
  • Elena Rose – 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
  • Justin Quiles – 8:45 PM to 10:00 PM

Sunday, May 1st Performers

Ford Stage

  • Ric Wilson – 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM
  • Nelly – 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Crush Company – 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM
  • AJR – 7:45 PM to 8:55 PM

Ideal Nutrition Stage

  • Spencer Sutherland – 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
  • LANY – 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM
  • Matt Brown – 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM
  • Alex Mali – 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM
  • Boyz II Men – 7:30 PM to 8:45 PM

Ford Stage

  • Arikal Sound System – 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM
  • SOJA – 2:45 PM to 4:15 PM
  • Topless in Tokyo – 5:15 PM to 5:45 PM
  • Mihail – 6:15PM to 7:00 PM
  • Black Pumas – 7:30 PM to 8:25 PM

Where to Stay for SunFest

If you are not local to the South Florida area, it would be fun to stay at one of the hotels in the downtown West Palm Beach area so you can walk back and forth to SunFest throughout the day.  Here are a few of our favorites

The Ben Hotel

The Ben Hotel is a fairly new 208-room boutique hotel that is part of the Marriott Autograph Collection. This unique hotel features a rooftop swimming pool as well as a rooftop lounge that features spectacular views of the Intracoastal Waterway and Palm Beach.  

The Ben is located just outside of the SunFest entrance and is our favorite hotel in downtown West Palm Beach.

Click here to make reservations at The Ben

Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach Downtown

The Canopy by Hilton is a 150-room boutique hotel that is very well located midway between Flagler Drive and “The Square” shopping & entertainment venue.  Amenities include a rooftop pool and patio that features extraordinary views of the downtown West Palm Beach area. 

Click here to make reservations at The Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach

Jerry Joyce

Jerry Joyce has been a Florida resident since 1988 and has lived in a variety of places in the South Florida area. Jerry is an avid boater & water sports enthusiast, beach aficionado, a lover of great food, muscle car fan and a theme park annual passholder for many years. Some of his favorite places in Florida include the Florida Keys, Walt Disney World, Cedar Key, the Loxahatchee River, St. Augustine and Ten Thousand islands.

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