Festival Season – Spring 2010

Spring is right around the corner and for the SpaceCoast that means outdoor festivals, music, nature and food. With the right combination of great weather and fabulous participants and sponsors, the Space Coast will soon transform into a Cultural Mecca.

Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival

Jan 27, 10 - Feb 01, 2010 - Brevard Community College, Titusville Campus

Florida’s Space Coast is among the best birding locations in North America. This is peak activity time for wintering bird populations, and this event features over 220 activities including an Exhibit Center with over 75 exhibitors, Art Competition with over $1,600 in prizes, Silent Auction, the Raptor Project, a Pelagic Boat Trip, classroom presentations, field trips, water adventures, and more. Click here for more info.

Space Coast Mardi Gras

February 25-28, 2010 -  Historic Cocoa Village

Don’t miss four days of family fun in beautiful historic downtown Cocoa Village and Riverfront Park this spring as title sponsors Bright House Networks present the City of Cocoa’s SPACE COAST MARDI GRAS. The Riverfront Park Amphitheatre will feature free entertainment all week. The Central Brevard Humane Society will present “Paws in the Park” on Sunday at 1pm. The Saturday night street party and parade of floats presented by Central Florida News 13 will feature many exciting floats, four stages of live entertainment, stilt walkers,a junk-a-roo band and exciting dancers. Click here for more info.

Art of Sand Festival

April 2 - May 1, 2010 - Radisson at the Port

30 Days of fun, sand sculpture, entertainment, competition, good food, and more! The Art of Sand Festival and Exhibition promises to be one of the largest arts and cultural events in Brevard County. This month-long event will give visitors an opportunity to experience first-hand the 10 to 12 foot sculptures created by Master Sand Sculptors from around the world, as well as other sand sculptures created by amateurs, youth and corporate teams. Click here for more info.

Melbourne Art Festival

April 24-26  - Historic Melbourne Florida

The Melbourne Art Festival is a nationally recognized event held each year on the fourth full weekend in April in historic downtown Melbourne, Florida. Admission is free. Featuring 100s of art exhibits from world renowned artists, live entertainment, 5k Fun Run and much more. Click here for more info.

Some of you may not be familiar with the latest phenomenon in outdoor cooking- The Big Green Egg- a ceramic cooker that serves as a smoker, grill and oven.  To the devoted “Eggheads, the green ceramic eggs make the George Forman Grill a thing of the past! The Eggheads are now embarking on a journey to the Sunny Space Coast!

For the first time ever, the Sunshine State Eggfest will be held at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean on the Florida Space Coast from March 12th through 14th. Also, for the first time ever, the Eggfest will be held at the host hotel. Eggs will surround the perimeter of the covered deck of overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

This will be the 8^th annual Eggfest in the State of Florida. This event will take place under the beautiful setting of the Host Hotel, Crowne Plaza Resort. With so many additional attractions in the area, the Sunshine State Eggfest will have so much more to offer.

Early Registration: Now through January 11, 2010-

Cooks $16 per ticket, Tasters $26 per ticket

After January 12, 2010-

                Cooks $21 per ticket

                Tasters $31 per ticket

                Children Under 12 Free

Click HERE to Learn More about the Sunshine State Eggfest!