This event was held in Delray. It was a free event. It was a pet-friendly and kid-friendly event. It was nice and hot. This was my first time attending. I did not have a problem finding the place. There was plenty of street parking around and a parking garage nearby. There were signs all around guiding the way. They had a good variety of vendors of different types. Most vendors were art vendors. So many beautiful things here. They had beautiful works of art. I also saw other vendors that had CBD products, food, plants, jewelry, crystals, and other things. It was worth checking out. The stuff they had was cool and beautiful. I got some coconut water that tasted fresh and a few things. The price was good, I thought. This was a great way to spend the day. read more

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Very professional and well run art shows. If there are any problems or issues at a show you can be assured that they will handle it.

All of the Howard Allan Art Festivals I have gone to in South FL have been wonderful. The events are very popular and attract thousands of people. It's fun strolling through the streets and viewing the artwork of so many talented artists. You will meet many local artists as well as many who travel from all over the country to be in this show. Throughout the years, I have purchased many beautiful pieces for myself and for gift giving. The shows are usually located in nice areas that have a good choice of restaurants to help you have a wonderful day. read more

I am a local artist from Wildwood Florida and have been drawing and painting for over 20 years. I am 35 years old and am still, til this day, trying to make my calling my living. Chances are rare and pickings are slim. Upon applying at their april 8th and 9th art festival in the villages (paddock brownwood square in Wildwood) they informed me that I needed to send pictures of my acrylic art painting setup within a 10x10 white pop up tent. I humbley accepted their request and explained to them that I was going to either rent, or buy, depending on the price difference, a tent and would have the photos ready by Saturday, because I would unfortunately have to wait for my rented/ordered tent to arrive until Saturday. (I decided to purchase a tent ($75.00 was the cheapest one available for me to purchase, which is a lot of money for me)). I subsequently took the photos and then sent the email, as promised, on Saturday, with the required photos attached. They would not be in the office again until monday. Which I was aware of, just as they were, of course.... Today they informed me that the festival was closed and proceeded to give me "suggestions" on what I could possibly do better with my set up if I ever decided to apply for one of their festivals again. Including telling me that I needed to purchase walls (whatever that means.....) To attach my artwork to and then place them within the 10x10 space of the tent, easels were not allowed. As well as a sort of "professional" stretch table cloth for my table (my setup looked wonderful in the pictures, so I was told by many people and my table was covered with a long black table cloth, which looked very professional.), in addition to my tent not being "allowed" to have slanted legs, but was required to have straight legs. The only things I can say is firstly: I am glad I did not rent a tent for over $200, which I would have had to return and would have gotten no use out of. Secondly: all these additional "suggestions" they made were never any requirements that were listed on their page of what is needed/allowed/not allowed in order to be a part of their festival. And finally: do not try to book anything with them. They will not communicate with you and they do not work with and/or for actual starving artists like us, that want to make our calling our life and bread and butter with our passion. They represent and speak to the wealthy and rich retirees that have all the funds in the world to purchase all these ridiculous requirements that they demand of you, to show off what they draw as a hobby that they have now picked up during retirement and aren't even seeking to make anything more than a little presentation of their doodles that they created while having wine with their girlfriends in their $300,000 homes that are long paid off.... They never informed me, prior to me purchasing the tent, that the festival was closed. I am now $75 dollars in the hole and upon sending a strongly worded email back to them, regarding this dilemma, due to their incoherence, incompentence and mismanagement, they did not even bring forth the curtosy to reply to my email, AT ALL... Stay away from that business as far as you can, my fellow artists. They will not give you help, neither the time of day to proudly present your work. read more

Be very careful of applying for any events with this company as they have shady business practices. They keep applications open until a few days before an event - giving the impression there's still open space available. This is not the case - you're applying for a waitlist - when it's never communicated you're applying for a waitlist - it's just a scam to get more money from artists. Applications state artists are juried and the jury meets twice per month. This is an outright lie as other's have stated. I've applied to 5 events. All five - as in within minutes or the next business morning - either denied (2) or waitlisted (3). Clearly not going before a jury. I called them and emailed them repeatedly to review their rules for displays - seeing as tho I've been accepted into some of of the country "Top 200" art fairs from Sunshine Artist Magazine - clearly there isn't an issue with my work or display. Elaine is their art director and she has this very outdated and rigid view of how jewelry should be display. All photography is supposed to be on this odd dated 80s vibe background of black and gray. Sadly the only thing this accomplishes is making all the jewelry displayed look like it's from the same artist. Any originality or color such as being inspired by Gucci or Chanel's floral displays as I've done are met with insults that your display is too crafty. I tried repeatedly to work with them and contrary to what they advertise - they are not "artist friendly". It's odd because art is about originality and not conformity. I won't be applying to any more - I've found several other more reputable art fairs to work with instead. read more

Howard Alan Events - Festivals Near Me - Jupiter, Florida

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Coming soon to kill a local arts scene/festival near you! This festival business is run out of florida and is not local. What they do is show up and compete with existing local festivals and run them out of business. They ride the wave of interest that was created by local artists all the way to the bank $$$. Even worse, they bring in national and "regional" artists (non-local) to spread a generic festival atmosphere that frankly could be achieved anywhere. In Asheville where local artists have spent decades building a unique arts scene, this festival business has come in and scheduled their events on the exact dates of important local festivals and events that have been going on for years. They do not care to mesh into the local arts community calendars. As an artist, I know and have seen it first hand. If you want to see a city's true art scene, don't go to these events, THE ARTISTS ARE NOT LOCAL. RIP LAAF Festival (17 years now defunct) read more

The Best art shows in the country!! Howard Alan transforms the streets into a high end art gallery with amazing Art from around the world!! He also treats his Artsts with the utmost respect! read more

I did their show for 2 years in a row in Keystone. The first year was OK, and the sales were OK, but there were many artists complaining about the show promoters...mostly that they did not jury anything and simply took the money (too many jewelers and photographers) and since I needed to fill in the same weekend the next summer I applied again. The second summer I saw their true colors come to light. They treated me and a number of the artists around me terribly! I was personally in tears at one point, and they screamed and yelled at another artist across from me for something that was thier own fault. Every artist that I spoke to will NEVER do a Howard Alan event ever again, they don't care about the artists (no advertising, horrible treatment, lack of communication) all they want is your money. read more

Beware when applying to one of their events! They will take your $35 without even considering your application of your not already on their list of regulars. I applied on Zapplication to an event and the application was declined a few seconds after it was sent. read more

"LAS OLAS ART FESTIVAL" (October 21-22) I am a know and exhibited artist . I was feeling very sick from the heat and very dehydrated and there was less than one hour left in the art fair ,so I needed to be begin packing up to go home... (Call it a medical emergency.. ) Debbie Alan came and spoke to me and to my 18 yr old son (who was helping me) as if we were animals, hurling threats and insults ,as a pig of extremely low breeding would behave. No elegance.....No quiet discussion....No class... Just a DELUSIONAL air of self importance that could not be LESS APPROPRIATE. This was my first art fair in Florida , as I've just recently moved here, and it cost me a small fortune to put together. I had no idea that I would be "BLACK LISTED" from any further shows for feeling sick, as Debbie Allen so disgustingly put it. I told her that I didn't realize that I couldn't go home if I wasn't feeling well after 2 days in that heat...and that if I MUST, I would stay. She said that I was tagged from this point forward regardless... Get a grip, Debbie Alan...you're running an art fair, NOT a museum. I do NOT appreciate being spoken to in such a manner, and now I will reach out to my lawyer as this horrific, loud, & BITTER woman attempted to publically humiliate me by CALLING other artists over to get testimonies about their own STAY TIL THE BITTER END policies and creating quite a spectacle. It's certainly understandable why Howard Alan is so kind and sweet and so enormously helpful, now that I've met that angry cow he has to be saddled with. NOBODY threatens me.NOBODY EMBARASSES ME PUBLICALLY. I am a VERY WELL RESPECTED ARTIST nationally and internationally. There are laws in place. I suggest STRONGLY that this ill-bred battle-axe Google me. Last time I checked, this was NOT NAZI GERMANY. Toby Gotesman Schneier read more