Sun Fiesta returns to Centennial Park October 16–18 with free admission

Venice’s Sun Fiesta returns to Centennial Park October 16 through 18 with free admission. Women’s Sertoma Club of Venice organizes the downtown festival and says it raises much of the club’s scholarship funding.

The organizer lists music and entertainment, arts and crafts sellers, food vendors, a beer and wine tent, and the festival’s bed race among its attractions. Admission is free, but purchases at vendors and other paid offerings are separate.

Visitors should leave pets and outside food and beverages at home; the organizer’s published rules prohibit both. Use the festival website for the current daily program before choosing an arrival time. The three-day schedule gives residents several chances to attend without treating every advertised activity as available throughout the entire weekend.