The Coconut Grove Arts Festival runs Saturday 13 to Monday 15 February 2027 in Coconut Grove, Miami, across Presidents Day weekend. The festival own site confirms the 2027 dates, and its artist pages show the scale: up to 285 artists, chosen by blind jury, showing outdoors in one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city.
This post is built from the festival artist FAQ, which fixes the dates and the shape of the show, plus the live Miami guide. Gate times and visitor ticket details sit on the festival site closer to the weekend, so check there before you set an arrival time.
What is happening
The 2027 festival takes place February 13 to 15, 2027, Presidents Day weekend, per the festival own FAQ. The Coconut Grove Arts Festival selects up to 285 artists through a blind jurying process: a panel of five independent judges, museum curators, gallery owners, professional artists and art educators, scores the work without names, and recent history shows about a third of the artists each year are exhibiting for the first time.
Two rules shape what you see on the ground. Artists must be present all three days, and no commercial dealers or agents may represent them, so the person in the booth is the person who made the work. The festival also runs an Emerging Artist Program for artists starting a career in outdoor shows, and a Sculpture Garden where the work has to withstand all natural conditions, with no tent allowed.
Pair the festival with the sight that shares its neighborhood. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, the 1916 Italianate villa on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, is $25 for adults, currently $20 while restoration work runs, right at Vizcaya Metrorail station, per the guide.
Getting there after you land
Fly into Miami International, MIA, about 8 miles northwest of Downtown. The free MIA Mover takes you from your terminal to Miami Airport Station for the trains, and to the Miami Intermodal Center for the Beach bus. See our Miami airport to Miami Beach transfer guide for every option, priced and compared. One warning from that page: rideshare prices surge hard during big event weekends, so check the fare before you confirm.
Metrorail Orange LineCheapest
Free MIA Mover to Miami Airport Station, then the Orange Line straight to Government Center in Downtown. Contactless cards and phones tap at the gate.
Route 150 Airport Express bus
The budget route to Miami Beach, stopping along Collins and Washington Avenues, about every 30 minutes from 6 am to 11:40 pm, from the Intermodal Center.
Taxi, metered
Metered since the old flat airport fares were abolished in 2022, with a $15 minimum from the airport. Expect this range to South Beach in normal traffic; use the official stand.
Pre-booked transfer
A fixed fare with a driver in arrivals, which the guide recommends for late arrivals and groups, to Downtown, the Beach and PortMiami.
The full first hour: Miami guide
The ride in, the first ticket and the first meal, plus where to stay in Miami.
Where to stay, and getting back
For a Splurge, The Setai, Miami Beach, at 2001 Collins Ave, is a serene tower behind a 1930s Art Deco front, with three temperature controlled pools and a private stretch of beach. For Mid-range, Kimpton EPIC Hotel, at 270 Biscayne Blvd Way in Downtown, has bay view rooms, two rooftop pools and the Metromover at the door, and the guide notes Downtown costs less than the Beach. For Budget, Freehand Miami, at 2727 Indian Creek Dr in Miami Beach, is a hostel in a restored Art Deco hotel one block from the sand, with dorms and private rooms around a courtyard pool and free bikes.
For getting back, remember the airport gap: no airport rail runs between about midnight and 5 am, and the Route 150 bus ends at 11:40 pm, so a late flight home starts with a car.
The first hour, sorted
Get connected before you land: an Airalo eSIM works across the US, and Saily is a good alternative, because Miami runs on apps, rideshares and restaurant queues, and the airport free Wi-Fi only gets you so far. Then set up your transit tap: Metrorail and Metrobus take contactless cards and phones for the $2.25 fare, with a daily cap of $5.65, or buy a reloadable EASY Card at the airport station for $2.
Cards are accepted virtually everywhere, but keep small bills for cafecito windows, taco trucks and tips. Hotel tax totals about 14 percent in Miami Beach and 13 percent in Miami, and many Beach hotels add a resort fee, so read the total before you book.
For a first meal, eat something Cuban, per the guide: Versailles Restaurant, at 3555 SW 8th St in Little Havana, feeding the city since 1971, where the order is ropa vieja or a Cuban sandwich, then a cortadito at the coffee window outside. And book an Everglades airboat day ahead, because it fills up fast in season.
Three days of outdoor art in the Grove is Presidents Day weekend used well. Browse the events calendar for what else is on while you are in town, and use plan your trip to line up the days around it.
The Beach, the Everglades and the Keys, for the days around the festival.
Get the Miami first hour checklist by email
The ride in, the first ticket and the first meal, in the Miami guide PDF you can read on the plane.
The checklist, free, from After You Land.
What else is on
The events calendar tracks every guided city, strikes and stoppages included.
Events calendarLine up the rest
Plan your trip pulls the guide, the stays and the bookings for this trip into one place.
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