Ranked top 5 Fine Art Festival in the nation, LeMoyne's Chain of Parks Art Festival, in its 20th year, is the Big Bend Region's premiere outdoor fine art festival. Located in downtown Tallahassee along Park Avenue, just east of Monroe Street, the festival is free and open to the public. Visitors view and purchase amazing one-of-a-kind works from over 170 fine artists from all over the US. Art, culture and local heritage abound at the festival with reenactments of Jacques LeMoyne, the first European artist to arrive in Florida and sketch images of the natives and local flora and fauna and take them back to Europe. Pop-up studios for children and adults to experience making art; BeTheArt photo ops; the community's best entertainers on the stage and local culinary delights add to the fun festival experience.
The art festival is an outdoor event which is open rain or shine. Should the weather become severe, the festival will close until the danger has passed.