Babcock Ranch Art Show 2027

About This Call

The Babcock Ranch Art Show is a 2-day boutique art show held in the vibrant town of Babcock Ranch, featuring approximately 60 exceptional artists. The show is dedicated to promoting and showcasing artwork in a lakefront park-like setting.

Summary

The Babcock Ranch Art Show, professionally managed and produced by the ArtFest Fort Myers staff, is a 2-day boutique art show held in the vibrant town of Babcock Ranch. This free-to-the-public art show features approximately 60 exceptional artists, centered in the town square of the first solar-powered town in the U.S., surrounded by seven exciting new neighborhoods. The Babcock Ranch Art Show is dedicated to promoting and showcasing your artwork.

Artists are set in a circular layout, allowing all booths to have at least 3 feet spacing in a lakefront park-like setting. Extensive promotion featuring your artwork to neighboring cities in Lee and Charlotte Counties assures that your buying public will be eager to see you.

General information

Babcock Ranch Art Show 9th Annual Founders Square, Babcock Ranch, FL March 6th-7th, 2027

Application Deadline: October 30, 2026 Application Fee: $25 Booth Fee: $325 + 7% sales tax

Apply to the Babcock Ranch Art Show – share your talent with this diverse and exciting community.

Babcock Ranch continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and we want you to be a part of this boutique art show. The many new houses in Babcock Ranch need your artwork to make them feel like "home." Extensive advertising throughout Lee and Charlotte Counties, designed to bring art buyers to you, includes newspapers, radio, billboards, and online advertising with paid and organic Facebook ads featuring artist work.

Various local farm-to-table restaurants and vendors will encourage attendees to stay for lunch or dinner as they decide upon their artwork purchases.

Artist perks include:

• Drive-up access to your booth location on setup day (Friday morning) includes storage space behind your booth
• Indoor restrooms
• Convenient free artist parking
• Professional overnight security
• Oversized booth spaces with at least three feet between booths and storage space behind

Artists are selected in a jury process to create a well-balanced show that represents artistic diversity in the following categories: Ceramics, Digital, Drawing/Pastels, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Metal, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Watercolor, Wearable, and Wood.

Produced by the nationally ranked team of ArtFest Fort Myers, this 2-day event embraces this new town of Babcock Ranch. Working closely with the Babcock Ranch School, a portion of your booth fee supports art education for at-risk children.

Important Dates

December 11, 2026 – Acceptance & Booth Fees Due December 18, 2026 – Withdrawal date without forfeiture of booth fee February 12, 2027 – Artist certificate of insurance (COI) due March 5th, 2027 – Artist setup with staggered times, beginning at 8:30 a.m. March 6th, 2027 – Babcock Ranch Art Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 7th, 2027 – Babcock Ranch Art Show 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rules and regulations

The Babcock Ranch Art Show is open to all artists. Artwork must be original in design, and an artist may display and sell only in the media category in which their work has been accepted. Work displayed and sold at the Babcock Ranch Art Show must be consistent with work represented by jury images. Artists are prohibited from selling non-original promotional items (i.e., posters, postcards, note cards, calendars, tee shirts, etc.) at the show.

If two or more persons collaborate to produce original work, each person must be identified on the application. No work by apprentices or employees will be accepted. Commercial agents, dealers, manufacturers, or buy-sell vendors are not eligible to enter, nor can they be proxies for artists. Artwork produced with kits, castings from commercial molds, patterns, plans, or other commercial means is prohibited.

Artists and all collaborating partners must be present on-site with their booths open for business during the entire art show. Original art must occupy at least 50% of the artist's wall space and all artwork on walls must be framed or otherwise professionally hung. All artwork displayed must be for sale.

Exhibitors are responsible for collecting and paying 7% of Florida sales tax. Artists must procure and maintain their liability insurance and provide ArtFest Fort Myers/Babcock Ranch Art Show with a Certificate of Insurance by February 13, 2026.

The Babcock Ranch Art Show is a rain-or-shine festival. No refunds will be issued for weather or other acts of God.

Booth information and fees

Application fee: $25. The non-refundable application fee is due and payable upon applying to participate in Babcock Ranch Art Show. Applicants make their payments through ZAPP by credit card.

Booth Fee: Single 10 x 10 is $325 + 7% Florida Sales Tax. Artists selected by the jury and invited to participate must remit the booth fee online by credit card through ZAPP. The deadline for payment is December 18, 2026.

Artists must procure and maintain their liability insurance and provide a Certificate of Insurance. Staggered artist setup times are scheduled on Friday, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Refund and cancellation policy

Artists may withdraw from the Babcock Ranch Art Show and receive a refund of their booth fee (less $50) if a written request is received on or before December 19, 2025. No refunds will be issued after that date under any circumstances.

Jury details

Average number of applications submitted each year: 250 Average number of artists selected from the jury to participate in the event: 65 How images are viewed by jurors: Computer monitor Jurors score applications using the following scale: 1 - 7 Number of jurors scoring applications: 3 The show organizes the jurors for a single jury panel that scores applications for all medium categories.