May events, festivals throughout Florida, Caribbean

Southeast Florida and The Keys

April 28-May 1: SunFest, waterfront art and music festival, 100 S. Clematis St., West Palm Beach, sunfest. com

April 30-May 1: Fort Lauderfeaturing dale Air Show, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, Fort Lauderdale Beach, fortlauderdaleairshow.com

May 4-8: Key West Songvariwriters Festival, ous events and venues, keywestsongwritersfestival.com

May 6-7: Boca Bacchanal Wine and Food Festival, presented by Boca Raton Historical Society, bocabacchanal.com

May 6: Outstanding Natural Area Day at Jupiter Lighthouse, includes 2-for-1 entry, 500 Captain Armour’s Way, Jupiter, 561-747-8380, jupiterlighthouse.org

May 14: Stock Island Art Stock Island Arts Stroll, District, Florida Keys, ilovestockisland.org

May 20: Viernes Culturales Arts and Culture Festival in Little Havana, featuring food vendors and live entertainment, 801 SW 15th Ave., Miami, 305-643-5500, viernesculturales.org

May 21: Ocean Brews & 149 SE Blues Beer Fest, 21st Ave., Deerfield Beach, deerfield-beach.com/1601/Ocean-Brews-Blues

May 21: Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk, featuring live entertainment and an artisan market, Hollywood Boulevard and Harrison Street, floridashollywood.org/ArtWalk

May 27-30: Home Design Palm & Remodeling Show, Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, homeshows.net

May28-29: Miami Beach Air& Sea Show, featuring watersports, display village, kids fun zone, live music by 3 Doors Down, pyro-parachute demonstrations from the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team and fireworks, usasalute.com

May 28-Sept. 5: Flotsam Fauna exhibit, featuring wildlife art made with flip flops and other debris picked up on South Florida shores. The sculptures are provided by Free Our Seas, a South Florida environmental organization. Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S. Flamingo Road, Davie, 954-473-2955, flamingogardens.org

Orlando and Central Florida

May 6-8: Hot Air Balloon festival, with entertainment, balloon and helicopter rides, Lakeland Linder International Airport, upupandawayflorida.com

May 14-15: Vero Beach Riverside Seafood Festival, Park, 3258 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, verobeachseafoodfestival.com

May 21-22: Vero Beach Arts 3280 & Crafts Festival, Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, paragonfestivals.com/festival/vero-beacharts-crafts-festival

Northeast Florida

May 21: Festival Latino, 110 SE Watula Ave., Ocala, ocalamarion.com/events/ latino-festival-downtown-ocala

May 26-29: Jacksonville featuring Jazz Festival, United States Air Force Airmen of Note and others, jacksonvillejazzfest.com

Southwest Florida

May 7: Great Dock Canoe

Race, featuring fun water events, 845 12th Ave. S. Naples, 239-825-1228

May 12: Evening on Fifth, featuring live entertainment on the sidewalks of the Fifth Avenue South shopping and dining district, 649 Fifth Ave. South, Naples, 239-6928436, fifthavenuesouth.com

May 22: Naples Philharmonic and Naples Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples, artisnaples.org

May 27: Limón Dance Company with Naples Philharmonic, Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples, artisnaples.org

Northwest Florida and the Panhandle

May 5-8: Southern Shakespeare Festival,

Tallahassee, southernshakespearefestival.org/

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May 14-22: Soul of The Southside Arts and Humanities Festival, Lake Anita, Tallahassee, sosfesttlh.com

Caribbean Basin

April 30-6: Antigua Sailing Week, sailingweek.com

May 13-18: Grenada Chocolate Fest, grenadachocolatefest.com

May 25-30: Soul Beach

music festival in Aruba, featuring Mary J. Blige and others, soulbeach.net

May 27-29: Festival de la

Piña Paradisíaca, including live entertainment, vendors with pineapples and other foods, Lajas, Puerto Rico, discoverpuertorico. com/article/annual-festivals-puerto-rico

May 28: Puerto Rico Rum

Taste of Rum, Festival, includes rum and rum seminars, Old San Juan, tasteofrums.com