The Tampa Bay Coffee & Art Festival runs Saturday, 24 October 2026 at the Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. Hwy 301 N, Tampa, FL 33610. The venue names the building as the Special Events Center and the entry as MLK Jr. Blvd. The venue map places that gate at Gate 3.
The closing hour needs one decision. The venue Details block reads October 24, 2026: 10:00am – 4:00pm. The venue calendar card on the same page reads 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The organiser's event page and its ticket listing both read 10am to 5pm. Three of the four read a 5 p.m. close.
Admission runs $13 to $30 on the venue page. Parking is $10 online and $12 onsite.
What the Building Gives a Laptop
The Special Events Center page lists 40,000 square feet of customizable space, 25-foot ceilings, complimentary wifi throughout the building, and utilities accessible through the floor and wall. A folding acoustical wall splits the room into 15,000 and 24,000 square foot sections.
Both published clocks sit inside a working day. A remote worker takes the room from 10 a.m. and keeps the desk and the floor in one block.
Day Cards Near the Grounds
Dayuse Tampa listed 14 priced cards on a 21 October 2026 read. No card prints a distance to the Fairgrounds. Three cards name the grounds in the property name or the card text, and all three open at 8 a.m.
Quality Inn & Suites Tampa near Fairgrounds and Casino shows $65 per night plus a $6 booking fee. Its windows are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. window ends with the festival's latest published close.
Clarion Pointe Tampa-Brandon Near Fairgrounds and Casino shows $65 plus a $6 fee. Its windows are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The second window ends an hour before a 5 p.m. close. The card lists free high-speed Wi-Fi and a business center.
Quality Inn and Conference Center Tampa-Brandon shows $60 plus a $6 fee. Its windows are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The card lists a business center and a meeting room.
Sleep Inn near Busch Gardens - USF shows $95 plus a $5 fee. Its windows are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The name places it by Busch Gardens and USF.
What the Partners Publish
The venue publishes seven hotel partners with a distance on each entry: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tampa Fairgrounds Casino at 0.2 miles and directly across the street, Wyndham Garden Tampa Fairgrounds/Casino at 1.5, Staybridge Suites Tampa-Brandon at 2.7, Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-East/Brandon at 2.8, Courtyard Tampa-Brandon at 4.4, Cambria Hotel Tampa-Brandon at 5 and Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa East at 5.0.
No partner carries a priced day card on the Dayuse page. Two partner entries contradict their own distance field. Wyndham Garden's description reads one mile against a printed 1.5, and Hilton Garden Inn's reads less than 2 miles against a printed 2.8.
Parking and the Platform
The fairgrounds ticket portal sells Coffee & Art - Parking Only for 24 October at $10.00 general parking, one time entry, entered through MLK. Its terms read not refundable, not transferable, no rainchecks, all sales final, with convenience fees inside the listed price under the FTC Junk Fees Rule.
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The site's seller-of-travel page, last updated 21 October 2026, lists Florida, Hawaii, Iowa and Washington among the states where it cannot take a booking request. /directory/florida and /directory/tampa both returned HTTP 404 on a 21 October read while /directory answered.
Before the Door
Compare two cards on the total: $65 plus a $6 booking fee comes to $71. Buy the parking entry online and save $2 against the gate.
Day rates move between reads. Every figure above comes from the 21 October 2026 read, so re-read the card on the morning of the show.
