Lauderdale Art Week features free entertainment and exhibits

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Author Patti Roth

Delight in exciting events, live entertainment and interactive displays offered for Lauderdale Art Week in Broward.

Lauderdale Art Week in 2025 is January 25 – February 2 and plenty of the events and exhibits are free. Theater performances and some other events require a fee.

Lauderdale Art Week events include

Ignite Broward

Ignite Broward features light, sound projection displays in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and in Dania.

The exhibits are free.

Pompano Jazz Festival

Pompano Jazz Fest is January 24-25, register online for free tickets. The festival includes Grammy-award and Grammy-nominated performers.

Oakland Park

Art exhibit and sale featuring local artists 5 p.m. Art In Oakland Park, 3478 NE 12th Terrace, Oakland Park 33334. Entry is free to the art exhibit. Parking is free.

A resin workshop at 3 p.m. is $50 – $80.

Davie

Pianist Ana Sinkovec Burstin performs 2 p.m. Sunday Bailey Hall and free tickets are available online. Bailey Hall is at Broward College, 3501 Davie Road, Davie.

Ocean Scenes Exhibit, Fort Lauderdale

Exhibit featuring artist Pat Anderson and “Ocean Scenes on Fort Lauderdale Beach” is January at W Fort Lauderdale, 401 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. The beachscapes are described as featuring “sparkling seas, luminous skies, verdant palms, and the … liveliness of beachgoers.”

“Harold & Kumar” in Fort Lauderdale

“Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” film is featured at Gateway Theater, 1820 E Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 10 p.m. Friday with an entry fee of $9.

The movie is presented by Laughing Gas Fest for its 20th anniversary.

Photo/Ilan Pop Art Gallery

Fort Lauderdale

Art Exhibition 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. January with free entry. The venue is Ilan Pop Art Gallery, 954-408, 2854, 2000 S. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale 33316. Painted mopeds by local artists and food tastings are featured. Parking is free.

Hollywood

Studios, galleries and other art venues are participating a Lauderdale Art Week event Saturday January in downtown Hollywood. Please return for information on participants and specific events.

Avenue of the Arts Kid's Art Day, Fort Lauderdale

Art activities, chalk drawings, and live entertainment are featured Kid's Art Day 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. January and January , with free entry.

Participants include

Young at Art Museum

Museum of Discovery and Science

youth design a robot that makes a a work of abstract art

magnetic bead art

Acton Academy, January featuring art project in which kids transform thumb prints into wearable art

The venue is New River Child Care Learning Center, 120 Northwest Seventh Avenue, Fort Lauderdale 33311. Limited free parking is offered.

Celebrate The Arts Day in Weston

The free Arts Day event includes interactive booths run by student groups and performances by school bands and ensembles. The event is 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. January with free entry. An emphasis is on the interplay of technology and the arts. The event usually features a 28-foot Graffiti Wall, and an open-air art studio for painting and pottery hosted by Young at Art. The venue is Weston Town Center, 1675 Market Street, Weston.

More Broward art exhibits and gallery openings