With gratitude · 2026
Thank you.
To every guest, artist, vendor, volunteer, and neighbor who brought the festival to life this May: you made Daytona Beach feel like the world’s gathering place.
What a celebration.
Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone who shared food, music, dance, stories, and friendship with us. Your energy turned Manatee Island into a vibrant celebration of the cultures that connect our community.
We are already looking ahead. The Daytona Beach International Festival returns in October 2027, with more details to come.
Until we meet again—thank you, Daytona Beach.
Cultural Awareness Fund
The Cultural Awareness Fund produces the festival each year to turn cultural education into a shared, hands-on community experience. Through music, dance, food, art, and storytelling, neighbors can encounter traditions from around the world while building understanding and mutual respect here at home.
Keeping the festival welcoming and accessible also creates opportunities for families and students to learn together, gives artists, cultural organizations, and small businesses a public platform, and strengthens the civic connections that make Daytona Beach vibrant.
The festival is where the foundation’s mission comes to life.
Thank you, Axios Pro Solutions.
We proudly recognize the support that helped make the 2026 Daytona Beach International Festival possible.
