Event Permits
The City of West Palm Beach Community Events Division produces over 600 unique, original, award-winning events each year along the incomparable West Palm Beach Waterfront. Renovated for the community, this area consists of generous green spaces with trees, fountains, trellises, and plazas that open to resplendent views of the Intracoastal Waterway, accommodating festivals and events from 1,000-20,000 people. A wide variety of venues nested within the Waterfront Commons are available for private event bookings, among them a state-of-the-art interactive fountain, the award-winning Lake Pavilion, gorgeous parks, docks, an open-air amphitheater, and many more. A jewel of the tropics with its paradisal views, coastal breezes and lush spaces, the West Palm Beach Waterfront is an unrivaled setting for festival and events.
What is a Special Event?
Any parade, fair, show, festival, carnival, rally, party, motorcade, run, street dance, bike-a-thon, race, walks, athletic event or other attended entertainment or celebration that is to be held in whole or in part upon publicly owned property and/or public right-of-way, or if held wholly upon private property, but will nevertheless affect or impact the ordinary and normal use by the general public of public property or public right-of-way within the vicinity of the event, and/or will involve noise levels prohibited by Section 34-25 and Section 34-38 of the Code.
Special Event shall also mean any activity to be held in whole or in part upon publicly owned or controlled property and/or public rights-of-way where merchandise or services are offered for sale, whether by for-profit or non-profit organizations. Special Events do not include events held in facilities described in Category No. 162 of the Master Use List, Appendix A, of the City's Zoning Code, i.e., "Theaters, Indoor Motion Picture and Live Performance" and events held in the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
Visit the Applications page for more information, applications and contacts.
Contact Us
To inquire about performing at a City event, please e-mail an EPK containing band bio, live performance videos, genre & song repertoire with "Entertainment Booking" in the subject line to: events@wpb.org.
To be added to the Community Events e-blast list, email events@wpb.org with "Events Eblast" in the subject line, and you'll always be in-the-know! You can also follow us on social media @EventsWPB on Facebook and Instagram; or contact us at (561) 822-1515, and after hours at (561) 822-2222 with your event-specific questions.
100 N. Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Tel: (561) 822-1515 | TTY: (800) 955-8771