SunFest grows from humble beginnings to large-scale music festival
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Rewind nearly 40 years and Florida's largest waterfront music festival had humble beginnings. SunFest first splashed onto t...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Rewind nearly 40 years and Florida's largest waterfront music festival had humble beginnings. SunFest first splashed onto the scene in West Palm Beach in the early 80s. It morphed out of the Royal Palm Festival, which was put on by the Economic Council of Palm Beach County. SPECIAL COVERAGE: SunFest "Business-wise, they wanted to extend the tourist season and get people to stay longer. So, once Easter was over in April, through the first of May, they thought, if they could get a few more people staying, it would be great for business," said Dari Bowman, the president of SunFest in 1992.