Organic Guava Jam.

May 3rd - May 10th. Guava City Paint Jam (a.k.a. The Guava Jam) is a grassroots, artist-led art festival popping up in select Tampa Neighborhoods. Built by local artists, neighbors, small businesses, community partners, and friends; every mural, pop-up, and event is free to experience with a choice to support by community donations.
🎨 This project is made with love for Tampa ❤️.

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Inspiration

This project came about through group text messages between artists who work in the festival scene often, and through conversations of checking up on one another. Artists keep each other safe, they build new ideas in their communities, but they can't do that without space.

Guava Jam is an event that provides space for local artists in outdoor arts movements to collaborate with and celebrate their city, to show some love to their neighborhoods and meet their own neighbors. It is to spark a conversation about the role of artists in our communities, and how artists can be more supported, with studio space, gigs, murals & events.

It takes a lot out of any artist who places their work outside, while some may measure the relevance of art by what is archived in a museum or on canvases that lasts throughout history, outdoor artists legacies disappear, and their value is determined by how many times. This project celebrates that effort that it takes for an outdoor artist to learn to do what they do.

Guava Jam is also inspired by Mama Guava, and the coalitions of artists that started Guavaween in 1985..

Guava Jam 2025: Featured Artists

‼️ Chris Dyer & Paulina Casati meet & greet postponed to a later date.

🔥 New murals added at Avenue Lofts: Catch Artists Painting Live from May 3rd - May 10th!

🔥 Klone, Chris Dyer and Mastro are complete with their pieces.

🔥 Daniel Barojas started his piece in Tampa Heights.

Guava City Paint Jam Events

From May 3rd to May 10th, murals and art pieces will be popping up in Tampa Heights, Seminole Heights, and surrounding neighborhoods. Follow the artists, visit their murals in progress, pull up and support. (Event updates will be posted here as they evolve — stay tuned.)

Art Show May 3 : 6:30PM
Meet the Artist: Quinn Cale

Pop-up gallery opening at Noble Brew Kava & Coffee. New works from Quinn's "It's a Zoo" series. Tampa Heights. 6:30pm - 9pm. 2718 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33602.
Art Show POSTPONED: May 6 : 6pm - 9pm
Chris Dyer and Paulina Casati display prints at Cafe Hey in Tampa Heights

Art show and meet & greet. Cafe Hey. 1540 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602.
music May 6
REMIX hip hop open mic in Tampa, head over at 9:30pm

Music acts and artists, featuring local musicians. 2612 N Tampa St, Tampa, FL 33602.
music food May 9 : 5pm
HOXXOH at Commercial Acoustics and parking lot BBQ

Hoxxoh creates art on a building using sound waves, watch it live, Commercial Acoustics supporting with tents and a BBQ. Open to the Public. 6301 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33604
Art ShowMusic May 10
Palma Ciea Pop-Up + Neighborhood Jam

Music by JT Brown, outdoor art, and art pop-ups on Bay to Bay Blvd. Small businesses hosting local artists throughout the night.
muralAll Week
Mural Painting in the Heights

Up to 20 murals in progress! Visit artists at Tampa Truck Works, Avenue Lofts, and across Tampa Heights and Seminole Heights. Follow artists on Instagram to catch them live!