RECURRING EVENTS
Tuesdays & 4th Saturday • 9am-3pm, Gulfport Tuesday Fresh Market, Beach Blvd. below 28th Ave. S. gulfporttuesdayfreshmarket.com
Fridays • 5-9pm, First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Gulfport. A juried event featuring emerging and professional artists. First Friday of every month.
Last Friday • 6-9pm, live music at the John’s Pass Bell Tower, John’s Pass Boardwalk and Shopping Village, 12902 Village Blvd., Madeira Beach
Saturdays • 9am-2pm, St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market, First Ave. SE and First St., Al Lang Stadium parking lot near the marina. Celebrating community, food, and creativity. October through May.
1st Saturday • 8am Beach Cleanup, Archibald Park,15100 Gulf Blvd. Mad. Beach.
2nd Saturday • 8:30am, Beach Cleanup. TI Waffle House, 11185 Gulf Blvd.
• 5-9pm, St. Pete Artwalk. Artists and gallery owners from 40 studios and galleries in five arts districts show off their latest works. Take the trolley, drive or park and walk. stpeteartsalliance.org/artwalk
3rd Saturday • 5-9pm, Indie Faire, Beach Blvd., Gulfport. Outdoor, socially distanced event in Gulfport features local art, handmade crafts, jewelry, and pottery to locally sourced botanicals.
4th Saturday • Gulfport 4th Saturday Fresh Market 9am-2pm • Pinellas Arts Walk 4-8pm, Pinellas Arts Village Walk, 5600-5800 Park Blvd. (north side), Pinellas Park. Pinellas Park Art Society, Donnelly COVE, Complete Sweet Shoppe, Pompei Factory, Studios @5663, Painting with a Twist, Bottles Pub, and Swartz Gallery.
Sundays • 9am-1pm Indian Shores Sunday Morning Market, Indian Shores Municipal Center, 19305 Gulf Blvd. Local vendors offer everything from gourmet foods to fine art. (November-April). TheBeachMarkets.com. Library Book Sale every third Sunday.
• 10am-2pm/Summer 9am-1pm, Corey Sunday Market, Corey Ave. (74th Ave), St. Pete Beach. Almost a hundred vendors with an emphasis on local fresh, hydroponic and organic veggies, gourmet take-out treats, locally made crafts and live music. (9-1 June – Sept.)
Every other Sunday • 9am-noon, Organic Farming at Eco-Village, 302 15th St. N, St. Pete. Volunteer in a community garden that provides access to fresh organic produce, opportunities for physical activity, connection with nature.
ONGOING
Through Jan. 1 – Enchant
$35+, children $20, hours vary by date, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg. This 10-acre event features an immersive walk-through light maze created from over 4 million sparkling lights. Enchant also includes a 100-foot-tall holiday tree, an ice-skating trail, live entertainment, Santa visits and a village marketplace with crafts, gifts, festive culinary treats, and holiday cocktails. enchantchristmas.com
UPCOMING
Dec. 3-4 – Sixth Annual ArtJones Studio Tour and Sale
Free, 10am-5pm Sat./11am-4pm Sun. This year’s self-guided tour features the works of 27 fine artists across nine stops. Arts lovers will find a wide variety of artistic mediums, including painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography, jewelry, and mixed-media art. Download a map and brochure of the tour at ArtJonesStudioTour.com. Postcards and brochures with a map are also available for pick up at numerous businesses throughout Gulfport and St. Petersburg.
Dec. 4 – Ruth Eckerd Hall On The Road presents “Miracle On Cleveland Street”
• Free, 2-4pm, 400 block of Cleveland Street – Family-Friendly Holiday Festival. Downtown Clearwater will be transformed into a holiday wonderland with falling snow, live music including strolling carolers, meet and greet with Santa, Xtreme Board Snowboard simulator, “ice” skating and much more.
• Free, 6pm, Bilheimer Capital Theatre – Community Concert with the Ruth Eckerd Hall Chorus featuring the Salvation Army Music and Arts Ensembles.
Dec. 9 – Tree Lighting, Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
Free for members (registration required), $5 non-members, 5-7pm, MAACM, 355 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg. Sing along with carolers and enjoy holiday music featuring the Seminole High School chorus and string orchestra.
Dec. 9 – Art Splash
$100 and up, 6-9:30pm. Suntan Art Center, 3300 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach. Art Splash is back this year…and it’s bigger and better! The theme this year will be a holiday festival, with a live band, dinner, dancing, silent auction, and art sale. suntanart.org 727-367-3818
Dec. 9 – For King + Country: A Drummer Boy Christmas Tour
$24.99 and up, 7pm, Amalie Arena, Tampa. Grammy® award-winning duo For King + Country present “A Drummer Boy Christmas Tour: The 2022 LIVE Experience.” Brothers Joel and Luke will perform Christmas classics and brand-new songs such as fan favorite “Little Drummer Boy,” No. 1 hit single “For God Is With Us,” “What Are We Waiting For?,” and many more. amaliearena.com
Dec. 9-18 – A Christmas Carol
$23/$15/$10, 7:30pm Fri. & Sat./2pm Sun., St. Petersburg City Theater, 4025 31st St. S. The Dickens classic with Scrooge seeing his past, present and future.
Dec. 10 – Santa’s Holiday Revue
$7.50 (12 and under), $8.50, 11am, Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Dr, Largo. This fast-paced, rollicking musical takes a joyous around-the-world tour of the dances, songs and stories from Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and more. Students will sing, clap, and tap along as they learn new and old traditions, customs, and folklore that instill the magic of the season. 727- 587-6793 www.largoarts.com
Dec. 11 – Robby’s Pancake Breakfast
$5, 8am-noon, Treasure Island Community Center, 1 Park Place and 106th Avenue. Middle Grounds Grill and Gulf Beaches Rotary will serve up a breakfast of pancakes, sausage patties, coffee, tea, and juice in this annual fundraiser. Bring a new unwrapped toy or food to help fill the Red Sled for foster care children.
Dec. 14 – Christmas With The King featuring Dwight Icenhower & the Blue Suede Band
$24.50-$44.50, 2pm/7:30pm, Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Dr, Largo. Five-time world champion Elvis Presley tribute artist Dwight Icenhower brings you Christmas with the KING! www.largoarts.com
Dec. 15 – Arts Annual 2022 – The Party Redux
$25, 6-9pm, Gallery at Creative Pinellas, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. This one-night only event is the only fundraiser of the year for Creative Pinellas. The original date was cancelled by Hurricane Nicole, so if you already had a ticket for the earlier date, you are set. Arts Annual 2022 Exhibition Artists are: Anna Ayres, Elizabeth Barenis, Nathan Beard, Christina Bertsos, Saumitra Chandratreya, Nerverne Covington, Javier T. Dones, John Gascot, Jim Gigurtsis, Jason Hackenwerth, Steph Hargrove, Kenny Jensen, Patricia Kluwe Derderian, Cecilia Lueza, Cora Marshall, Mark Mitchell, Gianna Pergamo, Babs Reingold, Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse, Xina Scuderi, Emily Stehle, Judy Vienneau, and Angela Warren.
Dec 16-18 – Next Generation Ballet’s Nutcracker
$30+, 2pm/7pm, Straz Performing Arts Center, Tampa. A Tampa holiday tradition, NGB’s Nutcracker includes principal dancers from the New York City Ballet alongside NGB’s award-winning young dancers. This family-friendly favorite takes audiences into Clara and Drosselmeyer’s fantastical world of dancing sweets, sword-fighting rodents, and some of ballet’s most famous music. 800-955-1045 www.strazcenter.org
Dec. 17 – Tomaseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas
$24.50-$39.50, 1pm, Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Dr, Largo. A Celtic Christmas recreates a night before Christmas in West Ireland, where neighbors have gathered to entertain each other with music, singing, dancing, and storytelling. Performed by world-class musicians, dancers, and singers from both sides of the Atlantic. www.largoarts.com
Dec. 18-20 – The Nutcracker
$14.50-39.50, 7pm, Central Park Performing Arts Center, 105 Central Park Dr, Largo. . Presented by Steps School of Dance, this classic holiday ballet tells a story in which a young girl named Clara goes on an enchanting journey in her dreams after her parents’ Christmas Eve party. Features local professional dancers and original choreography by Heather Mills.
Dec. 23 – A Christmas Carol
$29-$75, 7pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater. This celebrated Charles Jones adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is presented by Nebraska Theatre Caravan with a cast of 23 performers, live musicians, and Broadway-style scenery and costumes. The classic tale adds beautiful new arrangements and moving renditions of holiday songs. 727-791-7400 www.rutheckerdhall.com
Dec. 27 – Cirque Dreams Holidaze
$33, 7:30pm, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. Cirque Dreams Holidaze dazzles with a brilliant and whimsical family holiday spectacular. This annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around an infusion of contemporary circus arts. 727-300-2000 www.themahaffey.com
Dec. 28-Jan. 22 – Hamilton
$49-$229, times vary by date, Straz Center, Tampa. With a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. It has won Tony®, Grammy®, and Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors. 800-955-1045 www.strazcenter.org
Jan. 6 – The State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine’s “Sleeping Beauty”
$69 and up, 7:30pm, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. This bewitching and dark tale comes to life in Andrey Litvinov’s exquisite production. Visually stunning with lavish sets, this superb classical production features Tchaikovsky’s delightful music performed by the Dnipro Philharmonic Orchestra. www.themahaffey.com
Jan. 13 – The Rocket Man Show
$46 and up, 7:30pm, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. Rus Anderson, the official body double for the Rocket Man himself, performs as the young Elton John in a night of Elton’s greatest hits with spot-on vocals and fierce piano playing in a painstakingly recreated early Elton concert with costumes actually worn by Elton. www.themahaffey.com
Jan. 19-22 – St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show
$21/$15 age 15 and under; 10am-6pm Thurs-Fri/10am-7pm Sat/10am-5pm Sunday; Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin. The largest boat show on the Gulf Coast will gather an impressive selection of the latest powerboats, center consoles, motor yachts, and sailboats in-water and on land. A 40,000-square-foot tent housing all types of marine accessories, electronics, art, and more will keep everyone cool and dry. Boating and fishing seminars will be given from the Annapolis School of Seamanship while kids’ fishing clinics will be provided by Capt. Don Dingman. Advance tickets at https://www.eventspass.com/event/stpeteboatshow?pr=WEB/#/buyTickets%20. No ticket sales onsite.