RECURRING EVENTS
First Fridays • 10am-2pm, Creative Clay Outdoor Art Market, 1846 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg • 5-9pm, First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Gulfport • 6-9pm, Concert in front of Studio Movie Grill, Seminole City Center, 11201 Park Blvd. N, Seminole
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
1st Saturday • 8am Beach Cleanup, Archibald Park,15100 Gulf Blvd. Mad. Beach.
2nd Saturday • 8:30am, Beach Cleanup. Municipal Pavilion, 11260 Gulf Blvd., Treasure Island, 11185 Gulf Blvd.• The Market Marie,10am-3pm, Coachman Park, 300 Cleveland St., Clearwater • 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 • 10am-2pm, Crossroads Market, Crossroads Christian Church, 1645 Seminole Blvd., Largo • 10am-5pm, Creative Pinellas at Pinewood, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo • 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 • 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.
ONGOING
Through 12/23 – Amy Santoferraro: Kowtow Mountain
Free, Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm, Gamble Family Gallery, Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Santoferraro’s works combine kitschy collectibles and crafted clay elements that make the familiar, unfamiliar.
Through 12/23 – Nancee Clark: Insights and Follies
Free, Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm, Entel Family Gallery, Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Clark has exhibited nationally and internationally.
Through 12/23 – At Home with “City of Ghosts”
Free, Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm, Douglas-Whitely Gallery, Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Features the personal artwork of 17 “City of Ghosts” creators, highlighting their individual visions, passion projects, and more.
Through 12/30 – All is Bright: 2023 Holiday Show and Sale
Free admission, 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat., Morean Arts Center, St. Pete. Find unique and thoughtful gifts for everyone on your shopping list. Choose from stockings, ornaments, functional pottery, glass, paintings, sculpture and more…in every price range.
Through 12/31 – Florida Botanical Gardens Holiday Lights
5:30-9:30pm., 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo. The Gardens will sparkle with 1 million twinkling LED lights in a multitude of colors. Vibrant laser lights and lighted figures round out the display. Suggested donation of $10/person ages 13+.
UPCOMING
12/2 – St. Pete Pride’s Annual Red & Green Fundraiser
$75, 7-10pm, Sunken Gardens, St. Pete. Hosted by Grammy-nominated spoken word artist Queen Sheba, with a lineup of local entertainers. Proceeds benefit St Pete Pride’s youth programming and community partner Family Resources. Tickets: https://bit.ly/red-green-pride
12/2 – Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival
11am-5pm, Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin. Featuring the Becky Buller Band, the ETSU Pride Band, and Kindled Bits of Grass. Children under 12 free. Lawn chair seating. Park entry ($4) not included in ticket price. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/mpdkdc4t
12/2 – Betty Fox Blues Concert
$25-$55, 7pm, Catherine Hickman Theater, Gulfport. Six-time winner of Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay; 2021 blues music award nominee for “best new artist album;” #1 soul blues album on Roots Music Report for 26 weeks in 2020. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/2p95vysp
12/2-3 – 29th Annual St. Pete Beach Corey Area Craft Festival
Free admission, 10am-5pm both days, Corey Avenue. Contemporary crafts from more than 100 of the nation’s most talented artisans. Green Market as well.
12/2-3 – ArtJones Studio Tour
Free, 10am-4pm. A self-guided tour, show and sale of fine art and contemporary craft located in all four residential districts in Gulfport. Studios are hidden in backyards and down alleys. Download map at https://tinyurl.com/4prn2j9h
12/7 – CASA and Toys for Tots clothing and toy drive
6-9pm, Grapes Wine Café, 348 Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach. Bring donations of gently used women’s and children clothing for CASA, a local domestic violence shelter, and unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots. Drink and food specials with live music.
12/8 – Holiday Winter Fest and Tree Lighting
Free, 5:30-9:30pm, Seminole Recreation Department, 9100 113th Ave. N. Includes holiday craft market, live entertainment, visit and meet with Santa. Snow Hill sledding and Bounce House Zone ($7).
12/8 – Imagine Museum’s Holiday and Trunk Show
$15 museum admission, 5-8pm, Imagine Museum,1901 Central Ave., St. Pete. An elegant holiday soiree filled with the shimmering beauty of contemporary glass art, cocktails and light bites. Artist Bula Barua will debut her latest creations of blown glass on canvas. Live music by Kassondra Rose. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/ycpnxeyf
12/9 – Palm Harbor Holiday Market
Free, 10am-2pm, 1190 Georgia Ave. The market will feature 60-plus vendors with gift items (handmade, upcycled, retail, resale, etc.).
12/14 – Five from Florida: A St. Petersburg Press book event
Free, 7pm, Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S. A special holiday-season book event featuring readings and signings by five Florida-centric authors from St. Petersburg Press: Paul Wilborn (“Florida Hustle”), Bill DeYoung (“Vintage St. Pete & Pinellas, Volume 3”), Kerry Kriseman (“Accidental First Lady”), Shana Smith (“Islands of Cedars”) and Tom Gribbin (“The Last Florida Boy”). Books will be available for purchase.
12/15 – Victor Paruta, Holiday Message from Spirit
$30-$60, 7pm, Catherine Hickman Theater, Gulfport. Audience members will receive inspiring messages from beyond. Doors open at 6pm for free pre-show tarot card readings by guest readers in the lobby. Includes demonstrations of object reading (psychometry) and an audience Q&A segment. Tickets: https://bit.ly/victor-paruta
1/4-7 – Gaspar The Musical
$25-$55, 7pm, The Palladium, St. Pete. In this tale created by St. Pete residents Constantine Grame and Bill Leavengood, legendary pirate Jose Gaspar is magically transported through time to modern day Tampa Bay, while his identical counterpart, Joe Wright, a Florida politician running for governor, finds himself captaining the pirate ship, Floriblanca, in 1723. https://mypalladium.org
1/13 – St. Pete Bacon & BBQ Festival
$15 general admission, Noon-9pm, Vinoy Park, St. Pete. Over 100 bacon and BBQ dishes from more than 30 food vendors, craft beer and cocktails, live music, games and prizes. Info and tickets: stpetebaconandbbq.com
1/14 – D’Angelo Young Artist Competition
Free, 4pm, Teco Theater, Straz Center, Tampa. This public performance will present the finalists in the D’Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition. The audience will vote for their favorite artist performing two arias. Awards will be presented. Seating is limited.