1- Green Thumb Festival
St. Petersburg’s annual Arbor Day Celebration, the Green Thumb Festival, returns to Walter Fuller Recreation Center this Saturday & Sunday, April 23-24. The Green Thumb Festival brings together plant and flower lovers, as well as, individuals and families looking for a fun weekend activity. With more than 120 garden, plant and flower vendors and exhibitors, the annual event brings the community together for a weekend of fun. Click here to learn more.
2- POPera! Tavern Songs
Whether you are an aficionado or new to opera, you’ll love St. Petersburg Opera’s POPera: Tavern Songs this weekend, April 21-24, at CAGE Brewing. POPera: Tavern Songs is a new musical program from the St. Petersburg Opera that highlights drinking songs from the world of opera and musical theater. Experience boisterous operatic excerpts set in taverns, drinking songs and toasting songs, plots about having a drink-too-far, and sometimes, the consequences thereof. Click here to get tickets and learn more.
3- Corey Avenue Craft Festival
Head out to Corey Avenue in St. Pete Beach this Saturday & Sunday, April 23-24 for the their 18th Annual Corey Avenue Craft Festival! This spectacular open-air craft festival will feature more than 100 of the nation’s finest contemporary crafters and will showcase a plethora of American handmade wares ranging from one-of-a-kind jewelry, ceramics, pottery, personalized gifts, and much, much more! This show will also feature an expansive dedicated Green Market. Click here to learn more.
4- Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival
Head to Clearwater beach this weekend for the final weekend of their annual Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival. FREE activities for all ages include a children’s play area, street performers, artisans, live entertainment, fireworks, sand sculpting classes, speed sand demonstrations and the master sand sculpting competition. The main show is the ticketed Sugar Sand Walk Exhibit- a 21,000 square-foot tent filled with sand sculpted art crafted by world-class sculptors using Clearwater’s internationally famous sugar sand. Click here to learn more.
5- Treasure Island Earth Day Celebration
The City of Treasure Island is having their 4th Annual Community Appreciation and Earth Day Celebration this Saturday, April 23rd from 11am-1pm at the Treasure Island Community Center and Park. There will be a Bicycle Rodeo with FREE helmets to all participants as well as drawings for bicycles. Additional activities include Petting Zoo with Pony Rides, Vehicle Extrication Demo, Touch-A-Truck, inflatable Atomic Obstacle Course, arts & crafts projects, music by EMCEE Johnnie G and Kona Ice plus food and beverage concessions. Click here to learn more.