Beer Bourbon & BBQ
The 9th annual Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival will feature a great day of beer sippin’, bourbon tastin’, music listenin’, cigar smokin’, and barbeque eatin’. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE-TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon! See you there!
BBQ & Blues Festival
Get your taste buds dancing and your feet tapping at the 2nd Annual BBQ & Blues Festival! 🎸🍖 Free entry for all you BBQ lovers and blues enthusiasts out there! Come hungry, leave happy - it's gonna be a finger-lickin', toe-tappin' kinda day! Don't miss out on the smokin' hot fun! 🔥🎶 #BBQBluesBash #FreeAndFabulous #GetYourGrooveOn
Sanding Ovations Treasure Island
Come see Treasure Island’s beach come to life at the 2023 Sanding Ovations event scheduled Nov. 16-19, 2023. See what happens when master sculptors use their imaginations and turn piles of sand and buckets of water into “outSANDing” works of art. Best of all, this year’s event will extend into a second weekend, Nov. 25 & 26, 2023.
Siesta Key Crystal Classic
24 artists converge on Siesta Key to compete in an amazing Master Sand Sculpting competition. The sculptors create a large community carve, 8 solo sculptures and 8 team sculptures. On Saturday evening, enjoy the sculptures under colored lights after sunset. The timed competition is judged and the winners are revealed on Sunday afternoon.
Come and vote for your favorite sculpture until Monday at 5 PM by wooden tokens (available for purchase) so you can help determine the Peoples' Choice award. People’s Choice Award will be announced on Tuesday, November 14, online on our website and our Facebook page.
There are other attractions at this festival: The Learning Curve - sand sculpting lessons and demonstrations are hosted multiple times daily, Fri - Sun; 4 days of live bands under the huge entertainment tent; Quick Sand - an ongoing contest of speed and skill; plus, the Amateur Competition on Saturday.
Also, the Barefoot Beach Bar Party Tent is open all 4 days with music and a full bar- no entry fee.
Vendor Village surrounding Sand Village features 80+ retail vendors and 5 food trailers which are all open to the public.
Van Wezel Friday Fest
Friday Fest, the free, outdoor summertime concert series returns this year with an exciting lineup of bands who will bring the audience to their feet! The events run from 5-9 p.m. and are located on the lawn of the Van Wezel.
Bring blankets or lawn chairs, take in the music and the sunset, and enjoy food and beverage from local vendors!
Note: Bringing in food, beverages and coolers from outside Friday Fest is prohibited.
September Artist: Jah Movement
The winner of Manasota Honors 2021 Musical Artist of the Year, reggae band Jah Movement features a glorifying sound where individual talents of each member come together. Highlighting the talented ensemble is hometown hero and vocalist extraordinaire Shantel Norman. Adding their own touch of R&B, soul and funk to some of the best live reggae music, Jah Movement has won the hearts of many across the Suncoast and creates a show that can’t be missed.
Van Wezel Friday Fest
Friday Fest, the free, outdoor summertime concert series returns this year with an exciting lineup of bands who will bring the audience to their feet! The events run from 5-9 p.m. and are located on the lawn of the Van Wezel.
Bring blankets or lawn chairs, take in the music and the sunset, and enjoy food and beverage from local vendors!
Note: Bringing in food, beverages and coolers from outside Friday Fest is prohibited.
August Artist: TEN-76
TEN-76 is a powerhouse high energy band that covers classic and modern rock. From the Lakewood Ranch homebase, TEN-76 regularly plays many of the local venues and are expanding in the Southeast Region. They have volunteered their time and entertainment for charities (ex. Breast Cancer, Fire Victims, Veterans, First Responders, and Children in need) to help raise funds and awareness.
Van Wezel Friday Fest
Friday Fest, the free, outdoor summertime concert series returns this year with an exciting lineup of bands who will bring the audience to their feet! The events run from 5-9 p.m. and are located on the lawn of the Van Wezel.
Bring blankets or lawn chairs, take in the music and the sunset, and enjoy food and beverage from local vendors!
Note: Bringing in food, beverages and coolers from outside Friday Fest is prohibited.
July Artist: One Night Rodeo
One Night Rodeo is an American contemporary country band. Thirteen years and over 2,000 performances in their career has prepared One Night Rodeo for their own launch into Country music stardom. Opening for superstars such as Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban and Montgomery Gentry is nothing new to this group of seasoned musicians who worked long and hard to get here.
BBQ & Jazz Festival
THE place to be for your July celebrations!
What are the Saturday Shoppes?
YOUR local marketplace. The Shoppes are an outdoor event catered to small businesses with a focus on their growth in individual cities
Van Wezel Friday Fest
Friday Fest, the free, outdoor summertime concert series returns this year with an exciting lineup of bands who will bring the audience to their feet! The events run from 5-9 p.m. and are located on the lawn of the Van Wezel.
Bring blankets or lawn chairs, take in the music and the sunset, and enjoy food and beverage from local vendors!
Note: Bringing in food, beverages and coolers from outside Friday Fest is prohibited.
June Artist: Kettle of Fish
Kettle of Fish plays festival music that features blues, soul, and funk with the energy of rock ‘n roll. They make old songs new again, and their originals sound like classics. Kettle of Fish is one of the hottest live acts in southwest Florida, headlining to thousands, and opening for such acts as Eddie Money, Marshall Tucker, Elvin Bishop, Dickey Betts, and many more.
The Battles of The Breweries
A seafood day party like you've never experienced before!
What are the Saturday Shoppes?
YOUR local marketplace. The Shoppes are an outdoor event catered to small businesses with a focus on their growth in individual cities.
Freedom 500 and Cleetus & Cars
Friday March 31st, Get ready for the Freedom 500 Presented by Summit Racing Equipment! Watch as Cleetus, along with your favorite automotive influencers, and professional drivers race 20 nitrous equipped Crown Vics for 100 laps around our home track, the Freedom Factory. We've gone out and purchased a new fleet of Crown Vics, added nitrous to them, roll cages, and some fresh Nitto tires. So come on out and watch your favorite automotive and YouTube influencers take part in a wild race around the 3/8 asphalt oval.
Saturday, April 1st, we'll be burning rubber and popping tires for Cleetus & Cars, the GREATEST Burnout Competition in the USA!
Music In The Park
Music in the Park series returns to the Bradenton Riverwalk Mosaic Amphitheater EVERY Friday starting on March 24th-May 5th! The event is from 6pm-8pm and it’s FREE! Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets or chairs—and their furry companions on leashes are welcome.
LINE-UP
March 24: IRuption Movement - Caribbean
March 31: Glass Onion Beatles Band - Beatles
April 7: Eric Von Band - Country
April 14: Kettle of Fish - Blues, Rock, Soul
April 21: Dual Exhaust - Country, Blues, Rock
April 28: Bri Rivera SRQ - Latin Fusion, Blues, Funk Rock
May 5: Combo Fusion - Variety Dance & Latin
Beer Bourbon & BBQ
The 9th annual Beer Bourbon & BBQ Festival will feature a great day of beer sippin’, bourbon tastin’, music listenin’, cigar smokin’, and barbeque eatin’. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE-TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon.
Cortez Commercial Seafood Festival
The Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival celebrates our fishing heritage with a mix of great live music, nautical arts and crafts, children’s activities, environmental exhibits, delicious seafood, and, of course, cold beer! It’s a party with a purpose, since ALL proceeds benefit the FISH mission and the FISH Preserve! Fill up, Boogie down, and stroll our aisles of local artists and vendors. Visitors can bid on boats lovingly restored by the FISH Boatworks, wander one of the last true working waterfronts in the state, and immerse themselves in local history at the Cortez Cultural Center and Florida Maritime Museum.
Bradenton Regatta
The all FREE, eighth annual Bradenton Area River Regatta oozes over–the–top exhilaration coupled with all the traditional festival favorites—music, food, fun things to do—in one awe-gasping extravaganza that will fascinate spectators of all ages long after the day is done.
Save the date then savor the excitement!
Hunsader's Christmas Lights Festival
Over 300,000 lights
Hayrides
Train Rides
Santa
Craft Vendors
Campfires
Christmas Music
Christmas Movies on Big Screen
Snow Tubing
And Much More…
Hunsader's Christmas Lights Festival
Over 300,000 lights
Hayrides
Train Rides
Santa
Craft Vendors
Campfires
Christmas Music
Christmas Movies on Big Screen
Snow Tubing
And Much More…
Tampa Christmas Lights Parade & Festival
The 2022 Santa Fest returns to Curtis Hixon followed by the annual Tampa Tree Lighting.
The parade steps off at 1 p.m. beginning at Morgan Street and Madison Street. It travels west on Madison Street to Ashley Drive, turns north and ends at Ashley Drive and Cass Street. Best viewing is along Madison Street.
After the parade thru downtown, come by Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park for Santa Fest entertainment and activities 1-4 p.m. Stay for Tampa's Tree Lighting ceremony at 6-6:30 p.m. See Mayor Castor and Santa Claus light up the tree before the movie starts at 6:30 p.m.
Bradenton Blues Festival
The Bradenton Blues Festival is produced by Realize Bradenton, a nonprofit organization that promotes redevelopment and economic growth in downtown Bradenton by transforming places, engaging people, and realizing possibilities.
Treasure Island Sanding Ovation Encore
Sanding Ovations is a free event held on the weekend before Thanksgiving at the Sand Sculpture Capital of Florida, Treasure Island.
Thanksgiving Pick Up Orders
If you want to take a break from all the shopping, prepping, and oven-coordinating this Turkey Day, we won't judge.
Treasure Island Sanding Ovation
Sanding Ovations is a free event held on the weekend before Thanksgiving at the Sand Sculpture Capital of Florida, Treasure Island.
Siesta Key Sand Sculpting Festival
24 artists converge on Siesta Key to compete in an amazing Master Sand Sculpting competition. The sculptors create a large community and carve 8 solo sculptures and 8 team sculptures. On Saturday evening, enjoy the sculptures under colored lights after sunset. The timed competition is judged and the winners are revealed on Sunday afternoon.
Hunsader’s Pumpkin Festival
Everyday of the Pumpkin Festival consists of:
Craft Show
Live Music
Live Shows
Amazing Food Vendors
And Much More…
Hunsader’s Pumpkin Festival
Everyday of the Pumpkin Festival consists of:
Craft Show • Live Music • Live Shows • Pumpkins • Kid's Pumpkin Games• Pioneer Trades Village • Hayrides • Pony Rides • Corn Maze $2 • Scarecrow Displays • Homemade Ice Cream • Farm Roasted Sweet Corn • Food Galore • Pumpkin Pie • Chainsaw Sculpting • Petting Zoo • Barnyard Playground • Arm Painting • Children’s Train Ride $2 • Big Train Ride $3• Juggler • Fresh Produce •Butterfly Experience •
Hunsader’s Pumpkin Festival
Everyday of the Pumpkin Festival consists of:
Craft Show • Live Music • Live Shows • Pumpkins • Kid's Pumpkin Games • Pioneer Trades Village • Hayrides • Pony Rides • Corn Maze $2 • Scarecrow Displays • Homemade Ice Cream • Farm Roasted Sweet Corn • Food Galore • Pumpkin Pie • Chainsaw Sculpting • Petting Zoo • Barnyard Playground • Arm Painting • Children’s Train Ride $2 • Big Train Ride $3• Juggler • Fresh Produce • Butterfly Experience