ANNUAL EVENTS
JANUARY
21st Annual Downtown Dunedin Art Festival Gasparilla Pirate Festival, Tampa
Outback Bowl, Tampa
FEBRUARY
26th Annual Downtown Dunedin Craft Festival Brooksville Native American Festival Dunedin Mardi Gras Parade and Festival Gasparilla Distance Classic
Sant’ Yago Knight Parade, Tampa
MARCH–APRIL
Food and Wine Festival, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
MARCH
48th Annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City
Fort Cooper Days, Inverness
Tampa Pride
APRIL
43rd Annual Mainsail Arts Festival, St. Petersburg Bern’s Winefest, Tampa
Dunedin Highland Games & Festival
Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival, Clearwater Beach River Fest, Tampa Riverwalk
Tampa Bay International Dragonboat Races
JUNE
St. Pete Pride Festival and Parade
JUNE–AUGUST
Summer Nights, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
JULY–AUGUST
Sunset Celebration, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER
Howl-O-Scream, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
OCTOBER
Clearwater Jazz Holiday
Creatures of the Night, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
NOVEMBER
Dunedin Celtic Music & Craft Beer Festival Dunedin Wines the Blues Festival
Feast with the Beasts, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
NOVEMBER–DECEMBER
Christmas in the Wild, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo Christmas Town, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Victorian Christmas Stroll, Henry B. Plant
Museum, Tampa
DECEMBER
Clearwater Beach Uncorked
Outback Bowl New Year’s Eve Parade, Ybor City