ANNUAL EVENTS
JANUARY
Downtown Dunedin Art Festival Outback Bowl, Tampa
FEBRUARY
Downtown Dunedin Craft Festival Dunedin Mardi Gras Parade and Festival Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Gasparilla Pirate Festival, Tampa
Krewe of Sant’ Yago Illuminated Knight
Parade, Tampa
Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic
MARCH–MAY
Food and Wine Festival, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, weekends
MARCH
Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa
APRIL
Bern’s Winefest, Tampa
Dunedin Highland Games & Festival
Mainsail Arts Festival, St. Petersburg
Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival, Clearwater Beach Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Festival
MAY
Riverfest, Tampa Riverwalk Tampa Pride
MAY–SEPTEMBER
Summer Nights, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
JUNE
St. Pete Pride Festival and Parade
SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER
Howl-O-Scream, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
OCTOBER
Clearwater Jazz Holiday
Creatures of the Night, ZooTampa
at Lowry Park
Tampa Bay International Gay &
Lesbian Film Festival
NOVEMBER
Clearwater Beach Uncorked
Dunedin Celtic Music & Craft Beer Festival
NOVEMBER–DECEMBER
Christmas in the Wild, ZooTampa at Lowry Park
NOVEMBER–JANUARY
Christmas Town, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
DECEMBER
Outback Bowl New Year’s Eve Parade, Ybor City Victorian Christmas Stroll, Henry B. Plant
Museum, Tampa