Community Calendar
  • Youth Baseball Clinic

    Fossil Park Sports Complex

    Fourth Annual Youth Baseball Clinic for kids ages 7 to 12 at Fossil Park Sports Complex in St Petersburg on Saturday, March 21 from 4:00 to 7:30 pm. Led by 1982 World Series Champion John Stuper. $5 registration. Scholarships available. Serving North St Petersburg neighborhoods and welcoming families across Tampa Bay. Register by March 18 at gulfcoast.community/baseball. Hosted by Gulf Coast Community Church as part of our commitment to serve and invest in families throughout St Petersburg.

  • Gasparilla Music Festival

    Meridian Fields

    The Gasparilla Music Foundation is a Florida 501(c)-3 non-profit corporation that organizes an annual music festival in Tampa and supports music education through its Recycled Tunes program. The 2026 festival takes place the weekend of April 10 – 12 at Meridian Fields located at 101 S Meridian Ave. situated between the Water Street Tampa District, the Channel District and Ybor City featuring musical acts from a wide variety of genres on several stages and cuisine from the region’s top restaurants. As part of its mission to support and promote music and education, the organization operates throughout the year providing musical instruments, repairs and equipment to local school music programs and paid performance opportunities for local musicians. The Gasparilla Music Foundation was founded in 2011 with financial support from many Tampa Bay area based businesses and the organization’s founding members, The Ring of Fire. The organizations goals include: Creating a long-term sustainable institution benefiting the Tampa bay area Support and Promote local musicians and bands Support and Promote local cuisine and beverages Provide support and financial assistance for music education Contribute to the economic development of the region Contribute to the neighborhood rejuvenation of the city’s urban core Promote the region’s cultural heritage Minimize the environmental impacts of festival production Promote public and alternative methods of transportation

  • Family Friendly Business Networking Event

    Thrive by Five's Business Engagement group is thrilled to invite you to our St. Petersburg Family Friendly Businesses Networking Event hosted by LUMA at SkyBeach Resort on April 29 at 5:30 pm sponsored by the City of Pinellas Park, in partnership with the St. Pete Chamber of Commerce! Join us to network and connect with businesses across the Tampa Bay region and feel free to extend this invite to your own business partners as our goal is that all Tampa Bay businesses are “Family Friendly”. You can RSVP at https://business.stpete.com/eventcalendar/Details/family-friendly-business-networking-event-1667424?sourceTypeId=Hub Family Friendly Tampa Bay is a business engagement initiative of Thrive by Five, rooted in the belief that companies that prioritize employee retention and productivity by employing family-friendly policies such as paid leave, healthcare plans, flexible schedules, corporate volunteerism, and competitive wages deserve to be celebrated. We will announce all new and renewed businesses that submit their application by the second cycle deadline of April. 24. Congratulations to SkyBeach Resort and Lutheran Family Services for being our newest designated businesses. For a current list of all 69 awardees, visit our website at www.familyfriendlytampabay.org.