Ciao Summer: A Summer Send-Off Soiree
2025-09-27 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Pour and Decor, 2210 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg
Come say Ciao to summer with us, Amalfi Coast style!
Transport yourself to the sun-drenched shores of the Amalfi Coast without ever leaving town. Your ticket includes access to our themed picnic setting where you can lounge on cozy pillows, soak in the golden-hour atmosphere, and enjoy a laid-back afternoon designed to feel like a little slice of Italy.
Guests will enjoy a set menu served high-tea style, featuring Italian-inspired bites perfect for sharing and savoring. Each seat also comes with your choice of a Le Moné or Orange Spritz, or a non-alcoholic option if you prefer.
Please note: This is a set menu. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions, be sure to include them in your booking notes so we can do our best to accommodate you.
With good food, good company, and a breezy seaside vibe, it’s sure to be an afternoon to remember!

53rs Sickle Cell Dinner and Musical Extravaganza
2025-09-27 17:00 - 20:30 | USF – USC Ballroom
Get ready to groove and dine at the 53rd Sickle Cell Dinner and Musical Extravaganza, it’s going to be a night to remember!

Big Gala 2025
2025-09-27 18:00 - 22:00 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Our #BigBash will include a delicious dinner, an inspiring program, entertainment, and exciting auctions. We encourage cocktail or ‘elegantly creative’ attire to match our theme.
Celebrate our mission empowering kids through impactful mentoring relationships across the Tampa Bay region.
Click here to donate a basket, item or certificate for our auction: https://give.bbbstampabay.org/web_forms/1062

Anyone may bid on our auction (even if you don’t attend!) and it will go live Wed 9/24 and close Sat 9/27. Pre-register in September at bidpal.net/bbbstb
It costs close to $2,000 to provide a child with a mentor for one year—covering background checks and ongoing support services that are the key to ensuring that each match between a Big and a Little will be successful. Last year, 97% of the kids in our program went on to the next grade level and 99% had no involvement with the juvenile justice system. For the children we serve, the impact of your financial support can last a lifetime. With your help, more children and youth facing adversity in our community will have a caring adult role model in their lives—and a much better chance of fulfilling their potential.

Fara Energy Ball
2025-09-27 18:00 - 23:00 | JW Marriott Tampa Water Street
The FARA Energy Ball is a high-energy gala that brings together hundreds of supporters to raise funds for critical research into Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). Guests enjoy delicious food, drinks, dancing, and entertainment, all while supporting FARA’s mission. The event also features a silent and live auction, with proceeds benefiting FARA’s research programs and the USF Health Ataxia Research Center.

Shops at Wiregrass Auto and Truck Showcase 2025
2025-09-28
The Shops at Wiregrass Auto and Truck Showcase PART 3 Sunday, September 28, 2025 Show starts 11 AM, ends 3 PM Vendors, please arrive 8 – 8:30 AM Participants, please arrive 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM Staging is in the parking lot next to Dillards. $25 online or cash day of.

Automotive.

The Frieda Widera Silent Witness Project
2025-10-01 13:00 - 15:00 | The Parkview Room, Largo Performing Arts Center
Honor the lives lost to domestic violence and commit to prevention through the powerful stories of the Frieda Widera Silent Witness Project​
This unveiling takes place on October 1 — the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
a time for communities nationwide to come together in remembrance, advocacy, and action.
🕊 We also recognize that this day falls during Yom Kippur, a sacred time of reflection, atonement, and renewal. The mission of the Frieda Widera Silent Witness Project — to remember lives lost, acknowledge harm, and inspire change — reflects these same values of truth, responsibility, and transformation.

Abigail Ahern | Sip, Shop & Bouquet Building with Faux Flowers
2025-10-01 18:30 - 19:30 | Oxford Exchange
Join us for an evening celebrating the launch of Abigail Ahern’s only stateside shop-in-shop, housed within Oxford Exchange.
Join us for an evening of sipping, shopping and bouquet building with Abigail Ahern Faux Florals. We will be celebrating the launch of Abigail Ahern’s only stateside shop-in-shop, housed within Oxford Exchange.
Ticket includes the first glass. Abigail Ahern Faux Florals available for additional purchase.
The brilliant duo behind the brand, sisters Abigail and Gemma Ahern, will share their design journey and guide us through the art of creating a beautiful bouquet. The evening concludes in The Shop, where Abigail and Gemma will offer hands-on help as you craft your own arrangements. Arrive early and linger late—the Champagne Bar will be open throughout.

Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please contact eden@oxfordexchange.com to make a reasonable accommodation request. Requests must be submitted no later than 48 hours before the event to ensure accommodations can be fulfilled.

Our space includes wheelchair accessibility. If event is hosted in our upstairs event space, guests will have access to elevator located near The Coffee Bar.

Boots & Barrels
2025-10-03 17:30 - 21:00 | Tradewinds Island Grand Resort
This fall, the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation is bringing a brand new event to St. Pete! Boots & Barrels is an evening that blends Southern charm with coastal flair, all in support of life-saving pediatric cancer research. Guests will enjoy a curated bourbon and wine tasting experience with appetizer pairings, an open bar, followed by line dancing with a live instructor, and entertainment from singer songwriter Ryan Spencer. Held at the scenic Tradewinds Pavilion, this event offers an elevated yet laid back experience. It brings together community members, sponsors, and supporters for a fun and meaningful night out.

Boots and Barrels
2025-10-03 17:30 - 21:00

Wellness is my Vibe
2025-10-04 09:00 - 11:00 | St. Pete Youth Farm
Growing Hope – 2nd Annual – Wellness is my Vibe Pop Up Event
SPREADING JOY & SUPPORTING COMMUNITY WELLNESS
Enjoy breakfast, meaningful connections, and guided mindfulness activities designed to support mental health and overall wellness. Join us for the 2nd Annual Wellness is My Vibe Community Pop-Up!

Vintage Marché Monthly Vintage Market
2025-10-04 09:00 - 2025-10-05 17:00 | 2906 34th St S Saint Petersburg, FL 33712
Vintage Marché is Tampa Bay’s newest and largest monthly vintage market featuring 15 thousand square feet of unexpected treasures and curiosities. Merchandise is from around the region and the country and includes vintage furniture, lighting, home decor, art, jewelry, and clothing anywhere. Expect to be surrounded by the largest variety of vintage, repurposed, antique, mid century modern, industrial, farm house, rustic, and uniquely eclectic anywhere in the South.
Located in St. Petersburg, Vintage Marché is the first Saturday and Sunday of each month for a grand two-day event to showcase thousands of treasures you’re unlikely to locate anywhere else.

Tampa Bay Gala 2025
2025-10-04 18:00 - 22:00 | Armature Works
The Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation is excited to announce our 2025 Tampa Bay Gala, our premier annual fundraising event, scheduled for October 4, 2025, at Armature Works in Tampa, Florida. Since it’s inception in 2014, this gala has become a cherished tradition, uniting the community to support cancer patients in need.
Attendees will enjoy an elegant evening featuring dinner, beverages, live entertainment, and both silent and live auctions. All net proceeds from the event will directly fund non-medical financial assistance for individuals undergoing cancer treatment, helping them with essential living expenses such as rent, mortgage, utilities, and car payments.

Charity.

The Lotus Gala
2025-10-04 18:00 - 23:00 | Armature Works
An annual tradition in Tampa Bay since 2014, this year’s Tampa event – The Lotus Gala – is a celebration of resilience, compassion, and community benefiting Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation. The Lotus Gala draws its name from the lotus flower, a powerful symbol of strength, resilience, and compassion. Rooted in muddy waters, the lotus flower pushes toward the surface to bloom, just like many cancer patients who, despite overwhelming financial burdens, rise with support.

At the heart of The Lotus Gala is our mission to provide essential non-medical financial support to cancer patients in need so they can focus on healing – not hardship. Cancer impacts people from all backgrounds, and we’re committed to walking alongside every patient with compassion and care that honors their unique journey.

The Lotus Gala is a tribute to the strength of the human spirit and a chance to make a lasting impact.

The evening will include dinner, beverages, live and silent auctions, and entertainment by Awaaz Entertainment featuring a DJ, Bhangra performance, and live Dhol drummer.

Oktoberfest
2025-10-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Cutis Hixon Park, Tampa, FL
OKTOBERFEST TAMPA TRADITION

We’ll be celebrating with german cheer, dancing and singing to cooler weather and colder beer along the Hillsborough river downtown at the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park this Oktober 10th, 11th, and 12th. Oktoberfest Tampa 2025 is a time to unwind and make new friends. Learn new customs and sing a few songs. Help us tap the inaugural keg Friday, Oktober 10th, as we open the doors to Tampa’s largest Oktoberfest.

John Donohue | Artist and Founder of All the Restaurants Signing and Talk
2025-10-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Oxford Exchange
Join John Donohue, Artist and Founder of All the Restaurants Signing and Talk at Oxford Exchange.
About the books:
A Taste of London is a visual exploration of the city’s food scene, featuring charming illustrations of the most delicious, meaningful, sentimental, romantic, and iconic restaurants of London.From the handsome dining rooms of Brawn to beloved institutions like Ciao Bella, writer and artist John Donohue renders people’s favorite restaurants in a manner that captures the emotional pull a certain place can have on the hearts of Londoners. A Taste of London is a collection of these drawings, characterized by their appealingly informal lines. These transportive images are intentionally spare, leaving the viewer room to layer on their own meaning and draw connections to their own memories of a place, of a time, of an atmosphere.Featuring an eclectic mix of 100 restaurants—from Moro to The River Café and Honey & Co—this charming collection of drawings is accompanied by interviews with the owners, chefs, and loyal patrons of these much-loved restaurants.
A Table in Paris is a visual exploration of the Paris dining scene, with stories, guides, and recommendations from everyday patrons and famous aficionados alike. Paris is a city like no other, beloved by travelers the world over for its incomparable architecture, atmosphere, arts, and, of course, food. The restaurants of Paris are rich with history, culture, and flavor. Whether you’re a frequent visitor to the City of Light with memories of your favorite meals or an armchair traveler dreaming of the cuisine you could discover there, A Table in Paris will take you on a delicious visual journey through the arrondissements that you’ll never forget. In his signature loose and evocative style, artist John Donohue has rendered an incredible sampling of the iconic institutions, hidden gems, and everything in between that make the Paris dining scene one of a kind.
Guided by recommendations from a breadth of locals, visitors, and experts, you’ll discover the places one must visit and the dishes one must sample in pursuit of the perfect Parisian meal. The book also offers space for your Paris dining bucket list, food memories or dreams from each arrondissement, and notes on the establishments featured. Restaurants hold a powerful place in our hearts, and A Table in Paris is a must-have for anyone with epicurean visions of Paris in theirs.

About the Artist:
John Donohue is the founder of the website All the Restaurants, where he sells signed, limited-edition fine-art prints of his restaurant drawings. He started in his home city of New York in 2017 and has since visited Paris, London, the Napa Valley, Philadelphia, and other cities. Abrams published his first book of art, “All the Restaurants in New York,” in 2019. “A Table in Paris” followed in 2021. “A Taste of London” came out in 2023. He works in ink, from life (standing in front of an establishment), making no corrections. He is also the editor of “Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers who Cook for their Families, a 2011 best-selling anthology featuring contributions by Mark Bittman, Mark Kurlansky, Stephen King, Jim Harrison, and many others. In 2022, Donohue had his first museum show at the Napa Valley Museum Yountville.
Before becoming an independent artist, he was an editor at The New Yorker magazine, where he published a handful of cartoons in the early part of this century. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters and draws at least twice a day. Sales of his work help support restaurant workers, hunger-relief organizations, and arts-education initiatives. John’s artwork is expertly printed, framed and shipped all over the world by Ocean Art in Virginia Beach, Virginia www.oceanart.com.

Martha Thorn Lemonade Stand
2025-10-16 16:00 - 18:00 | 598 Indian Rocks Road N
Come by our office for a refreshing cup of lemonade, while supporting our event to help raise funds for pediatric cancer research. In the past 12 years, we have raised over $315,000! ALL of the proceeds are donated to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation®. If you cannot be here in person, please donate online to help us reach our goal and find a cure for pediatric cancer.
Your contribution and support are greatly appreciated!

4th Annual Bourbon Ball
2025-10-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Tampa Garden Club
Back by popular demand, The 4th Annual Bourbon Ball is set for October 17th, 2025!!! Hosted by Rotary Club Ybor City and benefitting Madi’s Movement, this charity gala supports young adults transitioning from foster care to full independence.
🤝 Corporate Sponsorships Available
This is a premier opportunity to align your brand with a powerful cause and a high-impact audience.
🎟️ Tickets available via Eventbrite or by check. We’ve sold out each of the past 3 years, get your tickets early.

Run Against Breast Cancer 5K/10K/13.1 TAMPA
2025-10-18 07:30 - 12:00
DateSat 18th October 2025
Time7:30AM EDT
LocationTampa, Florida
Price$32.80 – $48.70
Races6 races
Distances5km, 10km, Half Marathon, 1 Mile

Event summary

Join the fight against breast cancer at the Run Against Breast Cancer event in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, October 18, 2025! This inspiring annual event invites runners and walkers of all age

Walk to End Alzheimers's
2025-10-18 08:00 - 12:00 | Amalie Arena
Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.
Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® ; now the Alzheimer’s Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Charity.

Heels to Heal
2025-10-18 11:30 - 13:30 | Dillard’s – Tampa, International Plaza
House of Rina presents “The Fall Luxe Runway” at Dillard’s Tampa, benefiting Heels to Heal Crisis Counseling program.
Shop, Sip, Bid on a fabulous raffle drawing opportunity, and enjoy Fashions on the Runway exclusively from Dillard’s. House of Rina will be curating a fashion show featuring the latest Fall styles and trends, while also offering a Best of the Bay Fashion Show experience.
Heels to Heal Crisis Counseling program helps victims of sexual assault and domestic violence receive counseling services to help process trauma from an abusive incident.
Enjoy this Fashion Show, featuring brunch, a raffle, and expert stylists showcasing Fall/Winter Fashion trends, makeup tips, and looks. Update your Fall/Winter style with “The Fall Luxe Runway” event.
Your $65 donation ticket to this event covers 1 hour of crisis counseling for a child or adult affected by trauma from domestic violence or sexual assault.

Jane Marie Chen | Author talk A WAVE WE BREAK interviewed by John Miles
2025-10-19 15:30 - 17:00 | Oxford Exchange
Join us for a conversation with author Jane Marie Chen to discuss their newest memoir, LIVE A WAVE WE BREAK live recording with John Miles

Jane will be in coversation with John Miles, for the Passion Struck Podcast.

The courageous memoir of one woman’s globe-spanning journey of unraveling and awakening—breaking free of the narratives that once defined her and confronting the long-buried truths of a traumatic past—by the former CEO and co-founder of Embrace.On paper, Jane Chen was the embodiment of success. A Harvard and Stanford graduate, she was the CEO and co-founder of a company that developed a groundbreaking incubator helping to save hundreds of thousands of newborns in the world’s most vulnerable communities. Her work gave her purpose and earned her shoutouts from presidents and pop stars. Yet underneath it all, she was burning out—consumed by self-doubt and a relentless need to prove herself, shaped by wounds that had formed long before her career began. No matter how much she achieved, she never felt like she was enough.Then, Embrace collapsed. Jane lost more than a dream—she lost the identity she had built her life around. Feeling utterly broken, she set off on a global quest for healing. Her search took her across oceans and into the uncharted terrain of her inner world. She sat in silence for days in the Indonesian jungle. She sought wisdom from world-renowned healers and therapists. She burned holes into her leg for a frog poisoning ceremony. She dove headfirst into every form of self-help, from the spiritual to the psychedelic, from the cultish to the comical, only to find herself face-to-face with the one thing she had spent a lifetime avoiding: the trauma of her upbringing as a first-generation Taiwanese American. Jane discovered a profound truth—that real healing doesn’t come from achievement, approval, or even the tools we think will save us. A revelatory memoir brimming with candor, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Like a Wave We Break is more than a story of personal transformation—it’s an invitation to confront our deepest wounds and to embrace the messy, beautiful truth of who we are.
Jane Chen is a globally recognized entrepreneur, inventor, and speaker. She is the co-founder of Embrace Global, which developed a groundbreaking infant incubator that has helped to save nearly a million babies. She has been a TED Fellow, an Echoing Green Fellow, and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Jane was recognized as Forbes Impact 30 and Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum, and was a recipient of the Economist Innovation Award. She received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and her Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Par-Tee For Dreams
2025-10-23 17:30 - 19:30 | The Iron Club
Hosted by the Dream Fund Professionals
Get ready to PAR-TEE for a cause! Join us on October 23rd for a night of golf, drinks, and networking – all to make dreams come true for local kids. Tickets are just $30, so grab yours today before they’re gone!
Your $30 ticket includes unlimited golf, 1 drink ticket + lite bites – come sip, snack, and swing for dreams!
The Iron’s Club
2140 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Thursday, October 23rd
5:30-7:30PM

Pepin Academies Falcon Fright Golf Tournament
2025-10-25 09:00 - 16:00 | Roger’s Park Golf Course
Join us for a spook-tacular day on the green benefiting Pepin Academies!
Grab your clubs and your crew for 18 holes of fun, friendly competition, and festive Halloween flair. Costumes encouraged (but keep them swing-friendly 😉). Enjoy contests, prizes, delicious refreshments, and plenty of opportunities to support Pepin Academies’ mission of empowering students with learning disabilities.
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for all golfers!
Don’t ghost this event — spots will fill fast!

CASA Domestic Violence Awareness Scavenger Hunt
2025-10-25 12:00 - 15:00 | Welcome to the Farm
Build your team and raise critical funds for our community’s domestic violence survivors. Wrap up Domestic Violence Awareness Month with CASA’s Scavenger Hunt on October 25. Traverse downtown St. Pete with your team earning points, discovering local gems, and celebrating our city’s rich history.
Prizes awarded for top fundraising team, top scoring team, and best team costume.
Get a head start on the competition and start fundraising today! Share your fundraising page with family, friends, on social media, to your coworkers. Every dollar directly supports CASA’s mission of Standing Up to Silence to create a Violence Free Pinellas.
Tickets are only $35 and include Scavenger Hunt entry, exclusive Cristi López t-shirt, and after party at Good Night John Boy with a DJ, beverage of choice, and lunch!

Bluffs Wine Walk
2025-10-25 15:00 - 19:00 | Belleair Bluffs
Join us for the Bluffs Wine Walk 2025, recently voted the #1 attraction and event in Florida by the Tampa Bay Newspapers! This vibrant event features over 60 local businesses offering wine tastings, live music, food, shopping, and a fun-filled atmosphere.
The V.I.P. tastings will take place on the Speakeasy bus, sponsored by Bella Vino Wine and Cheese Market. The speakeasy bus will tour the streets of Belleair and Belleair Bluffs during the wine tasting with Joey Vars narrating a bit of Belleair History. Must be prompt, as the bus must leave at the proper scheduled times. Please arrive 10 minutes or sooner before the scheduled time of departure.

Be the Voice Gala
2025-10-25 18:00 - 23:00 | Power Design
The Board of Directors at Suncoast Voices for Children is pleased to announce our 10th Annual Be the Voice Gala, to be held Saturday, October 25th, 2025.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of children in the United States find themselves in the foster care system, seeking safety and stability due to circumstances beyond their control. Often, these children end up in the system because extended family lack the resources to care for them.
Year after year, we remain committed to our mission to help provide for the unmet needs to keep children out of the dependency system, meet their needs while in the system and give them what they need to succeed once outside the system. The proceeds from this special event are vital to serving the children who are experiencing, or at risk of entering, foster care.
We invite you to join us in the celebration to help Suncoast Voices make an impact “Every Step of the Way” for the most vulnerable children in our community.
Charity.

Save the Date for the Annual Rise Awards
2025-10-30 11:00 - 13:30 | Hilton St. Petersburg
The LiFT Rise Awards celebrate individuals and organizations making a meaningful impact through courage, compassion, and commitment. Join us on October 30, 2025, at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, for a luncheon that honors those who uplift others through resilience, service, and community dedication. This afternoon will inspire you, as we recognize changemakers who rise above and lift others along the way.
The LiFT Rise Awards honors individuals and businesses based on their philanthropy in our community. Our honorees are selected based on the below qualities:

Honoree must demonstrate Compassion, Courage, or Commitment.
Depth and breadth of philanthropic impact.
A number of awards and honors.
The amount of investment in the community should be offered in measurable terms (e.g., hours, dollars, jobs created, etc.) as they would apply to each category.

61st Annual Art Harvest
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-02 | Highlander Park
Art Harvest began 60 years ago as a small arts gathering. Present-day, Art Harvest has evolved into a highly respected juried show of high-quality art with balanced media involving over 200 artists. Held on the first weekend in November in Dunedin, Florida, this event continues to grow year after year. Historically over 30,000 people of all ages have attended this event and there is something for everyone. As the largest autumn art show in the Tampa Bay area, artists and patrons of the arts have found this event to be an enjoyable and successful weekend affair. Our members and community partners that provide sponsorship dollars every year make this event possible.
This community tradition provides the funding for the work that The Junior League of Clearwater-Dunedin does each year. The Junior League of Clearwater-Dunedin is currently working to bring awareness and solutions to chronic hunger and poverty in Northern Pinellas County. All proceeds from this event are invested in training, community projects and programs.

66th Annual Fall Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show
2025-11-01 10:00 - 2025-11-02 18:00 | Florida State Fairgrounds
The Tampa Bay Mineral and Science Club is excited to present its 66th Annual Fall Gem, Mineral, and Jewelry Show, happening on November 1-2 at the Florida Fairgrounds Special Events Center. Over 55 vendors will showcase a remarkable selection of unique slabs, cabochons, beads, gemstones, jewelry, and more. Whether you’re a collector, creator, or simply love working with nature’s materials, this event is perfect for you. Highlights include a kids’ area featuring a sluice, a touch table with rock identification, scavenger hunt, and a bean bag toss with prizes for kids and adults alike. Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 2. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and military personnel (with ID), while kids 12 and under enter for free. Parking is free when you enter through the MLK entrance and mention you’re attending the Gem Show! This indoor, air-conditioned event offers a concession stand with lunch and refreshments, along with a conveniently located ATM. Don’t miss the Tampa Bay Fall Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show — the premier event for mineral collectors and jewelry enthusiasts in the Tampa Bay area!

Evening for the Bay: Sea Star Soiree
2025-11-01 18:00 - 22:00 | 3000 Pinellas Bayway South, Tierra Verde, Fl. 33715
Join Tampa Bay Watch for a sea star soiree. Sponsors and guests will enjoy dinner, cocktails, entertainment, live and silent auctions, a magnificent sunset, and much more!

Saturday, November 1, 2025

6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

3000 Pinellas Bayway South, Tierra Verde, Fl. 33715

More than a celebration, this signature event supports our mission to restore the bay every day. Don’t miss this evening under the stars filled with connection, purpose and estuary magic.
