It’s a weekend of deliciousness – fresh food, fresh music, fresh theater, and more. Hard to avoid the fun this weekend in Tampa Bay…so don’t try!

Thursday and Beyond

 

Florida Strawberry Festival – Out of This World
Plant City

It’s that time again! Time to head North on I-4 and enjoy all the food, rides, headlining concerts, and all the strawberry shortcake you can stuff into your face in a day…or maybe eleven days. There will be some amazing music coming your way – The Beach Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Foreigner, Oak Ridge Boys, The Commodores, and so many more. The website has all the info you need, so click the link below, pack up the car and enjoy!

Thursday, February 29th through March 10th
Find tickets, event and concert times, and more information HERE.

 

 

SYD by Craig Houk
Lab Theater Project, Ybor City

LAB Theater Project is a non-profit production company focused on producing new works in the Tampa Bay Community. SYD tells a story centered around the Upstairs Lounge arson fire in New Orleans in 1973 and how it intersects with the life of Sydney Trahan, a young nursing student. It’s a story of family, secrets, tragedy, and redemption – a thought provoking theater experience.

Runs through March 10th
Find tickets, performance times, and more information HERE.

 

 

Venus in Fur by David Ives
TheatreFor, Clearwater

In this unforgettable psycho/sexual, comedy, award winning director, Stephen Bell invites the audience to dive into David Ives’ mesmerizing play and explore themes of power and authority with the fast-paced, surprising wit and sly language Ives is known for. Reality and pretend become blurred lines in Venus in Fur, and the question of “who’s on top” always has a different answer

Thursday, February 29th through March 17th
Find tickets, performance times, and more information HERE.

 

 

Friday

**Registry Spotlight Event**

This is a very special theater initiative giving opportunities for new works and new writers to be heard, possibly even produced. American Stage and host, The James Museum shine in the #RegistrySpotlight for

Lift Every Voice New Play Festival – Presented by American Stage
The James Museum for Western and Wildlife Art, DTSP

The opportunity for playwrights to present their new work is what this festival is all about. Submissions from all over the country are considered. This new play festival includes a week-long rehearsal and development process for each of the final playwrights and their plays, culminating in public staged readings. In addition, the festival weekend includes panels and readings from selected Write on! students. All public events are held March 1-3, 2024.

‍Friday, March 1st through Sunday, March 3rd
Find tickets, play and event schedules, and more information HERE.

 

 

Saturday

54th Annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts
Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa

For half a century, artists and art lovers from all parts of the country visit Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, where the country’s most accomplished artists and rising stars vie for nearly $100,000 in prize money and scholarships. The March 2024 Festival will showcase artists and their work to include ceramic, digital, drawing, fiber, glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and wood. This event will also feature the works of local young artists and a weekend full of live entertainment.

Saturday & Sunday, March 2nd @9am – 6pm & 3rd @10am – 5pm
Find more information HERE.

 

 

Embracing Our Differences
Poynter Park, St. Pete

Since 2004, Embracing Our Differences has used the power of art and prose to promote inclusion, kindness and respect. The annual international art exhibition comes to St. Pete for the first time this year at Poynter Park. The juried exhibit consists of 50 billboard-sized works of art, each accompanied by a thought-provoking quotation. Tours will be available throughout March.

Opens Saturday, March 2nd through March 31st
*Grand Opening Celebration – Saturday, March 2nd @12pm – 2pm
Find more information HERE.

 

 

Pinellas Botanicals, Beer & BrunchFest
England Brothers Bandshell, Pinellas Park

This delectable event will transport you to a world of blooming beauty and tantalizing flavors, offering a unique experience for brunch enthusiasts, plant lovers, and garden art aficionados alike. It’s a debut event, so check it out and help start a tradition of food and flowers.

Saturday & Sunday, March 2nd & 3rd @9am – 4pm
Find more information HERE.

 

 

Sunday

 

Taste of South Tampa
Tampa Garden Club, Tampa

Prepare for an extraordinary outdoor festival featuring live entertainment, delectable food samplings from local restaurants, a delightful beer garden, and your chance to win exciting prizes. All this takes place in the lovely Garden Club setting on Bayshore Blvd. along Tampa Bay. It’s a perfectly delicious way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Sunday, March 3rd @1pm – 4pmside
Find tickets and more information HERE.

 

 

Playwright Nan Colton as Mary Cassatt
Catherine A. Hickman Theater, Gulfport

Playwright and storyteller Nan Colton will bring American impressionist Mary Cassatt to life on stage at the Catherine Hickman Theater in Gulfport for a Sunday matinee, March 3, at 4 pm. Mary Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.

Sunday, March 3rd @4pm
Find tickets and more information HERE.

 

 

**Concert Corner**

 

Lauren Daigle – The Kaleidoscope Tour
Amalie Arena, Tampa

Friday, March 1st @7pm
Find tickets and more information HERE.

 

Beauty in the World – One City Chorus
The Palladium, DTSP

Sunday, March 3rd @4pm – 6pm
Find tickets and more information HERE

 

Sunday Blues Session w/ Special Guest TC Carr
The Ale and the Witch, DTSP

Sunday, March 3rd @4pm – 7pm|
Find more information HERE.

 

 

Have fun and stay safe out there!
Cindy

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