Come see all types of animals at this exciting event! Don't forget the skunk snuggles!
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Tampa Bay Veg Fest is an annual event that welcomes the Tampa community and beyond to celebrate all things healthy, compassionate, and environmentally sustainable. The event has been coordinated by Florida Voices for Animals for over 10 years! Featuring nationally renowned speakers, 140+ veg-friendly vendors/exhibitors, animal rescue groups, vegan food, raw/cooking demonstrations, humane education, live music & entertainment, yoga classes, vegan cook-offs and activities for children and families, Veg Fest offers a diverse experience for all to learn about living a healthy, compassionate, and eco-friendly lifestyle. Each year is different and highlights new speakers, musicians, chefs, food, and entertainment.
35th Annual Fruitville Groves Pumpkin Festival every weekend in October
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Fruitville Groves Farm Market , 7410 Fruitville Rd, Sarasota
🎉 It's that time of the year again! 🎉 Time for Fall photos, festival foods, and family activities that will make lasting lifetime memories!
Fruitville Grove's 35th Annual Pumpkin Festival!!
Our Fall festival is a highly anticipated community event with lots of fun for the whole family! Every weekends in October.
🎃 2023dates 🎃 September 30th & October 1st, 7th & 8th, 14th & 15th, 21st & 22rd, 28th & 29th
🕙 Festival hours: 10:00am-5:00pm 📍 Location: 7410 Fruitville rd. Sarasota, FL. 34240
Free admission & $5 parking
🎃 DAILY ACTIVITIES include: Food Truck Rally, Craft Show, Live Music, Kids Fun Zone, Hold a Skunk, Pony Rides, Mini Train Ride, Hay Rides, Hug-A-Goat, Hold a Pig, Wildflower Maze, Petting Zoo, Enchanted Unicorn Encounter, Butterfly Garden Experience, Crafting Activities, and so much more to do throughout the day!
🎃 Free Children's Costume Contest every Saturday at 2:00pm
🎃 Torres Family Circus and the Globe of Death with Extreme Riders; free weekend showtimes 12:00pm & 3:00pm
The farm market and pumpkin patch are always open during the week from 9:00am-6:00pm to pick out a pumpkin, Fall decorations, or grab some farm fresh produce while snapping your annual family photos in the pumpkin patch.
Show your support for local farmers and artisans by stopping by the festival! Bring the whole family to enjoy a beautiful Fall day.
🎃 FAQ 🎃 - Parking: $5 parking fee is cash only. - Accessibility: We are a working farm with some uneven walking surfaces, but most areas are wheelchair and stroller friendly. - Smoking: For the comfort of all of our guests, smoking of tobacco, e-cigarettes, or other products that produce a vapor or smoke are allowed only in the parking field. Please dispose of any trash in a trash bin or take it with you - Do not leave it in the field. - Activity Costs: Each vendor booth charges their own fee that is not associated with the festival. Costs for activities will range from $1 and up, and many may only accept cash. - ATM: There will be a few ATMs available on site. - Costumes: Our guests are more than welcome (and encouraged!) to wear costumes suitable for a family-friendly atmosphere to get into the spirit of the festival!
Vendor related questions? Please send an email to Fruitvillegrovevendors@gmail.com
All other questions can be directed to Fruitvillegrove@yahoo.com
Thank you all for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you all soon at the farm! 😊
Can you believe this is the 7th volume of the Lakeland Punk Rock Flea Market???? Over 80 vendors & food trucks from all across Central FL (and even one from GA), this will easily be the largest punk flea yet! And as always it’s totally FREE admission, sk8r approved, pets welcome and mostly kid safe (PG-13ish). We’ll have several hands-on opportunities for the young punks to get involved. You don’t have to be a punk to enjoy the punk flea, but it doesn’t hurt! Let’s all get WEIRD!!!
LIVE MUSIC BY: These Times (Lakeland) Bully For You (Lakeland) Victims Of Circumstance (St Pete) Flagman (Orlando) Bargain Bin Heros (Ft Myers) Swearwolf (Titusville) and... DJ DADD will be spinning in the street market!
FOOD VENDORS: Connor’s Goody Bag (Safety Harbor) SB&B Seafood Market (Lakeland) Donut NV (Clermont) Buddha's Blissful Bites (Ruskin) This Little Pig (Tampa) Mana International Street Food (Lakeland) Nah Dogs Vegan Hot Dog Cart (St Pete) Maggie On The Move (St Pete) Brazilian Fun Foods (Tampa) and Swan Brewing’s award wining beer!!!
MARKET VENDORS: Pet Skunk Advocates & Rescue (Tampa) Felinious Hops (St Pete) Pie Method (Dunedin) Retrogrindhouse (Port St Lucie) Boards For Bros (Tampa) Rose Dynasty Foundation (Lakeland) Ink Screen Printing (Lakeland) Chris Sellen (St Pete) KT’s Bones & Stones (Fort Lauderdale) Wolf In The Workshop (Lakeland) Mollietees Creations (Saint Cloud) Chill Artistry (Altamonte Springs) Greg’s Cool Stuff (Orlando) Scrap The Catwalk (Orlando) Spooky Kat Creations (Oviedo) XMFA (Vero Beach) Skully’s Barber Salon (Lakeland) DOA Co (Orlando) Toxic Roots (Safety Harbor) The Wax & The Needle (Lakeland) Bone 'N Bug (Lakeland) Gluehead (Sarasota) TittyBats (Savannah GA) Putrid Press (Port Saint Lucie) Art By Tom Wrenn (Sanford) Great Scott Designs (Port St Lucie) House Broken Clothing (Port St Lucie) Weapon Of Design (Orlando) It’s Knot Therapy (Orlando) Button Witch (Valrico) Joe Martin (Valrico) Two Strange Popes (Lakeland) Deally Stan Vinyl (Orlando) Deli Fresh Threads (Orlando) Kostar Kustoms (Largo) Hydra Hammer Armory (Seminole) Tytan Comics (Bradenton) Mirroribis (Lakeland) Ant Apparel (Gainesville) Crows Nest Artisanal Wares (Winter Haven) Studio 138 (Wesley Chapel) JaimeJay Handmade (Lakeland) Be Bright Vintage (Clermont) Vamps Emporium (Orlando) Eerie Vibes (Brooksville) 360 Unlimited (Lakeland) Homespace Invaders (Howey In The Hills) Sara Savannah Jones (Lakeland) Gold Cicada Studios/Patterson Tattoos (Lakeland) Kitty Bomb Curios (Tampa) Two Peas (Lakeland) Shocks & Sparkles Creations (Lakeland) Trouvaille (St Pete) Noddities (Lakeland) Folksylove (Orlando) Jeepers Creepers Oddities (Mims) Revolution Records (St Pete) Scents From The Crypt (St Pete) Haus of Deetz (Orlando) DB Music (Land O Lakes) The Horror Hoarders (Land O Lakes) The Red Swan Shop (Lakeland) Jesse Carl Vinyl (Lakeland) Goods From The Grave (Orlando) The Citrine Ghost (Plant City) The HOP Skate Shop (Palmetto) Sticky LLC (Tampa) Spookala (Ocala)
Poster & Sticker & T-shirt artwork by Sugarless Art Co (Port Saint Lucie). All proceeds from event t-shirts go towards Rose Dynasty Foundation & Pet Skunk Advocates & Rescue. Buy a shirt while supplies last!
SUPPORTERS: Swan Brewing, Ink Screen Printing, Lakeland Moonwalk, Art Crawl Inc, LKLD Magazine, Boards For Bros,
Artwork by @RetroGrindhouse
All market vendors are fully booked! For food vendor & band booking, please email chadpchastain@gmail.com
Join us for Nature Fest Open House event at Oakland Nature Preserve! Enjoy meeting members of the environmental community, participate in animal interactions and guided hikes, learn more at interesting presentations, and much, much more!
Admission is free, but donations gratefully received, and will benefit the mission of Oakland Nature Preserve.
It is the 23rd Anniversary of I Like It HOT! Festival on September 9-10, 2023 and it’s going to be HOTTER than ever before! This hot n’ spicy food show is painfully delicious, big on flavor and cooked up to be one of the hottest events of the season.
Specialty exhibitors will tickle your tastebuds as they bring on distinctive, breathtaking and dynamite offerings in the form of sauces, salsas, seasonings, rubs, plants, food products, gadgets, kitchenware, hundreds of mild to wild samples, food trucks and more.
Festival Alumni will be prepared for the traditional hot stuff contests, including the favorite vendor competition, the Extreme Lolli Lick-A-Thon (the hottest lollypop in the world, sponsored by Intensity Academy) and the jalapeno pepper eating contest. Amateur competitions include BBQ and hot sauces as well as salsa categories. The competition will be fierce as contenders vie for the awards in each category.
The event is pet and family friendly, and admission and parking are complimentary.
Come meet Lily the skunk and learn about our educational and therapy programs. Hold Lily and learn all about pet skunks, their care and what amazing pets domesticated skunks make! Feel how squishy and loving they can be and donate to a great cause! 🦨💗
It is the 23rd Anniversary of I Like It HOT! Festival on September 9-10, 2023 and it’s going to be HOTTER than ever before! This hot n’ spicy food show is painfully delicious, big on flavor and cooked up to be one of the hottest events of the season.
Specialty exhibitors will tickle your tastebuds as they bring on distinctive, breathtaking and dynamite offerings in the form of sauces, salsas, seasonings, rubs, plants, food products, gadgets, kitchenware, hundreds of mild to wild samples, food trucks and more.
Festival Alumni will be prepared for the traditional hot stuff contests, including the favorite vendor competition, the Extreme Lolli Lick-A-Thon (the hottest lollypop in the world, sponsored by Intensity Academy) and the jalapeno pepper eating contest. Amateur competitions include BBQ and hot sauces as well as salsa categories. The competition will be fierce as contenders vie for the awards in each category.
The event is pet and family friendly, and admission and parking are complimentary.
Join us for the largest Pride street market in St Pete! Shop till you drop and come get some skunk love!
A HUGE 2-day waterfront taco & tequila festival with great live music in downtown St Pete's Vinoy Park on Saturday & Sunday, May 13th & 14th.
Tons of Tacos & Mexican Dishes from 30+ Food Vendors Margaritas, Paloma's, Bloody Maria's & Other Craft Cocktails Great Craft Beers & Spirit Sampling 50+ Local Craft Vendors Spray Paint Art Murals Live Music, Games & Tons of Fun!
Saturday 1:30 - 2:15 - Soul Purpose 3:00 - 3:45 - Eric Swanson Band 4:30 - 5:30 - Fayuca 6:15 - 7:30 - Resinated DJ Badda Skat
Sunday 1:30-2:15 - Audrey Short 3:00 - 3:45 - Sheblime 4:30 - 5:30 - iChroniq 6:15 - 7:30 - Surfer Girl DJ Badda Skat
A HUGE 2-day waterfront taco & tequila festival with great live music in downtown St Pete's Vinoy Park on Saturday & Sunday, May 13th & 14th.
Tons of Tacos & Mexican Dishes from 30+ Food Vendors Margaritas, Paloma's, Bloody Maria's & Other Craft Cocktails Great Craft Beers & Spirit Sampling 50+ Local Craft Vendors Spray Paint Art Murals Live Music, Games & Tons of Fun!
Saturday 1:30 - 2:15 - Soul Purpose 3:00 - 3:45 - Eric Swanson Band 4:30 - 5:30 - Fayuca 6:15 - 7:30 - Resinated DJ Badda Skat
Sunday 1:30-2:15 - Audrey Short 3:00 - 3:45 - Sheblime 4:30 - 5:30 - iChroniq 6:15 - 7:30 - Surfer Girl DJ Badda Skat
Meet the vet and staff at Avian and Animal Hospital at their annual meet and Greet! Raffles, games and fun!
420 Games, giveaways and live music
Vendors, music and skunks! Come join us for an afternoon of fun at The Brutalist!
Come out and visit! Vendors, Food and music. Fun day for the family! On leash pets welcome
Come out and see how hot you can get!! Music, vendors and food! Fun for the whole family!
Wednesday, March 29th, it's... SKUNK NIGHT BIKE NIGHT... at Quaker Steak & Lube!
YESSS... we will have... LIVE SKUNKS... from Pet Skunk Advocates & Rescue at Bike Night and if you've never held a Skunk before... NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!!!
The Lube is the only place to be on Wednesday nights with... Live Music, TONS of Vendors, Great Food, the Best Wings in Tampa Bay, Contests, Games, Prizes, Giveaways, Ice Cold Beer, Full Liquor, Full Throttle Magazine, Racing For Orphans, Bike Wash by Deluxe Detailing and so much more!!!
AND... on Wednesday night, March 29th... Blackwater Jack... will be tearing up the Fran Haasch stage... ALL NIGHT LONG!!!
👉 Don't forget to... CHECK OUT OUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIALS... Beer & Burger Special: $10 Burger & Beer... Food Special: $3 off Custom Wing Combos... AND... Beer Special: $3.50 16oz Domestic Pounders 🍺
Quaker Steak & Lube... where entertainment is always... FREE... and... EVERYONE IS ALWAYS WELCOME!!!
Vendors Wanted and should email Mike Mikola at Lust4steel@gmail.com or call 754-201-8588
Hosted by Mike Mikola/LUST 4 STEEL Promotions and Sponsored by the Fran Haasch Law Group Accident & Injury Lawyers 866-LAW-FRAN LawFran.com