Arts and Crafts Festival Draws Fans From Across Country and World

They came from the local community. They came from neighboring communities. They came from the Midwest, the South. They even came from foreign lands.

Arts and crafts lovers descended upon Corey Avenue this past weekend for the St. Pete Beach Arts and Crafts Festival. There, dozens of vendors selling all sorts of wares set up tents while acoustic musicians serenaded the crowds.

A family from Cancun, Mexico even showed up, staying in St. Pete Beach on vacation.

Some visitors from the Midwest came across the state after visiting Daytona.

The arts festival was free to the public. The big winners of the festival were the shops along Corey Avenue, where sidewalks were thick with visitors and those wishing to escape the afternoon sun.