Sharkapalooza And 16 More Can’t-Miss Events In Tampa Bay In May

If you can’t find something fun to do around Tampa Bay this May, you’re not trying hard enough. But we get busy schedules, so we’ve taken some of the work out of it with this list of can’t-miss events.

There’s plenty going on during Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25 this year, but numerous food and music festivals are coming up as well.

• Country Thunder Festival, May 8-10, Coachman Park, Clearwater
• Maifest, May 9, noon to 7 p.m., German-American Society, Pinellas Park
• Look Up Clearwater Music Festival, May 9, noon to 8 p.m., Buccaneers Field, Clearwater
• Be Fabulous Music & Art Pride Festival, May 9, 3 to 10 p.m., Five Points Park, Sarasota.
• “Six” Broadway Encore Series, May 12-17, Straz Center, Tampa
• Sharkapalooza, May 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Coachman Park, Clearwater
• St. Pete Italian Fest, May 16, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg
• Tampa Bay Barbecue Festival, May 23-24, noon to 9 p.m., Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg
• Florida Seafood & Caribbean Music Festival, May 23, 2 to 10 p.m., Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa
• The Hidden Multiverse, May 23, 7:30 p.m., Multiverseland, Sarasota
• AquaPalooza, May 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., MarineMax, Sarasota
• Soul Breeze Food Truck Festival, May 24-25, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., The SOcial Bar & Lounge, Tampa
• Memorial Day Parade, May 25, 10 a.m., downtown Sarasota
• Bay Pine VA Memorial Day Ceremony, May 25, 11 a.m. to noon, Bay Pines VA, St. Petersburg
• Memorial Day Celebration, May 25, noon to 6 p.m., Armature Works, Tampa
• NPR Summer Kickoff: Touch-a-Truck & Hurricane Expo, May 30, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., New Port Richey Public Library & City Hall
• Old Florida Soiree, May 30, 7 to 10:30 p.m., Shuffleboard Club, St. Petersburg

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