Top Events Taking Place In Tampa Bay March 16-17

TAMPA BAY, FL – Wondering what to do this weekend? Here are some events taking place in Tampa Bay that you might want to check out:

Reggae Rise Up Music Festival

The Reggae Rise Up Music Festival takes place March 15 to 17 at Vinoy Park in downtown St. Petersburg.

The festival features music, food, merchandise, art and activities.

Performers include Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Stick Figure, Ziggy Marley, Tribal Seeds, Steel Pulse, Pepper, Method Man & Redman, Trevor Hall, J. Boog, Fortunate Youth, Hirie, Common Kings, The Movement, Sticky Fingers, Iya Terra, Josh Heinrichs, Nattali Rize,Through The Roots, Shwayze, Arise Roots, Jah 9, Bumpin Uglies, Brett Bollinger, Seranation, Summer Survivors, Oceanstone, Tribe Of I, Guerrilla Panic, Xperimento, Artikal Sound System and Honey Hounds.

All ages are welcome. Kids 8 and younger are admitted for free.

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Wings, Wheels & Wine

The fourth annual Wings, Wheels & Wine presented by Siracusa Staffing & Leasing will take place at the Clearwater Air Park on March 16 from 6-10 p.m. Enjoy a showcase of exotic cars and airplanes, live music, an auction, dinner and libations. All proceeds benefit The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation.

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Savage Race

Athletes are invited to show their savage side this weekend during the annual Savage Race in Dade City on Saturday, March 16 starting at 8 a.m. at Little Everglades Ranch, 17951 Hamilton Road.

The annual race features 25 obstacles that racers must surmount including scrambling through tubes, mud walls, lumberjack lane, an ice pit and a colussus slide.

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Food & Wine Festival

Busch Gardens will kick off its fifth annual Food & Wine Festival as well as kick off the 2019 season at Adventure Island.

With more than 35 dishes to pair with over 100 wines, craft brews and cocktails, park guests can explore a variety of flavors while enjoying a diverse concert lineup, including acts for all tastes.

Performing on Saturday is Daughtry and The Band Perry & Dream Chief will hit the stage on Sunday.

The Food & Wine Festival runs weekends from March 16 to April 28 and is included with admission to the park.

Located right across the street from Busch Gardens, guests can make a splash at Adventure Island, opening for the 2019 season on Friday, March 15. With 30 acres of water-drenched fun in the sun to explore, Adventure Island offers the ultimate combination of high-speed thrills and tropical, tranquil surroundings for guests of all ages.

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Renaissance Festival

Step back 400 years in the past and explore the world of knights, minstrels and damsels in distress at the annual Bay Area Renaissance Festival at the Museum of Science & Industry, 11315 N. 46th St., Tampa.

Running each weekend from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through March 29, the event features themed weekends, a recreated 16th-century marketplace with more than 100 artisans, 12 stages of minstrel, marionette, magic, court jester and dance shows as well as full armor jousting competitions, a live mermaid cove, roaming musicians and traditional and modern-day treats and savory eats.

In the marketplace, fair-goers can explore vendors of artistic calligraphy, leather works. alchemy and wizard potions, wassail horns, costumes, karneval masques. replica jewelry, forged iron work, crowns, silver works, armor, weapons, Renaissance instruments and more.

And since this is St. Patrick's Day weekend, the festival will host a free St. Patty's Day party and Irish heavy games.

For more information, click here.

St. Patrick's Parties

In addition, check out the Tampa Bay Patch Guide to St. Patrick's Day to find out where all of the St. Paddy parties are happening.

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