September Recurring Events
Top Chefs
This dress-up worthy event benefits programs of PARC. PARC’s mission is to provide opportunities for children & adults with developmental disabilities to exercise their independence and experience life to the fullest. The Top Chefs event offers open bar drinks, samplings of entrees and amazing desserts prepared by some of the Bay Area’s best chefs working with students from PARC’s Culinary Program. Proceeds benefit PARC’s programs. Read more about the history of PARC here.
Sample decadent desserts at PARC’s Top Chefs event
Night Market in St Pete
The Night Market in St Pete’s Warehouse Art’s District takes place about 5 times a year in the St Pete Side Lot located at 2133 2nd Ave South. The best way to stay up to date on the events is to sign up for one on Facebook and then you’ll be alerted to future events. Attending a market at night is so unusual that its worth a trip. Local vendors dominate the event and there is plenty of food, shopping and drink. The market is family and pet friendly. The market typically lasts from 6 pm to 10 pm, but the 3 Daughters Brewery next door stays open later for an AfterParty!Clearwater Super Boat National Championship & Festival
180 mph of fun. Big. Fast. Super Boats. The 2017 event saw 2,500 boats lining the beaches of the 2.5 mile-long race course.
VIP watch parties are available from sponsor hotels, restaurants and condos along the route.
Parades. Food vendors. Live Music. More. Oh, and boat races!
2020 Dates: September 25-27
Clearwaer Super Boat 2017
Gulfport Gecko Fest
GeckoFest is Gulfport’s wacky answer to the end of summer. As noted previously, Gecko’s are Gulfport’s unofficial mascot and definitely the town’s favorite reptile.
GeckoFest takes place in Gulfport’s Waterfront District and is family friendly. There’s food, live music, kids’ activities, street performance artists and a parade.
It might occur to you that a festival named after a gecko might have a colorful backstory and you’d be right. You can read the short history of how the festival got its start, or you can read the O-FISH-al GECKO legends!
(The date for GeckoFest moves between August and September each year, but the Gecko-related events that lead up to GeckoFest are almost always in August.). 2020 Date: September 5th.
10 am to 10 pm. The Gulfport Trolley and Gulfport’s GetGO offers transportation options so you can attend without worrying about where to park.
Gulfport Gecko Fest Mascot
