FRIDAY
April27Friday11:15 a.m.
Stand Against Racism: Hands Across Central
Suncoast Hospice and Tampa Bay YWCA invites the local community to come together and stand up against racism and all hurtful discrimination. Wear purple and …Suncoast Hospice
3050 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg, 33712
April27Friday4 p.m.
Grouper, seafood gumbo, shrimp and crab. If it’s seafood, you’re likely to find it at this event with live Motown and blues music …Price: Free admission (food additional).Sims Park
6341 Bank St., New Port Richey, 34652
April27Friday5:30 p.m.
View the works of local artists while enjoying purchased wines and $5 appetizers at monthly wine tasting.Price: Drink specials, happy hour costs vary.Vincenzo’s Grill at St. Petersburg Marriott Clearwater
12600 Roosevelt Blvd., St. Petersburg, 33716
SATURDAY
April28Saturday8:30 a.m.
Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races
Editor’s pickPaddlers from across the U.S. and Canada hit the waters of Garrison Channel to compete to be Tampa’s top Dragon Boat Team. This …Price: Free for spectators.Marriott Tampa Waterside
700 S Florida Ave., Tampa, 33602
April28Saturday2 p.m.
Editor’s pickLive jazz sets the mood for this year’s event featuring tastings of more than 200 European and American craft home brews in this beer …Price: $45 advance, $55 at the gate, $15 designated driver, includes Cajun meal.Cajun Cafe On the Bayou
8101 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park, 33781
April28Saturday6 p.m.
Editor’s pick98 Rockfest, the annual event that’s always good for some gale force shredding, returns to the Forum. One of Florida’s most successful modern …Price: $29.99-$150Tampa Bay Times Forum
401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, 33602
April28Saturday8 p.m.
Star Wars Day at the Bricks: Kick Start My Art Show
Editor’s pickLeading up to Star Wars Day on May 4 (as in “May the Fourth be with you”), the Bricks celebrates with three free events; there …Kick Start My Art presents the “I’d rather kiss a Wookiee!” art show with more than 30 Florida artists bringing Star Wars from the …Price: Free.The Bricks
1327 E Seventh Ave., Tampa, 33605
SUNDAY
April29Sunday9 a.m.
Annual plant and landscape festival celebrates Arbor Day and Earth Day with a colorful array of flowering plants, trees, orchids, herbs, garden art for sale …Price: Free (trees additional).Walter Fuller Park & Center
7891 26th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, 33710
- April29Sunday2 p.m.
Boeing Boeing
Adapted from a French farce, this slapstick comedy is the story of Bernard, an architect living in Paris, who juggles his love life with three …Price: $31.50Jaeb Theater at David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
1010 N MacInnes Place, Tampa, 33602
April29Sunday7 p.m.
Christian Finnegan
Editor’s pickFinnegan is currently on the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet?, and is also known as a cast member on VH1′s Best Week Ever …Price: $15-$17.Improv Comedy Theater
1600 E Eighth Ave., Tampa, 33605