Ep 151 | Weekly Round-Up | April 25

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📰 Hillsborough County schools facing $18 million budget gap
📰 In bid to slash property taxes, Legislature considers defunding tourism
📰 Panthers steamroll Lightning in Game 1
📰 Man carrying 'fully loaded' assault rifle shot, killed by deputies near Brandon intersection
📰 Former deputy no-shows DUI manslaughter trial, warrant issued

15th Annual Crawfish Festival

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM 4/26

Founders Square Park, 11289 Winthrop Main St, Riverview, FL 33578

Cost: Free entry; individually priced food

Fresh crawfish, Cajun food, live music, food and business vendors, and a children’s area will make for a great Saturday! Dinner Tickets & Crawfish Cash are available in advance by donation. Proceeds benefit local and international organizations through the FishHawk-Riverview Rotary Club Foundation.

Tampa Bay Black Heritage 25th Music Festival

12:00 PM - 12:00 AM 4/26 - 4/27

Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N Ashley Dr, Tampa, FL 33602

Cost: $40 for both days. Single day tickets sold out.

25th Annual Tampa Bay Black Heritage Music Festival. Bringing talent from all all over the country celebrating black art from all ages.

Green Thumb Festival

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 4/26 - 4/27

Walter Fuller Park, 7891 26th Ave. N. St. Petersburg, FL 33710

Cost: Free

St. Petersburg's annual Arbor Day Celebration, the Green Thumb Festival, brings together plant and flower lovers, as well as, individuals and families looking for a fun weekend activity. With more than 120 garden, plant and flower vendors and exhibitors, the annual event brings the community together for a weekend of fun.

Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival

10:00 AM - 9:00 PM 4/25-4/27

1 Causeway Blvd, Clearwater Beach, FL 33767

Cost: $14

Head to Clearwater Beach and get your ticket to explore the expansive 24,000-square foot structure that encompasses the Sugar Sand Walk Exhibit. Seventeen professional sand sculptors, who journey from all corners of the globe, work their magic to transform our world-famous sugar sand into breathtaking sculptures. There’s more fun to have during the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival than grains of sand on Clearwater Beach. The festival offers free sand sculpting classes, live music, fireworks, artisans, food vendors and more!

Blueberry Festival

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | April 27, 28

Keel Farms, 5202 W Thonotosassa Rd, Plant City, FL 33565

Cost: Free; $10 parking per car

Celebrate all things blueberries with fresh blueberry u-pick, a blueberry shortcake eating contest, and family-friendly activities like camel rides, a petting zoo, bounce houses, and local vendors.