The Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival In Clearwater Returns This Weekend, "Footloose", "Encanto"

FLORIDA — Weekend fun events will be happening all over Florida with baseball games, egg hunts, music festivals, art happenings, family fun and more.

For starters, it's opening day for the Tampa Bay Rays Friday, and kids have plenty of egg hunts to participate in Saturday and Sunday.

Two things you may have missed will return to Tampa Bay this weekend following a two-year hiatus-American Stage's annual outdoor theatre performance at Demen's Landing, "American Stage in the Park," and Clearwater's annual "Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival."

Patch has put together your weekend to-have-fun list in the Tampa Bay Area/Suncoast Area below:

Friday, April 8

• Tampa Bay Blues Festival, 701 Bayshore Dr. N.E., St. Petersburg (all weekend)
• Brad Brown, Christian Illusionist & The EggSpree, Sarasota
• Technology's Impact On Your Kids, Bradenton
• "Footloose," The Musical at American Stage in the Park, St. Pete (Runs through May 8)
• Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival, Clearwater
• Florida Orchestra Pops Series, The Straz Center, Tampa
• Opening Day-Tampa Bay Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles, The Trop, St. Petersburg

Saturday, April 9

• St. Pete Live Comedy Show! Floridian Social Club, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
• Mermosa Bubbles & Brunch Fest, St. Pete Pier
• St. Petersburg Black History Bike Tour, Chief's Creole Cafe, 901 22nd St. S., St. Pete
• Illusions The Drag Show St. Pete, 10387 Gandy Blvd. N., St. Pete
• "Portrayal," Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival, Sundial AMC, St. Pete
• "Family Fun Day! Mr. and Mrs. Bunny" Painting With A Twist, Clearwater
• Book signing with Cathy Schenkelberg, "A Beagle Named Carol," Dunedin
• 50,000 Egg Hunt, 6780 N. Socrum Loop Rd., Lakeland
• Healthy Family & Summer Camp Expo, Wesley Chapel
• Opening of "Ansel Adams: The Masterworks & Clyde Butcher: America The Beautiful," The James Museum, St. Petersburg
• Easter Egg Hunt for Children with Autism, Sarasota
• Kids Bunny Bash 2022! Mixon Fruit Farms, Bradenton
• Annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser, Children's Garden, Sarasota
• Easter Egg-stravaganza, J.W. Crate Recreation Center, St. Pete
• Adult Only Easter Egg Hunt, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, St. Pete

Sunday, April 10

• Afternoon Jams on St. Pete Beach, Boca Ciega Ballroom, 7701 Boca Ciega Dr., St. Pete Beach
• $5 Sunday at the St. Petersburg Museum of History, St. Pete
• Deuces Sidewalk Market Presents: Love, Peace and Poetry, St. Petersburg
• Palm Sunday Service and Easter Egg Hunt, First Presbyterian Church, St. Pete
• Great Connections-Great Explorations Children's Museum, St. Pete
• Dolly & Me Tea Party, LaDee-Da Kids Spa, Clearwater
• "Encanto" Little Leapers Jump Party, Sky Zone, Largo
• Westchase Egg Hunt, Tampa

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