One of the BEST things about this venue is free parking and gorgeous views outside (waterfront,…read moreDali museum, airfield). It is also a theatre where every seat is good (unless very tall people sit in front of you) and sound is excellent. We've seen many shows here and find the paid and volunteer staff welcoming and helpful. The bathroom situation is similar to other places in that they have several places to go, but it can be a lengthy wait if more women than men attend the event. Men always seem to be much more quick! Our latest outing here was for ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN. It was louder than we wanted (Apple Watch went off many times warning of hearing loss). The light show was amazing. The musical side was good, but not spectacular (why could we not understand what they were singing for the first 4 obscure Queen songs?). We look forward to attending more events here.

Great show from The Florida Orchestra (hence why 2 stars.) but this theaters water bottle system is…read moreridiculous. I was there on a school trip and they took my water bottle. Which was fine, until I never got my water bottle back(convinced they threw it out). And the people at the door were very rude in tone and were rushing us. Also the seats are way too close together for the ticket prices I've seen. Wouldn't come back here ever.

This was a GREAT event. I was fortunate to win tickets through a Yelp contest. And I had a TERRIFIC…read moretime enjoying the food, beverages, great bands, beautiful decor, and indoor/ outdoor setup along the banks of the Hillsborough River. Maestros, the restaurant at the Straz stood out along with other great spots like Oystercatchers, Texas de Brazil, 4Rivers, BurgerFi, and Shells among MANY others that served up delicious food. I didn't realize that Yelp included the members of a professional dance team, but Boon and Rachel showed just awesome their Halo Halo Explosion dance troupe is. Very high energy! There were also some beautiful fashions on display among the partygoers including fitted shorts. I am a fan. I would definitely pay to go to this well organized and fantastic event next year.

Best of the Tampa Bay have many vendors display in one time. The different between the VIP and…read moreRegular ticket is the sitting. The VIP has assign sitting and the regular are fighting for the park bench of stair case. Event this big will take two hours to complete the tour for entire vendors. This event is sold out. I have the chance to party with my friend Nick throughout the walk of fame. We also meet up with Rachel, Fern, Katy, and Aleema, Nadine, and Jacob. During the event, music is playing in three different stages. Food stand surround area tight and some have demonstrate cooking of the spot. There too many vendor and restaurant. I am only picked the one are the best of the night. I am staring with the host of the place Maestro's at the Starz Center. They have many to offer with their staff chefs. I am sure they can create something new each day. The restaurants in my list tonight are Miguel's Mexican Grill, Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant, Aqua, Saddle Brook Resort, Chart House Tampa, WaterWorks Bar and Grill, Bar 700 Holidays Inn Westshore, Colombia Restaurant, and Timpano Chophouse. And my most favorite of the night is the Oyster Catcher. These are the restaurants in my list to visit. I like to thanks the Ducky's ladies took a picture with me and I may visit them one day. The only bad thing about this event is too many standing. After 9:30 pm, most of the people is start staying away from the food and move to the party on the river front. Tonight is a bit hot but it does not stop us from dancing. Many ladies of the night challenge Nick for a dance off. Rachel also get to one of the stage and dance. What a fun night to be.

Hands down, the best local event I have been to in a while. The quality of vendors, in addition to…read moretheir pricing, was fantastic. True value for your money, specially if you took advantage of the VIP Mermaid tickets! I got to try samples from 6 different Florida distilleries, all which had at least 3-4 different samples to offer (some had many more) in addition to 1 (or 2!) full cocktails -- all included with your VIP ticket. Definitely snatching these next year again. Best yet? THE VENUE! I have been to too many local events that took place in locations not appropriate to fit the amount of patrons that attended. All the green spaces used for the event by the St Pete pier offered the right amount of space for everyone to spread out and enjoy the delicacies with fantastic views. 10/10!

Absolutely one of the worst crab cakes I ever had. Seriously $20 for mush. Save yourself the entry…read morefee snd go to a local place for good food. i've been to county fairs that have better.

We attended the 2019 Tampa Pig Jig. It is a festival for a great cause held in downtown Tampa at…read moreCurtis Hixon Park in October every year. This year they had major issues with weather. The festival was evacuated due to high winds and once reopened it was plagued with on and off rain. Once folks were let back in it was a free for all! Didn't matter if you had a VIP arm band or not people just flicked to any cover during the rain. I didn't mind because all the money was going towards a good cause. BUT the VIP experience was a let down and when we tried to go to another bar to get our drinks we were told we could only use the (overcrowded) VIP tent. Theo entire entertainment schedule was off, no fault of event planning. We gave up and headed back to our hotel. We are looking forward to the 2020 event and hope for better weather!

This was our first time attending the Tampa Pig Jig Festival, it was fun, there was a lot of…read moreentertainment, free food and drinks! The music was great! Megan Moroney sings great!!!

This is one of the newest Renaissance Faires in the Bay Area, and I must admit, there is a lot of…read morepotential for it. Now I will admit, England Brothers Park is not the most scenic of areas given its near a highway and a neighborhood, but it is reachable, and the parking situation is much more tolerable. Since this one happens during Spring unlike most I've known of, I will warn you it gets hot so make sure to hydrate. The lack of natural shading definitely makes it a tad bit more dangerous. The festival overall is nice! There's a-lot of stalls with many homemade fantasy-themed goods, and many, many mock weapon vendors. I'll admit some of it is just RPG material you could find elsewhere, but hey, Renaissance and Fantasy go hand-in-hand so I cannot complain. The shows are also really fun to watch (especially the fencing demonstrations; beware the crest of the flaming peach, for you are "pit" against the best!) and they definitely put alot of thought and effort in the writing behind them and/or the energy and enthusiasm put into the performances/demonstrations. Familiar faces from the Bay Area also are amongst the performers at the backstage area and as usual, there's lots of jousting to be had. A-lot of good food too! You got your standard turkey legs (Thoust cans't calleth a Ren faire such without the leg of fowl), baked potatoes, tasty boba tea stalls (Belladonna's brew is thy finest), homemade sodas, and other finely cooked foods fit for royals and commoners alike. They put a-lot of effort in their food without it feeling out of place for a Renaissance faire, which I greatly respect. Only real criticism I have in terms of food is the Scotch eggs; They tend to burn them and gotta use ostrich eggs for em, regular eggs won't cut it (too much meat, not enough egg) unless you decease the ratio of beef used to surround it...But aside from that, everything's great! I genuinely look forward to coming back, and hopefully in a costume! It felt wonderful to come to a Renaissance Faire after 4 years of being unable to find one close to home.

Thanks to Yelp I won tickets. Otherwise, I am confused why one has to pay for admission, than all…read moreof their food at the food truck fest. I love this new venue since it is by the water. But seeing that it was scorching hot, there still wasn't too much shade to be found. I would suggest this be in the winter when it is cooler. I think it would be perfect in January/ February after all the holidays are over. I would also suggest there be areas for misting tents if it is going to be in the hot months of Florida. That would help people feel more refreshed, and more inclined to keep going through. It's hard for me to have an appetite if I can't refresh somewhere close by. I did get to try the Vietnamese coffee from the Pho truck. I loved it, but it was super small just because it was basically ice. I also has the lobster roll from Surf and Turf. It was okay, but I didn't love that it was mostly kale. My hubby had a burger from one of the trucks and loved it because he felt quite full from the fries and huge burger. I have now had my fair share of food truck fests, and I am glad I have checked this off my list twice. (I was also at the one in the Spring at the Florida State Fairgrounds.) This one definitely seemed to have more offerings. Some of my favorites that I also saw were Mmmbap, Mr. C'S Grilled Cheese, and Leanne's Cheesecakes. They also had bbq, Jamaican food, Filipino food, Portuguese, & German, just to name a few.

My family and I had fun at the rally. It was really too hot to stay that long, but we made the most…read moreof it while we were there. The number of food trucks here was insane! Too many choices and you couldn't try everything. Got food from Aloha to Go, Willy T's Crab Shack, and Jamaica Jamaica. And then we were too full to eat anymore lol. Wish there were sampler sized portions and prices available at the trucks so we could have tried more. Everything we had was delicious though! Will definitely have to visit Aloha to Go's restaurant soon. And that Jamaican patty/coconut bread..YUM. I believe they are based out of Orlando though. Event seemed very organized. We were able to get our passes quickly when we arrived (thanks Candy!). There were plenty of garbage bins along the road. Got to say hi to some fellow Yelpers while we were there and stopped by the Yelp tent of course lol. Couldn't stay for any of the performances unfortunately. Heard there will be another one sometime in spring of next year at this same location. Might have to check it out again.

The Safety Harbor Seafood Festival is fun. The festival located at the Veteran Memorial Marina Park…read moreprime location with the bay view at the backdrop. The festival bring different musician group to at every two hours. The songs range from R& B to 60's. The festival brings a lot of crowd. Other than the seafood, there are a lot of vendor selling different thing. There also drink and ice cream stand. You can buy ticket for the beer and pickup the beer you like. Parking is a nightmare, I was lucky to circle the city library and found a spot there. We have a very short walking distance. Bring cash to the festival to pick up the seafood you like. Most of the seafood is grilled or fried. They vender have grilled crab cake, fried coconut shrimp, fried calamari, fried oyster, fried clam, fried fish (Maryland rock fish, grouper, grouper cousin), grilled shrimp, deep fries gator meat, blacken fish, seafood jambalaya..... This is a pig out day! The people is amazing, security is great since the city police is control the traffic for the vehicle and allow pedestrian to cross. The only thing is most of the fried seafood is tasteless because lack of seasoning. They only have pepper, sea salt, and ketchup for you to add on. No cocktail sauce. We have order the Jambalaya, coconut shrimp, fried clam, calamari and crab cake. The park have marina and I see someone come with boat that solve the parking problem with direct access to the festival. For this festival is been there done that type of deal. Not sure will be back since the same day also has other festivals. We enjoy the time that we were there.

Loved the Art and seafood festival on the waterfront. It was free to get in. The seafood options…read morewere great, Got Lobster lobster rolls are amazing, Frenchy's crab fries are to die for, Clearsky' grouper nuggets are so yummy, Groovy Dawgs gator dogs can't be missed, there was so much to try. Sherry's Crab Cakes... their crab Mac and cheese is awesome! Okay I didn't eat all this by myself we all shared. Love the Honeycomb ice cream and hoppers mini donuts. You could eat until you bust! The different tents with all the art was quite a sight to be hold. Such Talent. I will admit I came home with a couple of pieces. Fabulous work some out of my price range and some affordable. They had a band playing and people were enjoying themselves. Pets were welcome. There was a children's area with art and games, there was a Huge VIP tent with comfortable furniture in there. ( it cost extra for VIP) The breeze off the water was great. It was a pretty good crowd people were happy it was great weather. There was Beer and Wine for sale. I noticed a a good amount of police on-site as well as medical so it felt secure.

Thanks Yelp for the tickets! I really liked this event. I went on Home Brew day and met very…read moreinteresting brewers along with attendees. Not a giant event and just a select few brewers present, but certainly beers that are outside of the realm. I loved the Mango IPA as well as the 2015 sour winner that was featured at Green Bench. My favorite conversation was with Wiregrass brewing who brews close to where I live in Wesley Chapel. They brought an interesting take on brewing from the old days with their belgian brew...oats rather than barley. I liked it!! Maggie on the Move was there to provide food. They were providing mini samples with the Beer Project ticket. I had the chicken souvlaki which was tasty. Water was available throughout the festival. Bathrooms were clean as well. I had a great time!!

This was a very cool event that I hope becomes a tradition for the St. Pete MFA and for area…read morebrewers. The concept - show a piece of art to some local brewers, who then make a beer to reflect what they feel about the piece. For example, the ancient mexican death god statue had brewers making beers infused with Carolina Reaper peppers. The beers were all very interesting, and while I would be hard-pressed to order a rosewater lambec at any brewery ever, the whole concept and event was outstanding. Plus, everyone was giving out swag and I'll never turn down a free coozie. I didn't get to do the day two event, but day one was definitely worth the price of admission. Well run, well staffed, really just outstanding. (except that my glass had a dead lizard in the bottom of it, but I'm hardcore and just pounded beer anyway because THAT'S FLORIDA BABY)