© St. Petersburg Times, published May 30, 2002
Taste of Pinellas is in Vinoy Park, at Fifth Avenue NE and North Shore Drive, from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Sat. and noon to 7 p.m. Sun. Admission to Vinoy Park is free Friday, $3 for adults and free for children younger than 12 Saturday and Sunday. Shuttle bus service and free parking are at the Echelon McNulty Station Parking Lot on the corner of First Avenue S and Second Street. Shuttles run every 15 minutes. Coolers and animals will not be allowed in the park.
Besides food, the Taste of Pinellas festival offers live entertainment and activities.
5 p.m. -- Noble Jones
6 -- Blue Joules
6:45 -- Like Shine
7:45 -- LeRoy Driver
8:30 -- Remy Zero
Noon -- Cactus Creek
1:30 -- Conquering Lion
3 -- Soul Sacrifice
4 -- Diamond Gray
6 -- Stormbringer
8:30 -- Foreigner
9:45 -- Fireworks display
1 p.m. -- Waiter Waitress Race
1 -- Shawn Brown
2:10 -- Jackin' Jill
3:30 -- Orleans
5:30 -- America
TASCO teens interactive area with contests, inflatable games, rock climbing wall, prize giveaways; All Children's Hospital Guild arts and crafts tent; ice-carving demonstrations; radio station representatives.