Celebrate the sand and surf with a three-day party featuring live music, shows and other entertainment at the Pier 60 Pavilion on Clearwater Beach. From 6 to 11 p.m. today, it's a Tribute to Buffett Parrothead Party with Creig Camacho and the Mystic Crew at 6:30, a Fun 'n Sun Fireworks Spectacular at 8:45 and a performance by the Landsharks at 9. On Saturday, it's a Spring Break Music Party with Pirate Jenny's Theatre Show at 2, Ye Mystic Crew of the Santa Margarita at 3:30, a children's egg hunt (register at 2:30), a performance by Mandorico at 6:30 and singing by the Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie at 9:30. On Sunday, Catahoula Blue with Beth McGee will play at 4:30, and Funky Blue Messiahs will close the show at 7. Admission is free. For information, call (727) 449-1036 or visit www.sunsetsatpier60.com.

A night at the movies

Every Friday in April, you can recapture your youth with an outdoor film in Pioneer Park in Dunedin. Tonight you can enjoy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. It starts at dusk, about 6:45. The park is at Main Street and Douglas Avenue downtown. Free, but donations will be accepted and 15 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Homeless Emergency Project. Popcorn, sodas and snack concessions also will be available. No pets or alcohol. For information, call (727) 738-0759.

Happenings

RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL: This weekend is your last chance to see the maids, peasants, fire walkers and other 16th century characters at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival's longtime location in Largo (the event will be moved to a new venue next year). There will be jousts, human chess matches, more than 130 shops, maypole dancing, egg hunts and a special final farewell. The festival is at 400 Central Park Drive, Largo. Admission is $14.95 for adults, $11.95 for seniors, $6.95 for children 5-12 (kids 4 and younger are admitted free). Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday. Free parking. Call (727) 586-5423.

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DRUM CIRCLE: Stan the Drum Man will entertain during the Fireside Concert Series, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Moccasin Lake Nature Park, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater. Enjoy beverages and toast marshmallows around the campfire. $5 for those 13 and older, $3 for children 3-12, $1 for kids 2 and younger.

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RUSSIAN ORCHESTRA: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, directed by Misha Rechlevsky, will perform at 8 tonight at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St. (inside City Hall). The first half will consist of Edvard Grieg's Suite From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Dimitri Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a (String Quartet No. 8); and J.S. Bach's Contrapunctus No. 1 from The Art of the Fugue. The second half of the concert will be one work, audience choice: Johannes Brahms' String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36; Antonin Dvorak's Serenade for Strings, Op. 22; or Tchaikovsky's Souvenirde Florence, Op. 70. Founded in 1992, the orchestra is composed of some of Russia's finest young string players. Admission is $16 general, $14 for center members and students. Call (727) 942-5605.

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HIKE: See the trees and wild animals that live in the backwoods of Brooker Creek Preserve from 9 to 11 a.m. every Saturday. Reservations are required. Call (727) 453-6910.

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QUILT SHOW: Over the years quilts have evolved from necessary bed coverings to personal art forms, and are beginning to be recognized as one of the foremost examples of American folk art. See a collection of extraordinary examples through April 27 at the Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History, 329 Bayshore Blvd. S. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for children and seniors. Call (727) 726-1668.

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EASTER EGG'STRAVAGANZA: Safety Harbor is putting on a fun Easter event from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Safety Harbor City Park, 940 Seventh St. S. It will feature egg hunts for children 8 and under, carnival games, pictures with the Easter Bunny, clowns, concessions, sand art, face painting and more. Admission is free. Call (727) 724-1545.

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CONCERT: The Shepherd Chorale and the Adult Choir of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church of Dunedin will present John Rutter's Requiem at 5 p.m. Sunday at the church, 639 Edgewater Drive. The hauntingly beautiful choral work will be accompanied by oboe, flute, cello and piano, under the direction of Carol Skinner Alexander. Free, but donations will be accepted. Call (727) 446-7344.

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SHOW: Dancer/choreographer Ayako Kato with bassist/composer Jason Roebke will present an improv show influenced by Japanese traditional art and modern expression at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. Tickets are $8 for nonmembers, $5 for members and students. Call (727) 518-6833, ext. 203.

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CONCERT: The 70-member Suncoast Singers, with their entourage of dancers and specialty acts, will present a show called Blue Mood tonight, Saturday and Sunday in the Tonne Playhouse at the Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive. Show times are 7:30 tonight and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $12 general, $10 for groups of 10 or more. Call (727) 587-6793.

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