About 100,000 people will party all night in Ybor City Saturday during Guavaween. The G-rated fun starts at 10 a.m. and continues until about 3 during Guavaween Family FunFest with trick-or-treating, music, games and more. The R-rated party gears up after the kids go home. The Guavaween Night of Costumed Revelry continues until the wee hours with music on multiple stages around Ybor City and the Mama Guava Stumble parade at 6:30 p.m. Shuttles are provided from the Florida State Fairgrounds, Raymond James Stadium, the USF Sun Dome and the Wagon Wheel Flea Market in Pinellas Park. Shuttles are $10 for a round trip or $20, including Guavaween admission of $12. The last shuttle leaves Ybor City at 3 a.m. which would have been 4 a.m. before the time change at 2 a.m. Sunday. (813) 242-4828, www.cc-events.org For more Halloween-related fun, see the listing on Page 3E.
CONCERTS BENEATH THE STARS
The Florida Orchestra continues its free series of concerts in the park with two this weekend: 7 tonight in Curtis Hixon Park on the riverfront, downtown Tampa, and 7 Saturday night at Vinoy Park on the waterfront, downtown St. Petersburg. Fireworks follow both. Music includes favorites by Mozart, Beethoven and Dvorak, a Strauss polka and excerpts from The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story and The Lord of the Rings. Free. (813) 286-2403 or toll-free 1-800-662-7286.
TURNING ANOTHER PAGE
The Times Festival of Reading moves to a new location - the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus - for its annual salute to books and authors. This year's featured writers include Carl Hiaasen, R.L. Stine, Sue Ellen Cooper, Candace Bushnell and Doris Kearns Goodwin. There also will be entertainment, a Children's StoryLand, a book market, arts and crafts and more. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 140 Seventh Ave. S. 727 892-2358, www.festivalofreading.com Free.
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
Other festivals of fun this weekend include Tampa's Annual Greek Festival, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, St. John's Greek Orthodox Church, Swann and Armenia avenues near Hyde Park. $1-$2. (813) 876-8830. Holiday Food & Fun Fest Greek Festival, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 348 N Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Spring. $2. (727) 937-3540. Circus McGurkis: The People's Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, in a new location, Walter Fuller Park, 7891 26th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. (727) 896-0310; www.circusmcgurkis.org Free. Country Jubilee at Heritage Village, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Rescheduled from Oct. 22. 11909 125th St. N, Largo. Free; donations welcomed. (727) 582-2123. Grouper Fest, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, John's Pass Village and Boardwalk, 129th Avenue and Gulf Boulevard, Madeira Beach. (727) 393-8230. Free.
CONSUMMATE CRAFTING
More than 100 artisans from around the country sell fine crafts at CraftArt 2005, organized by Florida Craftsmen. The show is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. $5, kids free. (727) 892-5202 or (727) 892-5700.
A SPECTRUM OF SOUND
The weekend brings a long music list ranging from honky-tonk to emo-punk to heavy metal: Coheed and Cambria, 7 p.m. today, Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg. $22. (727) 896-2276. Rodney Crowell, 9 p.m. today, State Theatre, St. Petersburg. $25. (727) 895-3045. Freaker's Ball featuring Damon Fowler Group, 8 p.m. today, Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa. $10. (813) 977-6474. Brooks and Dunn with Big & Rich, Cowboy Troy and the Warren Brothers, 7 p.m. Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa. $29-$53.75. (813) 740-2446. Drive By Truckers, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg. $16 advance, $18 day of show. (727) 896-2276. Zappaween featuring Bogus Pomp, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Bourbon Street, New Port Richey. $12 advance, $15 at the door. (727) 843-0686. Yngwie Malmsteen, 9 p.m. Saturday, State Theatre, St. Petersburg. $15 advance, $18 day of show. (727) 895-3045. Beenie Man, 7 p.m. Sunday, Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg. $20-$30. (727) 896-2276.
