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PARADE: Downtown Largo Main Street's fifth annual parade and festival will be Saturday at Ulmer Park and West Bay Drive in Largo from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will include crafts, a children's area, food and drinks, a motorcycle show, and live entertainment. The parade begins at 4 p.m. Visit www.largomainstreet.com or call 518-8442.
WEAVERS GUILD DEMONSTRATION: The Pinellas Weavers Guild will hold a Fiber Fiesta, a demonstration of weaving, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at N Greenwood Rec Center, 900 N Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Clearwater. Admission is free. Call Scott Dempster at 462-6276.
SUNCOAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The Suncoast Symphony Orchestra will play at the Palm Harbor Community Activity Center, 1500 16th St., Sunday with hors d'oeuvres and beverages at 6:30 p.m. and the concert at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $5 for community center members, $6 for nonmembers and $2 for children under 12. Call 771-6000.
DOG ART SHOW: Fluffy Puppies, 1447 S Fort Harrison, Clearwater, will present "Who Let the Dogs Art" from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The show is a dog art-themed show to benefit SPCA Tampa Bay and was inspired by the work of local artist Sandy Snider. The show is free and open to the public; participants are encouraged to bring their dogs on a leash. Artists will be on hand to sketch patrons' dogs. Ten percent of sales will benefit SPCA Tampa Bay.
JAZZ CONCERT: The Clam Bayou Jazz Band, led by Frank Greenstreet, will perform "Music of the Great Jazz Venues" at 3 p.m. Sunday in the community room at the Palm Harbor Library, 2330 Nebraska Ave. Free and light refreshments will be served. Call the library at 784-3332 or Greenstreet at 784-8908.
ANTIQUE SHOW: Annual Antique Alley antique show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Antique Alley, 580 N Indian Rocks Road, Belleair Bluffs. Free. Rain date is Sunday, Nov. 20.
KLEZMER BLUEGRASS CONCERT: Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St. Appalachian and Southern fiddle tunes meet Klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe. The medleys and improvisations are raw, funny, melancholy and foot-stomping. The group's 2003 CD has been used by the Paul Taylor Dance Company in its piece Klezmerbluegrass. Tickets are $20, students, $18. For tickets and information, call 942-5605.
"CLUMSY CUSTARD HORROR SHOW:' The Dunedin High School Performing Arts Department is staging The Clumsy Custard Horror Show at 7 p.m. Thursday and Nov. 18 at the school auditorium, 1651 Pinehurst Road, Dunedin. The tale of valiant heroes, damsels in distress and evil villains in a mystical land is by William Gleason, writer of the Pink Panther movies. Tickets are $7; students, $5. Call Ron Shaw at 469-4100, ext. 2031.
BANSEMER OPEN HOUSE: Artist and author Roger Bansemer will host his 26th annual open house featuring his paintings and books from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 18-20 at his studio, 2352 Alligator Creek Road, Clearwater.
PLAINSMEN HOLIDAY ART SHOW: The Plainsmen Gallery's "Holiday Art Show" is from Nov. 18 through Dec. 22 at 2450 Sunset Point Road, Clearwater. Show features new works by Robert Bateman, James Christensen, Judy Larson, Ernest Simmons and vintage prints by Bev Doolittle. Wildlife and Native American bronzes by Robert Deurloo, David McGary and Geoffrey Smith. Also Western and American Indian crafts and gifts. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call the gallery at 726-5100.
CONTINUINGHOLIDAY ART SHOW: Clay and Paper and Painted Fish Gallery presents its annual holiday show, "Merry Fishmas," through Dec. 31 at the gallery, 350 Main St., Dunedin. The show features ceramic sculptures, holiday cat bells, holiday jewelry, pottery, glass, etchings, paintings, calligraphy, handmade birdhouses and ornaments by local artists and others from around the country. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. Starting Nov. 25, the gallery will be open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays. Call 736-0934 or 734-5060.
SUNSET BAZAAR: Music, art and crafts, refreshments, native plants, home and garden decor, toys and a children's play area are among the activities at Palm Harbor's "Sunset Bazaar" that meets from 4 to 9 p.m. every Thursday through April. The bazaar takes place at Palm Harbor Hall, Main Street Center complex, 1190 Georgia Ave. Admission is free.
ART EXHIBIT: The Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd., features "The Great Human Race," a collection of stone lithographs by John L. Doyle, through Dec. 24. Admission to the children's museum is $4; DFAC members admitted free. Call 298-3322.