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Festivals and family

By Times Staff
Published May 5, 2006

FESTIVALS AND FAMILY

''Battle of the Badges" Sat.

Chili and Rib Cook-off competition between Pinellas County police and fire department teams. Also music, fire trucks and police cars, kid's entertainment, games, crafts. 2-8 p.m. Largo Central Park, 101 Central Park Drive. $1 for chili and rib tastes. (727) 742-2380 or www.chiliandribs.com.

Clearwater Illuminated Night Parade Sat.

Begins 7 p.m., moves west along Cleveland Street, from Crest Lake Park to East Avenue, downtown Clearwater. Free. (727) 562-4800.

Island Fest Sat.-Sun.

With seafood and other tastes, fine art, crafts, environmental displays, self-guided tours, guided nature walks and talks, kid's rides and games (fee) and music both days. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. at Honeymoon Island State Park, (west end of Dunedin Causeway). $5 per car. (727) 738-2903, www.islandparks.org/islandfest.

Sand Sculpting Contest Sat.

Family event (not a professional competition). Registration 9:30-11 a.m., judging begins 12:30 p.m. north of Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach. (727) 442-2822. Free.

Israel Independence Day Festival Sun.

With Israeli rock music by the Moshav Band and performances by Israeli dance troupes and area adult and children's choirs. Also carnival and kid's activities, Israeli marketplace and kosher cuisine. Begins with march at 11 a.m. from Curtis Hixon Park, 600 N Ashley St., to Plant Park at University of Tampa. Festival continues until 4 p.m. at the park, 401 W Kennedy Blvd. (813) 264-9000, www.jewishtampa.com. Free.

Ybor City Spring Arts Fiesta Sat.-Sun.

With 50 artists and craftsmen. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Centennial Park, Ninth Avenue and 19th Street, Ybor City. (813) 248-0721.

Comic Book and Toy Convention Sun.

With comic books, toys, action figures, DVDs and trading cards; also comic book artists and costumed characters. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Doubletree Hotel, 4500 W Cypress St. Tampa. $5, kids free. (727) 522-9032.

HOME & GARDEN

Historic Old Northeast Garden Stroll Sat.

Tour tropical gardens in annual stroll. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at eight private gardens in Northeast St. Petersburg. $10 advance, $15 Sat., includes admission to Sunken Gardens Sat. Call for advance tickets; tickets available Sat. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 126 11th Ave. NE, or Sunken Gardens, 1825 Fourth St. N. (727) 825-0479.

Roses in Bloom Sat.-Sun.

Tampa Rose Society show with hundreds of blooms and more than 50 judged classes. Noon-9 p.m. Sat. and noon-6 p.m. Sun. Westfield Brandon (in front of Macy's) off SR 60, east of Interstate 75. Free admission. (813) 987-5190.

Spring Orchid Sale Sat.-Sun.

Grower Louis Del Favero Orchids hosts sale with unusual varieties and hybrids from the greenhouse plus orchids from guest vendors. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun., Louis Del Favero Orchids, 6601 Gant Road,Tampa. (813) 961-8277.

Plant Sale Sat.-Sun.

Homegrown orchids, ferns, palms, tropical plants and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun., Lake Park, 17302 N Dale Mabry, Tampa. (813) 310-7676.

MOTORCYCLES

Tampa Bay Motorcycle Rally Sat.-Sun.

With bike show and contest, poker run and tattoo contest Sat.; and cancer benefit ride, arm-wrestling contest and blessing of the bikes Sun. Plus motorcycle exhibitors and vendors, entertainment. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat. and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. (813) 248-0721 or www.cc-events.org.

Plant City Bike Fest Sat.

With thousands of motorcycles, 70 vendors, food. 5-9 p.m., Plant City Train Depot area, 102 N Palmer St. Free admission. (813) 754-3707, 1-800-760-2315; or www.plantcity.org.

MUSIC

Rebecca Pennys Today

3 p.m. Roberts Music Center, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Free. (727) 864-7979.

Steinway Series Today

Featuring Svetozar Ivanov. 7:30 p.m. Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. $12-$18. (727) 822-3590.

Rod MacDonald Today

7:30 p.m. Craftsman House Gallery, 2955 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $12. (727) 323-2787.

Friday Extra Concerts Today

Featuring Stacey Knights Jazz Group and Gumbi Ortiz and the Latino Projekt. 7-9 p.m. Lowry Park Bandshell, 7525 N Blvd., Tampa. Free. (813) 274-8615.

New Century Opera Today-Sun.

Hansel and Gretel. 8 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sun. Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St. $14-$16. (727) 942-5605.

Duncan Sheik Sat.

9 p.m. State Theatre, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $15 advance, $18 day of show) 895-3045.

Intimate Voices Sat.

Featuring Theresa D'Aiuto Andrasy, mezzo-soprano, Theresa Villani, cello, and Richard Ilnicki, poet. 8 p.m. Tarpon Springs Heritage Museum, 100 Beekman Lane. $13-$15. (727) 942-5605.

''This Show Blows!" Sat.

With Gravy, Rude Squad, Cuban Sandwich Crisis, Weaksauce and Can't Do It. 8 p.m. Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. $10. (813) 977-6474.

''Here We Go Again" Sat.

The Fabulous Rockers. 8 p.m.-midnight Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. $23. (727) 892-5202.

"Go For Baroque" Sat.

Featuring medieval and early music concerts, dance performances, arts and crafts, harpsichord and recorder performances, madrigal singers and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Downtown Dunedin, along Main Street. Free. (727) 446-7344.

Family Stone Experience Sat.

9:30 p.m. Bourbon Street Concert Club, 4331 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. $25 advance, $30 door. (727) 843-0686.

May Musicfest Sat.

Featuring Lee Ann Womack. 6 p.m. Gwazi Park, Busch Gardens, 3605 Bougainvillea Ave., Tampa. Free with Park admission. Toll-free 1-888-800-5447.

Plumb Sun.

8 p.m. State Theatre, 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. $8 advance, $10 day of show. (727) 895-3045.

Spring Choral Concert Sun.

Eckerd College Concert Choir and the Eckerd Ringers. 3 p.m. Griffin Chapel, 4200 54th Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Free. (727) 864-7979.

Pinellas Youth Symphony Sun.

Presents Orchestra Finale Concert featuring the Senior Orchestra, Serenade Strings, Philharmonia Orchestra and Symphonic Strings. 2 p.m. Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. $6, children/students free. (727) 438-3149.

Suncoast Symphony Orchestra Sun.

Presents light classical and pops music. 7:30 p.m. Seminole Recreation Center, 9100 113th St., Seminole. $5. (727) 397-3832.

Tampa Oratorio Singers Sun.

Features traditional English choral works. Nancy Callahan, director. 4 p.m. Sacred Heart Church, 509 Florida Ave., Tampa. $15. (813) 389-3023.

Florida West Coast Symphony Sun.

Presents a Salon Afternoon featuring "Spring Fest." 4 p.m. Holley Hall, 709 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. $18-$24. (941) 953-3434.

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