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Get Away: Hot Ticket
By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times, published April 5, 2001
Bayou blast by the bay
Louisiana music and food fill the waterfront behind the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg Friday through Sunday during the Cajun/Zydeco Crawfish Festival, featuring 10,000 pounds of crawfish and a host of other delicacies.
The spicy fun kicks off 7-11 p.m. Friday, with Cajun music by Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys.
The festival continues 1-11 p.m. Saturday and 1-8 p.m. Sunday. Saturday's music bill includes zydeco music by Horace Trahan and the New Ossun Express 1-4 p.m., swamp pop and New Orleans R&B by File 4-7 p.m. and Cajun and zydeco music by Richard LeBouef and Two Step 8-11 p.m.
The Creole Zydeco Farmers kick off Sunday 1-4 p.m., followed by Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys 4-8 p.m.
Food and drink selections all three days include those crawfish, plus jambalaya, crawfish etoufee, gator burgers, red beans and rice, spicy shrimp, sausage on a stick, boudin, pralines and beer.
One-day passes are $10; three-day passes are $25. Children 10 and younger are admitted free with a paying adult. Lawn chairs are welcome; coolers and umbrellas are not.
Bayfront Center is at 400 First St. S, St. Petersburg.
Tickets are available at the Bayfront box office (727) 892-5767 or at Ticketmaster at (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
The Highland Games
And for a day in April each year, the city is filled with bagpipe music, clans, sheep dogs and everything Scottish during the Dunedin Highland Games. The 35th annual event is from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and features recording artists Carl Peterson and Bobby Murray, a National Masters Scottish Athletic Championship competition, parade of clans and pipe bands, the Southern U.S. Pipe Band Championship competition, Highland and Scottish country dancing, sheep dog demonstrations, Scottish wares, genealogical groups and food
All the revelry takes place (where else?) in Highlander Park, at Michigan Boulevard and Pinehurst Road. Admission is free, but parking is $10 per car. Call (727) 733-6240 or (727) 786-1571 for information.
Filipino culture fills the weekend
The three-day PhilFest, which begins Friday, celebrates Filipino culture with food, music, dancing, cultural displays, crafts and costumes.
The festival also raises money for the Philippine Culture Foundation, which is building a $1.3-million cultural center at the festival grounds in Hillsborough County.
Continuous entertainment on three stages includes ethnic music and dancing. Highlights are Filipino-American country music singer Janet Clark, appearing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and three Filipino-American dance bands at 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Festival hours are 4-11 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday at Nine Eagles Road, off Race Track Road in northwest Hillsborough County. Tickets are $5.
For information, call (813) 931-8687 or (727) 596-2281.
Tradewinds Resort parade breezes in
The Tradewinds Resort Festival of States parade kicks off the final weekend of the 80th annual Festival of States on Saturday. The parade begins at Seventh Street S and Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg, follows Central east to Bayshore Drive NE, then north on Bayshore to the Renaissance Vinoy Resort. Start time is 10:50 a.m. Limited reserved bleacher seating is available for $6. Call (727) 898-3654 for more information.
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