Taste of Pinellas is a juggernaut composite of local food, celebrity headliners, phenomenal music and family-friendly fun. The event celebrating the food, music and culture of the region will be held at Albert Whitted Park with proceeds benefiting All Children’s Hospital. The event takes place Friday and Saturday, May 9-10 and features some of the Bay area’s most sought after bands.
In addition to the local favorites, this event will host 4-time Grammy-winner Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo and 3-time Grammy-winner Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers. The beloved, the one-of-a-kind, the on-the-run dapper kings of jailhouse funk and soul, The Blues Brothers starring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi will headline on Saturday.
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With all the hip-twisting, heel-tapping music infecting your body, you’ll need to energize, reenergize and just for safe measure add a little extra fuel to the tank. Bill Edwards Presents Inc. has ensured that the event will feature the area’s most beloved restaurants. Each vendor will be serving up tastes of their most devoured dishes and culinary insignias.
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Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday, March 14 and can be purchased at all local Rally Stores, All Children’s Hospital Main Lobby Gift Shop, the Mahaffey Theater Box Office or on Ticketmaster. Both VIP and General Admission seating options are available. GA tickets are $22.50 per-person in advance, or $25 at the gate. VIP seating is $75 per-person per-day, and includes premiere seating in the VIP area, a VIP Hospitality area with complimentary beverages, snacks and samplings from participating restaurants.
If you’re a fan of the new branding for the event you can thank the mad scientists at RKC.me (also creators of iLovetheBurg.com). Go and enjoy internationally acclaimed, immortalized tunes in a postcard setting this May and taste the savory flavors of Pinellas.
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