Things To Do In St Pete This Weekend: Best Festivals & Events Going On In St Petersburg

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Here’s what’s happening this weekend in St. Pete

Here are the events happening this weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida! This event guide is updated every Thursday. Click here to submit your events to our calendar! Events outside of St. Pete, FL are labeled as “Beyond the Burg” and are brought to you by our friends at Visit St. Pete-Clearwater.
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Halloween Weekend at the TradeWinds*
📍Beyond the Burg: St. Pete Beach
Friday-Saturday, October 30-November 1, Various Times
TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach goes all in on Halloween with a haunted paddleboat waterway, a Monster Mash Silent Disco, costume contests for both humans and dogs, trick-or-treat trails, a glow party, and an adults-only Boo-zy Party at the Cabana Bar on Saturday night with a live DJ and Espolòn Tequila activations.

Halloween Fest at USF St. Petersburg
Friday, October 30, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
USF St. Petersburg’s 5th Annual Halloween Fest brings trunk-or-treat, touch-a-truck, a haunted petting zoo, spooky STEM activities, and special performances to campus for a free family event that welcomed over 2,000 families last year and is only getting bigger.

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4th Annual Farm-O-Ween
Friday, October 30, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
St. Pete Youth Farm kicks off Halloween weekend with a free, family-friendly night featuring a tunnel of terror, free food and candy, and games and activities for all ages on the farm.

STrange PETERSBURG
Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
The ArtsXchange hosts St. Pete’s locally produced horror, sci-fi, and experimental short film festival for its second year with a costume contest, prizes, and Florida-made dark visions from the filmmakers keeping this city appropriately weird.

Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Miami FC — Eastern Quarterfinals*
Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m.
The Rowdies host at Al Lang Stadium in the USL Championship Eastern Quarterfinals, and a postseason home match against an in-state rival is exactly the kind of Friday night worth clearing your schedule for.

Haunted Fest*
Friday & Saturday, October 30-31, Various Times
Breakaway’s Haunted Fest takes over St. Pete with a stacked electronic lineup featuring Eli Brown, Gordo, HUGEL, AMÉMÉ, Dreya V, and more across two nights, plus a silent disco, onsite activations, and the kind of Halloween energy that doesn’t require a costume to justify staying until the last set ends.

Saturday Morning Market*
Saturday, October 31, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
St. Pete’s beloved Saturday Morning Market is back for another weekly run downtown, free, rain or shine, and exactly the right way to start a Saturday.

Halloween Treat Trail
📍Beyond the Burg: Pinellas Park
Saturday, October 31, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Pinellas Park’s England Brothers Park hosts a free Halloween evening with a treat trail, live music, bounce houses, and candy for a family-friendly October 31st that covers all the Halloween essentials in one place.

Halloween Dreams
Saturday, October 31, 9 p.m. – 3 a.m.
Coastal Creative hosts a two-stage Halloween night with Treavor Moontribe of Desert Dwellers headlining, a 45-foot LED wall, flow performers, a vendor village, and an extra hour of dancing courtesy of Daylight Savings, which is the universe’s way of saying costumes are mandatory and normal behavior is officially suspended.

Relics & Lore: A Radley Experience — Closing Weekend*
Saturday & Sunday, October 31-November 1, Various Times
FloridaRAMA’s Victorian Gothic paranormal experience closes out its run this Halloween weekend, included with general admission, and if you haven’t made it in yet this is genuinely your last chance.

LocalPalooza 2026
Sunday, November 1, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
St. Pete is Super Cool launches its first annual LocalPalooza at USF St. Petersburg with local businesses, makers, artists, and food vendors for a free, pet-friendly Sunday morning that is exactly what it sounds like.

The Florida Orchestra: John Williams*
Sunday, November 1, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The Florida Orchestra pays tribute to nearly seven (!) decades of John Williams at the Mahaffey Theater, from the Star Wars fanfare to the wonder of Harry Potter, for a Sunday afternoon that proves movie music hits different when a live orchestra is playing it.

Tampa Bay Sun FC vs. DC Power FC*
Sunday, November 1, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
The Sun host DC Power FC at Suncoast Credit Union Field for Día de los Muertos Night, a Sunday evening match that pairs women’s soccer with one of the season’s most culturally rich celebrations.

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PRO TIP: As you’re hopping around town, the PSTA SunRunner is a perfect way to get to the best events all across town, from downtown to the beach and everywhere in between. Check the route map to find SunRunner pick-up and drop-off locations near your favorite events, restaurants, shops and more.

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