you to bid for a fully
decorated tree online via
the live auction. Trees
can be delivered to your
home in Pasco or north
Pinellas County. The
festival is sponsored
by Friendly Kia of
New Port Richey. For
more information, call
(727) 848-7789 ext. 242,
goodsamclinic.org.
20-22-Suncoast Jazz
Festival Join jazz
lovers virtually for
the annual Clearwater
festival, (727) 248-9441,
suncoastjazzfestival.com.
20 thru Dec. 4-Festival
of Trees The Arc
Tampa Bay Foundation’s
Festival of Trees will
be spread out among
area businesses this
year, thearctbfoundation.org.
21 thru Dec. 31-
Victorian Christmas
Stroll Experience the extravagance and
grandeur at the the former 1891 Tampa Bay
Hotel, now the Henry B. Plant Museum in
Tampa, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except
Thanksgiving and Christmas, (813) 254-1891.
27-Artist Recital The St. Petersburg
Opera is virtually presenting Music with
an Edge to It, a recital by mezzo soprano
Taylor-Alexis Dupont. For tickets, visit
stpetersburgoperacompany.thundertix.com.
29-Holiday Wine Tasting The Dunedin
Chamber of Commerce is scheduled
to host this early evening tasting at the
Fenway Hotel in Dunedin with hors
d’oeuvres, music, silent auction and raffle,
(727) 733-3197. For tickets, visit dunedinfl.com.
DECEMBER
3-Gingerbread House Benefit The
Salvation Army’s inaugural “Home Sweet
Home” decorating competition benefit is
scheduled to be at the Belleview Inn in
Belleair, (727) 725-9777 ext. 108.
3-Lu’s Jukebox Country star Lucinda
Williams is giving a country classics concert
as part of a series of live stream concerts
to benefit independent venues including
Capitol Theatre in Clearwater. Visit
rutheckerdhall.com.
4-Artist Recital The St. Petersburg Opera
is virtually presenting Fresh and Juicy, a
recital by tenor Jesse Donner. For tickets, visit
stpetersburgoperacompany.thundertix.com.
4-11-Virtual Black-Tie Gala “An Evening
of Purpose,” celebrating PARC’s 67th year
of turning disabilities into capabilities, is
scheduled online, (727) 345-9111, parc-fl.org/
black-tie-gala.
4-16-Dunedin Express The Dunedin
History Museum’s 5th annual family
Christmas experience benefit with Santa,
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7-14-Shine Mural Festival Ten new
murals will be created in St. Petersburg
under the theme Sea Walls: St. Petersburg. For
information, contact jenee@stpeteartsalliance.org.
7 thru Dec. 23-Mighty Fine! Dunedin Fine
Art Center’s annual holiday show and sale
will be at the center, 1143 Michigan Blvd.,
Dunedin, (727) 298-3322.
8-Johnny Varro & Swing 7 The jazz pianist
and his topnotch ensemble plan to bring
the hits of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s to Peace
Memorial Presbyterian Church in Clearwater
along with a streaming option via YouTube,
(800) 965-9324.
9 thru Jan. 4-”Holiday Magic” Clearwater
Historical Society Museum’s nostalgic
exhibit will be at the museum in Clearwater,
(727) 754-8019, open by appointment only.
10-Coffee and Conversation Artist Talk
There will be a Zoom noon event with the
Sterling Society, the support group of the
Dunedin Fine Art Center, featuring artist
Julia Buntaine Hoel, (727) 298-3322.
11, 17-18 and Dec. 1-2-Twilight: Los
Angeles, 1992 This racial drama that
premiered shortly after the Rodney King riots
in California will be at the Jaeb Theater at the
Straz Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827)
or (800) 955-1045.
12-Faces of Philanthropy The fourth
annual dinner and awards celebration benefit
for the Florida Museum of Photographic
Arts will be at Oxford Exchange in Tampa,
(813) 221-2222.
12-Kashmir This Led Zeppelin tribute
is planned at Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
13-Live from Sarasota Opera House
This live streamed concert will feature
opera selections by Verdi, Rossini, Puccini,
Wagner and Mozart, accompanied by piano,
(941) 328-1300.
14-Laura Benanti The Tony Award winner
will give a Women of Broadway livestream
concert from New York City to benefit the
Straz Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827)
or (800) 955-1045.
14-A Wheely Good Time! This evening
benefit for Wheelchairs4Kids will be at
Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor in
the Inverness Ballroom, (727) 946-0963,
wheelchairs4kidsorg.
17-Sarasota Opera at the Gardens An
outdoor concert will be at Marie Selby
Botanical Gardens Downtown Sarasota,
(941) 328-1300.
19-Historic Spanish Point Sarasota Opera
will present a concert celebrating nature at
the 30-acre environmental complex in Osprey,
(941) 328-1300.
19-Lu’s Jukebox Country star Lucinda
Williams is giving a live stream concert
of Bob Dylan songs to assist independent
venues including Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater. Visit rutheckerdhall.com.
20-Pasco 11th Festival of Trees The
annual tradition to benefit the Good
Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco enables
elves and more will be at the Historic
Andrews Memorial Chapel in Dunedin,
(727) 736-1176.
5-Don McLean The songwriter of American
Pie, Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) and Castles
in the Air will be at Bilheimer Capitol Theatre
in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
5-Vanessa Williams The critically
acclaimed actress and singer will give
a Women of Broadway livestream concert
from New York City to benefit the Straz
Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827) or
(800) 955-1045.
5-6, 11-13 and 18-19-Sorry! Wrong
Chimney! A man moonlighting as a
department store Santa is the main character
of this play at the Heritage Museum in
Tarpon Springs, (727) 942-5605.
6-Celtic Angels Christmas Spread holiday
cheer with this show at Bilheimer Capitol
Theatre in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
7-Geoff Tate Empire and Rage for Order are
expected to be performed in their entirety by
the singer/songwriter of Queensryche fame
and his band at Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
8-Coffee and Conversation Artist Talk
There will be a Zoom noon event with the
Sterling Society, the support group of the
Dunedin Fine Art Center, featuring artist
Stephan Schatz, (727) 298-3322.
9-Rockers 38 Special Originally scheduled
October 25, the concert will be at Ruth Eckerd
Hall in Clearwater, (727) 791-4800.
10-Peter White Christmas Contemporary
jazz lovers will be ready to listen at Bilheimer
Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
10-Styx “Come Sail Away” with these
rockers at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
12-Bowzer’s Holiday Party Jon “Bowzer”
Bauman of Sha Na Na plans to bring his
NOVEMBER continued
Josh Goff portrays head waiter Otis Freedman in
Upstairs/Downstairs at the Tampa Bay Hotel, where he is among
the characters depicted online via Henry B. Plant Museum’s
Facebook page on Sundays at 2 p.m.
/goodsamclinic.org
/suncoastjazzfestival.com
/thearctbfoundation.org
/stpetersburgoperacompany.thundertix.com
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/dunedinfl.com
/rutheckerdhall.com
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