The 2020 Wesley Chapel Taco Festival is at the Grove at Wesley Chapel on Saturday & Sunday,…read moreSeptember 19-20. It is set up on the grounds in front of the Cobb Theatre & Cinebistro. I'll start from the beginning to the end of our experience. Ticketing was easy. You can buy tickets on line or at the entrance tent. We got ours online. The tickets are $10 for an individual or $35 for a family of 4. Parking is free or for $5 you can have the VIP Parking near the front gate of the event. We paid for the parking when we ordered the tickets because if there is a VIP parking, you'd expect a significantly longer walk then regular parking but that wasn't the case. Do yourself a favor and save yourself $5. With general admission, your 1st drink is free (a margarita shot). Ummm...It wasn't really a full shot. It was a swallow soooo....but there is a bar to buy alcoholic drinks that are around $10, water was $1, and sodas were $2. As you walk up to the two lines to enter (pre-paid line and pay at the gate line), we noticed that there were no social distancing markers on the ground or signs reminding people to do so. Masks are not required either so be prepared for that. People pretty much kept their distance so social conditioning works at times. The prepaid line took longer for people to get through then the pay at the gate line. There was only 1 guy working the prepaid line and 2 (sometimes 3) people working the other line so that was a bit annoying. So what's the point of prepaying? Once inside, they had a lot of great food vendors and some fun activities for all age groups. Tacos were about $4 but there were a few places like La Pirata that offered tacos 2 for $5. Their caribbean and spicy jerk tacos were so good! I also ordered their smoked flan with blueberry sauce...MMMM. There were some really fun activities including mechanical bull riding, axe throwing with Molly Hatchets, and a Kids Zone w/ bounce houses and carnival games. They really weren't sanitizing the bounce houses so the little one in our party didn't get in it but I love the fact that every child that played the carnival game received a prize. There was this tiny little girl, around 2, playing and she won a prize. Too cute! MOST food items and ALL activities work on a ticket system and I saw one ticket station which is the one we went to buy our tickets. I used my credit card though with the food and product vendors that I bought things from. We enjoyed watching the hot pepper eating contest, listening to the live country music of Angie Rey and her band, all while sitting under a covered tent eating our grub. All and all it was a fun day. As far as festivals go, this can be an expensive day for families with children. With $10 pp for people 3 years and older, I'm not sure I would bring the whole family. If you have a family of 4 then you're paying $40 at the gate before food and activities. There should be a reduced price for children 12 and under because parents will be paying for the kids to do activities and eat goodies. If you're ballin", bring the whole family if not, you might want to wait for a festival with a more affordable entrance fee.

Came here for the first time for the 8th annual festival, it was so much fun. Festival was from…read more10am - 3pm and we got there a little before 10am and there were already a good number of people there. Once 10am hit, it seemed like the moms and the kids all hit the single sound hay bale and started stuffing their clothes they brought with hay to make their scarecrows. They were running low on clothes this year so you could either buy a top and pants for $4 or you could just bring our own. The hay, twine, and paper bag for te head were free. Fun for the whole family. They also had a couple vendors, pony rides, food stalls (hot dogs, lemonade, kettle corn), kids slide, and 2 jumpy houses for the kids. At the end of it all, you get to take home your scarecrow, just in time to display outside for the Fall season and Halloween.

Cannot believe we walk into Christmas wonderland. Thank you Rachel point this festival to us. There…read moreare churches along Church Avenue have show along the way. The street is close between 10th Street to 17th Street. You can walk comfortablely. I would suggest you park your car at City Market Bistro. They have the sample plate. I got one of each. They have six items for try out. They are free. They are delicious too. Good taste balance. We walk with our plate to Church Ave for the festival. The name of the street actually describe the the actually location with a lot of churches. Each church have their own venue. Some musical and some has skit. Too many churches to cover in 2 hours. Other the main show, some of the houses also have music venue. This festival is hard to find with concentrate churches location and joint venture for the good of people. I give this festival a 5 stars which I have not give to any festival before.

Amazing street festival of high Christmas spirit last for 7 blocks! Along the Church street at…read moreDade City ( when I first Rachel mentioned it, I thought it was the Orlando Church street.) , the houses, churches were decorated with Christmas light extensively. On the front lawn or front porch of the houses, side walk, inside the church stage, live Christmas music or skit were performed. The music included every styles, pop, musical, rock band, country, orchestra, traditional, choral. The musicians were good. Church volunteers handed out free coffee or coco drink , free Christmas cookies. Along the sidewalk stood hundreds of candles in sand paper bags. They lit up the road and looked romantic. I only saw 2 got knocked down and burned. At the east end of festival the restaurant Rebecca's at City market ran an open houses, gave out free food samples . I had 6 samples. They were all exceptional delicious. Overall , this festival was quiet a Christmas treat. Only 2 days left, Dec 22 and 23 from 7-9. By 8pm, the street got crowded. Parking wasn't so bad. The weather is in mid 70, wear shirt and short will be about right. Comfortable walking shoes really help. Come to enjoy the Christmas spirits. It's worth the drive!

Best best fireworks in the area & a great thing about these fireworks is that they r held on an…read moreearlier date than July 4. They were held on June 30th this year. This is my third time at these fireworks. They do not disappoint. They r not horribly crowded, and there is ample parking. The fireworks from the start to finish are excellent, amazing, & breathtaking. The music that is with the fireworks is perfect. This year there were no food trucks but they were not missed. In the past, the lines for the food trucks were forever. Instead they gave out free water and ice cream to everyone. I'm in love with these fireworks and they make the rest of July 4th even more exciting and one to look forward to. I'm thankful for those involved with this fireworks event. It's a go to every year!

This was a FREE event for Halloween. You stay in your car and drive while folks (sponsors and…read morevolunteers) wearing masks handed out candy or a craft to the kids in the cars. The line to get in was long, but we were happy and willing to wait to get a sense of normalcy for the kids. This very well might be the only Halloween type of experience they get out of the house. This event was well organized and the volunteers did a fantastic job directing traffic. Our favorite parts were the scavenger hunt and the special radio station with spooky music to really drive home (see what I did there?) the theme. This was the first year for this event and I hope it is not the last. I hope other areas in the Tampa Bay Area also do events like this. I would happily even pay a small fee for another event like this in the future.

It calls Freedom Festival in the mall. I believe is freedom of shopping. Even you have kid; there…read moreis plenty of freedom kid activities. If you are father or husband, this is great way to spent time with your family. Open the freedom wallet for your wife to shop and take your kid to the festival activity. This is a well organized block party. Love every minutes of it. It starts with pageant contest and follows by the freedom bicycle decoration contest, watermelon eating contest, parade, fireworks. The Paseo Drive is filling with people. The kid activities include hokey stick goal shot, balloon sword, acrobat elastic jump, face painting, moon wall, air slice, pirate ship invasion and many more. For adult, you know what to do. I was introduced by a vendor for Wikid Watermelon for the custom watermelon kegs and carving. The carving is beautiful for special event. Overall the party is great. People make up this party. The Shop of Wiregrass is smart to hold this party one day before the July 4 with fireworks. It get the maximum people without compete for the actual July 4 fireworks with many locations.

They really have Hart and all they do to provide session nights things for the kids today they had…read morea nice hayride. It was so cool to see the kids sitting on the side of street waiting to go on a good old-fashioned hayride. They always put up the flags at certain times of the year. We really love all they do.

Great paved walking trail around the clubhouse and tennis/basket ball courts. Lighted posts and…read morenice sized retention ponds, with an open field for activities.

Brooksville Main Street has breathed life back into the sleepy little town of brooksville. This…read morecommunity revitalization effort has been a huge success in bringing new people to the area and the people native to town together. They have regular community events, monthly free concerts, Friday Night Live, art festivals, And recently started doing a vlog on Facebook. Tina and Ryan are the faces of Brooksville Main Street and their passion is reflected in everything they've been doing, if you have a chance to come to the little civil war town of brooksville make sure you check out what's going on with Brooksville Main Street you won't be disappointed!