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TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – Kites of all shapes and sizes will fill the sky this weekend over Treasure Island.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Treasure Island Kite Festival<\/a>\u00a0kicks off Friday and runs through Sunday. It\u2019s free and open to the public, with professional and amateur flyers gathering behind the Thunderbird Beach Resort\u00a0at 10700 Gulf Boulevard.<\/p>\n Organizers say the current wind conditions are favorable, with steady breezes in the ideal range for most kites, between 8 and 15 miles per hour. According to the American Kitefliers Association, smooth, consistent wind is key for safe and successful flying. Gusty or overly strong winds can be difficult to manage, especially with larger or more complex kites.<\/p>\n While the start of the festival coincides with an unseasonably cold stretch for Central Florida, crews are still setting up early and preparing for a full schedule of flights and exhibitions.<\/p>\n READ: Snow in Florida? Here are the odds it\u2019ll happen 2 years in a row<\/a><\/p>\n Festival schedule Friday, Jan. 16 Noon to 5 p.m. \u2014 Fun Fly & Exhibition6:30 to 8 p.m. \u2014 Night Fly Saturday, Jan. 17 <\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u2014 Opening flight<\/p>\n 10:30 a.m. \u2014 Kite maker showcase<\/p>\n 12 to 4 p.m. \u2014 Sport kite competitions<\/p>\n 1 p.m. \u2014 Candy drop and bubble storm<\/p>\n 6:30 to 8 p.m. \u2014 Night Fly<\/p>\n Sunday, Jan. 18 <\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u2014 Opening flight<\/p>\n 11 a.m. \u2014 Kite performances<\/p>\n 12 to 4 p.m. \u2014 Additional competitions and community fly events<\/p>\n The Source: This preview is based on information from TreasureIslandKiteFest.com\u00a0and the American Kitefliers Association.<\/p>\n Pinellas County<\/a>Entertainment<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – Kites of all shapes and sizes will fill the sky this weekend over Treasure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[104,47,115,1157,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-121531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-entertainment","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-pinellas","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/vlcsnap-2026-01-16-06h15m30s478.jpg\")
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