If you can\u2019t find something fun to do around Tampa Bay this May, you\u2019re not trying hard enough. But we get busy schedules, so we\u2019ve taken some of the work out of it with this list of can\u2019t-miss events.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s plenty going on during Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25 this year, but numerous food and music festivals are coming up as well. <\/p>\n
Country Thunder Festival<\/a>, May 8-10, Coachman Park, ClearwaterMaifest<\/a>, May 9, noon to 7 p.m., German-American Society, Pinellas ParkLook Up Clearwater Music Festival<\/a>, May 9, noon to 8 p.m., Buccaneers Field, ClearwaterBe Fabulous Music & Art Pride Festival<\/a>, May 9, 3 to 10 p.m., Five Points Park, Sarasota. \u201cSix\u201d Broadway Encore Series<\/a>, May 12-17, Straz Center, TampaSharkapalooza<\/a>, May 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Coachman Park, ClearwaterSt. Pete Italian Fest<\/a>, May 16, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Vinoy Park, St. PetersburgTampa Bay Barbecue Festival<\/a>, May 23-24, noon to 9 p.m., Vinoy Park, St. PetersburgFlorida Seafood & Caribbean Music Festival<\/a>, May 23, 2 to 10 p.m., Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, TampaThe Hidden Multiverse<\/a>, May 23, 7:30 p.m., Multiverseland, SarasotaAquaPalooza<\/a>, May 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., MarineMax, SarasotaSoul Breeze Food Truck Festival<\/a>, May 24-25, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., The SOcial Bar & Lounge, TampaMemorial Day Parade<\/a>, May 25, 10 a.m., downtown SarasotaBay Pine VA Memorial Day Ceremony<\/a>, May 25, 11 a.m. to noon, Bay Pines VA, St. PetersburgMemorial Day Celebration<\/a>, May 25, noon to 6 p.m., Armature Works, TampaNPR Summer Kickoff: Touch-a-Truck & Hurricane Expo<\/a>, May 30, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., New Port Richey Public Library & City HallOld Florida Soiree<\/a>, May 30, 7 to 10:30 p.m., Shuffleboard Club, St. Petersburg <\/p>\n