{"id":423211,"date":"2026-10-09T11:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423211\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:58:40","slug":"hurricane-isaias-cancels-postpones-bay-area-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423211\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Isaias cancels, postpones Bay Area events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791547120_784_mfic33nx10m6w9t7.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa Weather | Friday Forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791547120_784_mfic33nx10m6w9t7.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa Weather | Friday Forecast\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-766fb86c=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-6e8tifvb4vdjr4g5\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Weather | Friday Forecast<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Fox 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber says Friday forecast calls for intensification of Hurricane Isaias as it sets sights on Pensacola&#8217;s coastline. Locally this means higher than normal tides and temperatures up to 87 degrees today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Bay Area events scheduled for this weekend are being disrupted by the threat of severe weather, including heavy rain, strong winds and flooding concerns.<\/p>\n<p>   Oktoberfest Tampa postponed in downtown <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Oktoberfest Tampa has been rescheduled to Oct. 30, Oct. 31, and Nov. 1 at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Organizers and the City of Tampa moved the festival after rain saturated grounds and made tent setup unsafe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The rescheduled event will still feature German food, beer, live music, dancing, Bavarian performances, and games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Organizers confirmed tickets bought for the original dates will be honored on corresponding days during the rescheduled weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Pinellas Pioneer Settlement festival delayed <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The St. Pete Autumn Harvest Festival at the Pinellas Pioneer Settlement has been rescheduled to Oct. 24 due to weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The festival was scheduled to feature fall activities, hayrides, crafts, food vendors, and pumpkin activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Island Fest at Honeymoon Island called off<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Island Fest at Honeymoon Island has been canceled because of the anticipated severe weather.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Organizers have not announced a replacement date for the festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Cotee River Bike Fest postponed <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The 20th Annual Cotee River Bike Fest in New Port Richey has been postponed from Oct. 9\u201311 due to weather concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">The event has been moved to Jan. 15\u201317, 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">Organizers said safety concerns for motorcycle riders, vendors, production crews, bands, and volunteers forced the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-35ac954e=\"\">&#8220;Even beyond safety, a weekend of repeatedly stopping performances, fighting weather, dealing with soaked grounds and putting everyone through difficult setup conditions isn&#8217;t the experience we want to deliver,&#8221; organizers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information on cancelations and postponed events comes directly from the official websites and social media channels for each event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-35ac954e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Weather | Friday Forecast Fox 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber says Friday forecast calls for intensification of Hurricane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-423211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423211","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=423211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}