St. Pete weekend highlights: CommUNITY Festival, Dog Bar birthday and more

Get out those calendars. It's time to start planning your weekend.

• Here are our picks for folks on the St. Pete side of the Bay:

🌈 St. Pete CommUNITY Festival 2026: Live music, interactive art, and food and craft vendors make up this celebration of the Sunshine City. Bring your own chairs or blankets.

• Nonperishable food and hygiene products will be collected for the Love Thy Neighbor food pantry.
• Saturday, 1-9:30pm, Azalea Park.

🌱 Clearwater Community Gardens Plant Sale: Shop more than 1,000 locally grown plants including vegetables, herbs and house flowers.

• Saturday and Sunday, 10am-3pm, Clearwater Community Gardens.

📖 Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, St. Pete: Hunt for rare and vintage books and mingle with fellow book lovers and collectors.

• Saturday, 10am-5pm, and Sunday 10am-4pm, The Coliseum.
• Tickets start at $19.10, with steep discounts for students. Buy them here.

🐶 Dog Bar 10-year Birthday Weekend, St. Pete: The original Dog Bar is turning 10 with a block party, water day and awards gala.

• Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Dog Bar. Find a schedule of events here.