Bring your sunscreen, family and friends to Taste of Pinellas, the annual three day festival of food, music and fun. Munch on miniature servings from The Venue, Sushi Rock Grill, Red Mesa, Moscato’s Bella Cuisine, Hurricane Seafood Restaurant, Fresco’s and many more. The food is fab, but the entertainment line-up might just match it: Martina McBride (pictured), Mitchel Musso, and Huey Lewis and the News are the headlining acts, but attendees can also hear The Greg Billings Band, Lonestar, and Holes and Hearts. World-famous Frisbee catching dogs Disc-Connected K9s are on site all weekend with their wild, energetic performance, and Saturday night ends with a fireworks show. All proceeds from the festival benefit the All Children’s Hospital. June 4-6, 5-10 p.m. Fri, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Sat, and noon-7 p.m. Sun.; Vinoy Park, 501 5th Ave. NE, St. Petersburg, $5 Fri.-Sat., free admission Sun., tasteofpinellas.com. —Lily Reisman
USF's art department is thinking outside the (idiot) box: the Contemporary Art Museum airs Broadcast, a collection of video-projection installations and interactive broadcasts that explores the role of artists since the late 1960s, who have "engaged in official channels of broadcast television and radio." Some of the thirteen participating artists (among them Dara Birnbaum, Doug Hall, neurotransmitter and Siebren Versteeg) chose to create their own footage, inserting themselves into the medium to question the rules of what we watch; others chose to cut up and manipulate existing film stock in an homage to the art form that has mesmerized the world since its introduction to the mainstream five-plus decades ago. Opening reception 7-9 p.m. Fri., June 4, runs through Aug. 7, USF Contemporary Art Museum, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, ira.usf.edu. —Franki Weddington
India Pale Ales (including those of the double and triple variety) that will highlight the importance of hops — particularly during the opening blind tasting. Your 25 bucks gets you a raffle ticket and souvenir tasting glass; plus you can sample foods expressly prepared to complement the 20 to 25 beers that are expected on tap. Pinellas Pepper Fest, June 5-6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., England Brothers Bandshell Park, 5010 81st Ave. N., Pinellas Park, $2 general admission, kids 12 and under free, pinellaspepperfest.com; Hoppy Endings IPA Festival, 7 p.m.-midnight, Sat., June 5, Dunedin Brewery, 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin, $25, dunedinbrewery.com. —Anthony Salveggi
This article appears in May 27 – Jun 2, 2010.