Just under 260,000 people who call St. Petersburg, Florida home, and it looked like every single one of them descended upon Williams Park last Saturday for Localtopia where neighbors supported local makers and revealed in the beautiful weather.

“It’s very challenging to guesstimate since we don’t have set entrances/exits, but the attendance figure for this year is being pegged at 60,000+,” Olga Bof, founder of festival co-organizer Keep St. Pete Local, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.

Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
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Localtopia returns to Williams Park in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 22, 2025. Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...