Attendees at a previous Nugget Fest event. Nugget-heads will take over Shuffle Tampa on Saturday, April 12. Credit: Photo courtesy of Nugget Fest

If you’re serious about chicken nuggets, you can skip the drive-thru this weekend. Shuffle Tampa hosts Nugget Fest, where attendees can fill up a bucket with nugs from Saucin Wings and The Fishin Chicken food trucks.

The menu includes classic and Buffalo nuggets, some with sweetness, spice, and Doritos and Hot Cheetos-crusted. Tampa Hot Sauce’s Chef Jose has the sauce with flavors like peach habanero, hot garlic, and Florida strawberry.

Get in with nuggets à la carte for $11, or spend $35 for admission and unlimited nuggets. No vegetarian nuggets, but the food trucks and bar will have their full menus available).

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This article appears in Apr 3-9, 2025.

Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,...