The Final Weekend of the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival Presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater Is Here
 Enjoy Fireworks, Free Beach Concerts, the Ferris Wheel, a Classic Volkswagen Car Show, and More
CLEARWATER, Fla. – As the 2023 Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival Presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater enters its final weekend, the excitement and entertainment continues. Along with the amazing Sugar Sand Art Exhibit featuring elaborate sand sculptures depicting, “A Blast From the Past: A Nostalgic Time Travel Back to the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s,” the festival will host a wide variety of sandtastic events for the whole family this weekend, until the festival ends at 9 p.m. Sunday, April 23.
This weekend is filled with live music, all part of the Frenchy’s Free Beach Concerts series and the Hooters Hangout:
- Friday, April 21: Brek Milo (3 to 7 p.m.) and Tim Charron (7:30 p.m.)
- Saturday, April 22: Kyle Ingram (noon to 4 p.m.), Chris Flowers (4:30 to 7 p.m.), and T.L. Jentgens (7:30 p.m.)
- Sunday, April 23: DJ Ryan Moore and FIELDS (1:30 to 5:30 p.m.) and US Stones, a Rolling Stones tribute band (6 p.m.)
Other fun activities include:
- Frontline Friday is April 21. All police, fire, military, teachers and healthcare workers will receive a discounted general admission ticket to the Sugar Sand Walk Exhibit for $10 with proper identification.
- Celebrate Earth Day with us at a family-friendly beach cleanup: Friday at 4 p.m.
- Free fireworks presented by Spectrum light up the night on Clearwater Beach this Saturday, April 22, at 9:30 p.m.
- Free sand-sculpting classes are on Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- Take a drive down memory lane and check out amazing vintage rides at the Classic Volkswagen Car Show on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Clearwater Gas speed sand demonstrations happen Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m.
- Ride the White Claw hard seltzer ferris wheel Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. or Sunday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- The BayStar VIP Lounge opens at 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday until close.
The rest of the weekend will feature an interactive art installation, a kid’s play zone, street-performers, artisans, Sunsets at Pier 60 daily festivals and more.
Buy your tickets online to skip the line. General admission tickets are $14 and Baystar VIP Lounge tickets are $70, all available at SugarSandFestival.com. Children 3 years and younger are free. Tickets will stop being sold at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24. The festival is cashless and contactless for patrons’ safety. Accepted forms of payment include all major credit cards, Google Pay and Apple Pay.
Festivalgoers should consider using the free PSTA Park & Ride trolley service to get to and from Clearwater Beach. Park downtown for free any day of the week, and hop on board the Jolley Trolley to get to and from the beach. For Park & Ride details, visit PSTA.net/SpringBreak.
After the festival is over at 9 p.m. Sunday, April 24, the sand sculptures will be knocked down, and the sand will be returned to its original resting place.
For tickets and event details, visit SugarSandFestival.com. If you have questions, send an email to Info@SugarSandFestival.com.
 About the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival
Fourteen world-class artists craft elaborate sand sculptures from Clearwater’s internationally famous sugar sand. The works of art are on display in a 21,000-square-foot structure. More than 1,000 tons of Clearwater sand takes on a new life, bringing visitors on a “sandtastic” adventure. The festival is a joint effort between Sunsets at Pier 60 Daily Festival, a 501(c)3 organization and the city of Clearwater.
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