Localtopia

05/27/2026

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02/14/2026

Hooray, hooray, TODAY is Localtopia Day, and it has been *officially* proclaimed "LOCALTOPIA Day" by the City of St. Petersburg, Florida! 🎉🙌 It's also Valentine's Day! 💘 What better day for our community to experience the greatest outpouring of ever seen in St. Pete? 💞

Friends, our local businesses & community organizations are counting on your support today! In fact, they're calling it their "Super Bowl." They've excitedly made preparations, as hopeful as we are, that this will be a wonderful day for them, as well as a truly memorable day for our community. Let's help them stay in business! 💪

Keep Saint Petersburg Local is counting on you too! 🫶 This may be a one-day event, but KSPL works hard every single day to help to build a thriving local economy and a unique community! We've poured our hearts & souls into making this the best Localtopia EVER, especially as this year it falls on Valentine's Day. ❤️ We hope it's a joy-filled/hope-filled/LOVE-filled day for all of you! ❤️ We also want to keep putting on this yearly festival as a FREE community celebration - it also commemorates our official launch anniversary FOURTEEN 1️⃣4️⃣ years ago! Buy beer & wine 🍺🍷 & KSPL merch 👕 at the Welcome Center. Your purchases will help us continue our mission to , which is needed ! 🙏

Show us *ALL* your today ❣️❣️❣️ See you at Williams Park from 10 am to 5 pm for the biggest (and, hopefully, best) "Community Celebration of All Things Local" *ever*! (PLEASE LEAVE PETS & CHAIRS AT HOME) 🌳🛍️🎨🎶🍴🚚 Happy , everyone! 🥳💃🕺

02/13/2026

Wow, *eternal* thanks to the Daytime TV Show for this ah-mazing feature on ! 🙏 The segment covers many of the special ❤️ Valentine's Day ❤️ experiences we'll have, including a "Will You Marry Me?" proposal picnic set-up where you can pop the question (by the Williams Park Bandstand)! 💍

💘 Learn more about all the ways we hope to make this THE greatest outpouring of in St. Pete by watching the show 📺! 💘 Thanks, again, Daytime - you made us teary! 🙇‍♀️

Bring your Valentine to Localtopia! St. Pete’s largest community festival featuring all things local is celebrating its 13th anniversary on Valentine’s Day, showcasing over 300 independ…

02/12/2026

🍻 BEER 🍻 BEER 🍻 BEER 🍻 (and more)! Here's what will be on tap and in cans THIS Saturday at 🙌 (and yes, we'll also have wine & canned sangria 🍷) 🎉

👉 YES! 💳 We'll be taking debit/credit cards AT ALL locations this year, including the Welcome Center in Williams Park, where Keep Saint Petersburg Localmerchandise is sold 👕 ! 💳
💵 We will also take cash, but there will be NO ATMs on site (ATMs available nearby) 💵 👈 || 👉 Our vendors DO take cards 👈

📍 You'll find the large draft beer truck & our local breweries at 🍺 "Draft Beer Central" 🍺 (corner of 2nd Ave & 3rd St N) 📍

Our breweries will be pouring their "specials" from their own booths: 🍺 3 Daughters Brewing 🍺 Golden Isles Brewing Co. (*only on truck/won't be onsite*) 🍺 Grand Central Brewhouse 🍺 Green Bench Brewing Co.🍺 If I Brewed The World (*only on truck/won't be onsite*) 🍺 Mastry's Brewing Co 🍺 Outcast Brewing Company (first time at Localtopia)🍺 Overflow Brewing Company🍺 Pinellas Ale Works 🍺 St Pete Brewing Company
➕➕➕ their "core beers" will be poured from the Draft Beer Truck by Jump for Kids FL, a fellow non-profit to which we make a donation each year.

👉 Also on that block: The Good Times Roll Vintage VW Bus Photo Booth 🚌📸 to capture those Valentine's/Galentine's Day memories! 💘 Plus, DJ Knox keeping it real! 🎶

😋 Because we don't want you to drink on an empty stomach, we'll have eats, sweets & treats from 60+ food trucks, restaurants, bakers, gourmet food purveyors, locally-made beverages, and other local food & drink vendors (including vegan, and gluten-free options) spread all around the festival footprint! 😋 Find all your options here: localtopia.keepsaintpetersburglocal.org/eat-drink

✨ Our 💧 "Local Thirst Stations" 💧 selling local beer in cans + wine 🍷& (canned) sangria + water (Liquid Death) + KSPL koozies are dotted around the whole footprint. ✨

❣️➡️➡️➡️ Your purchases and tips help us to and keep Localtopia a *FREE* event ⬅️⬅️⬅️❣️🫶

📍 Festival Map: localtopia.keepsaintpetersburglocal.org/ 📍

🔗 localtopia.keepsaintpetersburglocal.org/drinks-menu-localtopia-2026/ 🔗

02/12/2026

👉 Your "All You Need to Know" Guide to HERE:
🔗 mailchi.mp/0529a14bfc3f/localtopia2026 🔗

With SOOO much going on on Saturday, you'll want to spend the day with us! 🥳 ✍️ Take note of these special moments, show times and pop-up experiences! ✍️👇

🕙 10:00 am - Mayor Ken Welch Opens the 13th Annual Localtopia 🎊
🕙 10:00-11:00 am - Get the limited edition City of St. Petersburg, Florida “Black History Month” poster signed by the artist, Clancy Riehm Illustration & Design 🖋️🖤 (Williams Park, Bandstand)
🕚 11:00 am-1:00 pm - Stilt Walkers (Roaming) ✨
🕛 12:00 pm - Aerialist & Acrobatic Show (Williams Park, Health & Wellness Village) 🤸
🕐 1:00-3:00 pm - Stilt Walkers (Roaming) ✨
🕜 1:30 pm - Aerialist & Acrobatic Show (Williams Park, Health & Wellness Village) 🤸
(Stilt Walkers + Aerialist & Acrobatic Show performers from Underground Cirque)

02/11/2026

We're loving this year's 👕 Localtopia 👕 T-shirt design! 😍 You'll see our staff & volunteers wearing it THIS Saturday (2 ❤️ 14 ❤️ 26) ❣️ This design will be on sale at the Welcome Center in Williams Park, by the Bandstand (limited quantities available). So, if you love it too, get there early! ⏳ We'll also have our Keep Saint Petersburg Local T-shirts for sale and our Limited Edition Stickers. 🛍️

It's also a design you can have live screen printed by Sick Dope Fresh Print Company in your choice of colors. 🌈

💖 Shout-out to both Ace High Printing and Alleyway Screen Print + Design for ALL their hard work over the years on our print and design work! 💖 They deserve Superhero awards for all they do for KSPL and other local non-profits & businesses! 🦸

02/11/2026

We are truly eternally grateful to CASK Construction for stepping up as one of Localtopia's Bronze Sponsors! 🙏 CASK Construction isn’t just St. Pete’s leading ADU builder—they're neighbors, friends, and partners in your journey to building an ADU. 👷🤝

Founders Chad Holman and Calin Noonan didn’t plan to settle in St. Petersburg—it was a place that found them. Chad fell in love with the city during a temporary assignment, while Calin discovered it on a road trip. Both returned to plant roots, raise families, and—coincidentally—buy homes with ADUs. 🏡

Those ADUs weren’t just extra space; they were catalysts for change. The income from them empowered Chad and Calin to launch CASK in 2018. That real-world experience drives their mission today: to show St. Pete homeowners the full potential of an ADU—not just as a backyard building, but as a gateway to security, flexibility, and opportunity. 💪

CASK doesn’t just build ADUs. In a way, ADUs built CASK. 🧱

Their booth at 📍 Williams Park, near the Welcome Center 📍 is going to have some fun activities, especially for kids! Please stop by to learn more about them THIS Saturday, and shower them with your ❣️

02/11/2026

We truly can't thank Smith & Associates Real Estate enough for stepping up as one of Localtopia's Bronze Sponsors! 🙏 They're the largest and most successful *locally-owned* real estate brokerage in Tampa Bay, focused on the needs of Tampa Bay homeowners since 1969. 💪 They're also focused on the needs of our community! From supporting a thriving local arts scene, to headlining major causes, they've donated over $2.14M
since their inception nearly 57 years ago. In addition, they've partnered with over 198 non-profit partners through sponsorships, in-kind donations, and grant funding. 🫶

Plus, their sales associates & employees give back - over 1,000 volunteer hours annually! ⚡ They have a passion for engaging directly with local, civic, and non-profit organizations with their time, talent and resources. Smith & Associates values their efforts to give back to the causes and organizations that are meaningful to them. To support their passions and dedication, they strive to align their community giving to these causes and organizations, and they provide support for their volunteer engagements. 👏

Their success is measured not just by sales growth and volume, but also in how they can contribute to making Tampa Bay, their/our home, a better place to live and grow. 🧡

They may have shared they're proud sponsors of Localtopia, but we're sooo proud to have them in St. Pete! Stop by their booth in the 📍 Bandstand area of Williams Park THIS Saturday 📍 and shower them with your ❣️

02/10/2026

We are truly eternally grateful that Pete's General|Bagels 🥯 stepped up this year as one of Localtopia's Bronze Sponsors! 🙏 From the moment that husband and wife, Steven and Sara Peterman, opened their first shop in Historic Uptown, they plugged into the community. 💞 We're sooo incredibly proud of their growth, too, as a company! In addition to their shop in The Grand Central District, they now have locations in Ybor City & Tarpon Springs, plus their drive-thru in South St. Pete, and their sister concept, Seymour’s!👏

THIS SATURDAY, for the *first time ever*, they’re setting up the griddle and slinging bacon egg + cheeses ALL DAY! 🍳 A little birdie also told us they'll be popping up in the cutest vehicle 🚌! Look for it on 📍2nd Avenue (food street behind the Williams Park Bandstand - next to Kahwa Coffee, that now stocks their bagels). Check out their menu below. 👇 Show them your 🫶 Support those who support our community ❣️

😋 MENU: 😋
• egg + cheese
• bacon egg + cheese
• the spicy pete
• bagels + cream cheese
• limited Valentine’s Day pastries!
• grab-n-go drinks

02/10/2026

We truly can’t thank our Bronze Sponsor, ✨ Kahwa Coffee ✨, enough for having supported Keep Saint Petersburg Local since we started, and since the first Localtopia (check out the photo of owners, Raphael and Sarah Perrier, in their T-shirts at our launch party back in January, 2012)! 🙏☕ Kahwa is one of St. Pete’s greatest success stories. 👏 They launched in 2006 and have grown to become Florida’s largest independent coffee roaster. This year they celebrate their 20th Anniversary - quite the milestone! 2️⃣0️⃣🎉

We're sooo proud of their growth and that they're and ! 👏 We’ve always said that local doesn’t have to equal small. When a locally owned, independent business like Kahwa grows, that money stays right here in our city, because they started here 💰! That’s why we urge you to continue to support our local businesses, so they don’t just survive, but thrive! 💪🌱

From their very beginning, Kahwa has always given back to our community, and the communities in which they operate – donating to charities, putting local artists’ work on their walls and on their cans, highlighting causes, and in so many other ways. 🥰 What we really value at KSPL beyond their financial contributions, is their time and energy. ⚡ They’ve always shown up to our member and community events. We remember when we first started KSPL, Raphael proudly hung a KSPL shirt in one of their cafes. 😍 That genuine support means the world to a grassroots non-profit like KSPL ❣️💓 They’ve been at every Localtopia, and you’ll find them there again THIS Saturday (2.14.26), inside Williams Park, by the Welcome Center. We ask that you show them your because they’ve really shown up for our community! 🫶 🤎💛