St. Petersburg Events Guide

The rest of fall 2026 in St. Petersburg brings the Haunted Fire House on October 17, Autumn Harvest at Boyd Hill on October 24, Halloween events on October 30 and 31, and the SHINE Mural Festival from November 6 to 15.

The City of St. Petersburg October guide, published October 1, 2026, lists most of the city-run dates below (City of St. Petersburg, October events guide); the Costume Dog Parade comes from the St. Pete Pier and the SHINE dates from the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance. Several city events, including the Fall Social, Spooky Science and Trail-or-Treat, require registration through www.stpeteparksrec.org/Events.

The Haunted Fire House at Fire Station 10 is put on by St. Petersburg Fire Rescue; admission is free, with $10 Fast Passes, and the haunted attraction is recommended for ages 11 and up (October events guide). Autumn Harvest at the Pinellas Pioneer Settlement costs $5 per person, with children 3 and under free, and proceeds go to the Friends of Boyd Hill Nature Preserve; questions go to Boyd Hill at 727-893-7326 (October events guide). The Costume Dog Parade on the St. Pete Pier runs October 24 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Family Park, with the parade at 6 p.m. and a $20 registration plus taxes and fees (St. Pete Pier, Signature Events).

The City of St. Petersburg lists six major events: the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Localtopia, the MLK Jr. Celebration, the SHINE Mural Festival, St. Pete Pride and St. Pete Run Fest.

The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is an international racing event on a 14-turn, 1.8-mile waterfront track in downtown St. Pete, and the MLK Jr. Celebration is an annual parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (City of St. Petersburg, Major Events). The city calls St. Pete Pride the largest Pride celebration in the Southeast and St. Pete Run Fest a three-day festival with running events (Major Events).

Localtopia 2027 is set for Saturday, February 20, 2027, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a rain date of February 27, in Williams Park, 330 2nd Ave. N., and the surrounding streets close for it (Keep St. Petersburg Local, Localtopia). Organizers say the 2027 festival will show over 300 St. Pete businesses and community organizations, and the first Localtopia took place on February 1, 2014 (Localtopia).

The SHINE Mural Festival returns November 6 to 15, 2026, and the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance says SHINE has created nearly 200 murals downtown and in the surrounding arts districts since 2015 (St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, SHINE). St Pete Pride says approximately 300,000 people attended its Pride Weekend in late June this year, and it has asked the community to raise at least $289,000 by November 30 to close out the remaining expenses from this year's Pride and move forward with 2027, which it calls its 25th anniversary celebration (St Pete Pride).

The St. Pete Pier runs a free Flicks and Food Trucks movie night every third Friday, and Boyd Hill Nature Preserve hosts free or low-cost city programs such as Trail-or-Treat at the Terry Tomalin Campground.

Flicks and Food Trucks on the St. Pete Pier is a monthly series with a free outdoor movie, and visitors bring their own chairs and blankets (St. Pete Pier, Signature Events). The Pier fall lineup also includes a St. Pete Fall Festival, a pumpkin patch and Putt the Pier: Fall Pumpkin Edition, a mini-golf course with pumpkin-themed obstacles (Signature Events).

Trail-or-Treat on October 31, from noon to 2 p.m., goes through the cabins at the Terry Tomalin Campground and up a trail hike to Osprey Roost; it is free for all ages with registration (October events guide). Spooky Science the same morning at Boyd Hill, 1101 Country Club Way S., costs $5 (October events guide).

Teen and adult nights fill in the rest of the St. Pete calendar. The Haunting of Huggins on October 30 is a TASCO Teen Programs Halloween night at Huggins-Stengel Field, a historic complex the city says was once home to the New York Yankees, Mets and Orioles; presale tickets cost $10 and gate tickets $15 (October events guide). The Gobble Gobble Gala at Azalea Recreation Center, 1600 72nd St. N., on November 6 is for ages 18 and up at $10, with questions to 727-893-7899 (October events guide).

For Rays playoff games at Tropicana Field, the city pointed fans to prepaid parking, off-site garages, a free Baseball Shuttle and the PSTA SunRunner.

The St. Petersburg postseason parking guide, updated October 9, 2026 for the American League Championship Series, said on-site parking would be 100 percent prepaid and directed drivers without a pass to off-site lots, including a new 540-space garage at 1301 Central Ave. (City of St. Petersburg, Rays Postseason Parking Guide). The free Baseball Shuttle starts 3 hours before a game, runs until 2 hours after it ends and comes about every 5 minutes; the city says the shuttle stop is a one-mile walk from Tropicana Field (Postseason Parking Guide).

The PSTA SunRunner, a bus rapid transit line from St. Pete Beach through west and central St. Pete to downtown, runs every 15 minutes at peak times and until midnight, with Tropicana Field stations at 1st Ave. S and 13th St. eastbound and 1st Ave. N and 13th St. westbound (Postseason Parking Guide). The same guide lists Uber and Lyft drop-off and pick-up on 4th Ave. S by Lot 7 and on 17th St. S by Lot 3.

For Coliseum events, the city says more than 800 parking spaces are within walking distance of the building at 535 Fourth Ave. N. (City of St. Petersburg, Coliseum). The city has also set aside the St. Pete Coliseum, 535 4th Ave. N., as overflow parking for early voters on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1 (City of St. Petersburg 2026 General Election Guide).

A group holding a public event in St. Petersburg may work with Parks and Recreation for a cosponsored event application and with St. Petersburg Police Department Special Events for outdoor assembly or street closure permits.

St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation says a cosponsored event must be held on city parkland and meet at least one criterion: an admission charge, selling of services, merchandise, food or drinks, donations solicited or accepted, or alcohol served or sold; applications go by email or by mail to the Parks and Recreation Department, 1400 19th St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33713, and questions to 727-893-7441 (St. Pete Parks and Recreation, Cosponsored Events).

The St. Petersburg Police Department handles off-duty officer jobs through Special Events, from vendor requests to City-sponsored events, and the city co-sponsors approximately 60 events a year that require off-duty officers, including holiday parades, races and concerts (St. Petersburg Police Department, Special Events). Special Events answers at 727-893-7154 and posts the procedures for Outdoor Assembly Permits and the instructions for Street Closure Permits (Special Events).

For an indoor venue, the city-owned Coliseum at 535 Fourth Ave. N., 727-892-5202, was built in 1924 and bought by the City of St. Petersburg in 1989 (Coliseum). It hosts trade shows, weddings, banquets, concerts, dances, proms and homecomings, and it holds 1,800 people for a general admission concert or 1,100 for a banquet without a dance floor (Coliseum). The city history page sums up the scale: St. Pete hosts hundreds of events, bringing millions of people downtown and to every corner of the city (City of St. Petersburg, History of St. Pete).

Last verified: October 15, 2026, on the City of St. Petersburg website.