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February 12th, 2022 - Edgewater Park, Dunedin

Join us at Edgewater Park in downtown Dunedin to ceberate the Florida Gulf Coast Hope Spot!   Ocean exhibitors will be highilighting our special waters during this eco-friendly event alongside food, drinks, live music, hands-on activities, vendors and educational experiences.  Featuring DJ MultiPlayer Agency on the mic from 10-4pm and Jesse Ray Stout on the guitar from 4-6pm. Tickets available below for "Eat/Drink Local" with tastes from Dunedin establishments.  We are proud to announce that our food and craft will be using compostable and recyclable supplies.  By dining or shopping at the Florida Gulf Coast Hope Spot Festival, attendees are supporting local, sustainable businesses and a shared mission to minimize waste and eliminate unnecessary plastics from our oceans and our planet.

 

How do YOU want to celebrate? 

  • EXHIBITORS - Shop, eat, drink, experience, play and learn!
  • WATERFRONT CLEANUP 
  • COSTUME/WEARABLE ART CONTEST - Make your own eco-friendly outfit out of all eco-friendly, recycled or recyclable material and enter into our Costume and Wearable Art Contest - Prizes for Adults and Children!  
  • SCHEDULED SPEAKERS & ACTIVITIES - Participate in Yoga, dance and other guided movements or hear your favorite speaker talk about the Florida Gulf Coast Hope Spot, native animals, food recovery, turning waste into energy, permaculture, etc.  Schedule coming soon!
  • EAT & DRINK LOCAL - only 100 tickets will be sold!  Get your tickets now!  Includes food, desserts, beer, wine and tropical drink samples donated by local businesses.  Drinks will be served in limited edition commemorative glasses with art from Dunedin's water tower artist, Tom Stovall  
  • CALLING ALL KIDS
    • Art and Talent Submission Form - Are you an artist or have a special talent that reflects your love for the ocean?  If so, please submit the form, we'd love to feature it on the gazebo! 
    • Student entrepreneur - Are you a K-12 student with an entrepreneurial spirit?  Do you have a passion and product to sell?  Apply for a booth here.
    • Passport program - Visit each participating booth and get a stamp on your passport to qualify for great prizes!  Then take your completed passport to the Blue-Green Connections table and plant a seed to take home with you.
  • BECOME A SPONSOR!

Many thanks to our Sponsors who make these events possible!

Premier Sponsor - $2500+

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 Gold Sponsors - $1000+

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Bronze Sponsors - $100+

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