St. Pete is the arts hub of the Southeast with a beating heart of creative collaborations. Whether it’s a mural covering the street-side of a business or a product launch hosted at a local brewery, St. Pete is a place where creativity thrives.
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Our arts scene was built from the ground up. Local artists have become real estate developers to help give rise to an entire creative district. Culinary trendsetters collaborate with museums. Galleries host underground art shows and pop up jewelry markets. The St. Pete Arts Alliance fuels entrepreneurship opportunities for creatives.
St. Pete’s arts organizations receive generous support from St. Pete companies. Those same businesses find a powerful talent pool of innovative minds—drawn to the city by its ever-evolving creative culture.
Culture Continues Fueling Ascension Of St. Petersburg, Florida — Forbes
In St. Pete you’re rarely far from art—there are a dozen museums, 75+ galleries, and more than 500 outdoor murals throughout the city. The Waterfront Museum District attracts visitors from all over the United States and overseas to the Salvador Dali Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts.
In the Central Arts District, the world’s first permanent Dale Chihuly collection presented by the Morean Arts Center, Florida Holocaust Museum, the Florida CraftArt Museum, and the contemporary glass art Imagine Museum are within walking distance.
History lovers enjoy the St. Petersburg Museum of History, the Florida Holocaust Museum, and the Woodson African American Museum of Florida, while children are immersed in the Great Explorations Children’s Museum.
St. Pete’s most recent additions to our local museum scene include the Museum of American Arts and Crafts Movement and the Tom and Mary James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art.
St. Pete feels like an outdoor art gallery, with more than 500 murals on display throughout the city. The SHINE Mural Festival brings artists from all over the world to use walls and the streets as their canvasses, adding to and turning over outdoor artwork each year. Public spaces and private businesses alike benefit from locally-commissioned murals, sculptures, and other works of art.
St. Pete hosts performing arts every night of the week. From large-scale theater productions and massive outdoor concert venues to intimate listening rooms and pop-up gallery events, there’s always a place to engage.
National and international acts from Broadway to the Florida Orchestra perform at The Mahaffey Theater, opera lovers adore the quality St. Petersburg Opera, and the Palladium hosts a variety of musical and dramatic performances just steps from the downtown waterfront.
Local theaters include the American Stage, freeFall Theatre, Studio @620, and A Simple Theatre Company at Eckerd College, while open-air venues like Jannus Live bring the sound of live entertainment into the streets of downtown.
For folks looking for more intimate gatherings, St. Pete hosts a lineup of open mics, poetry readings, comedy shows, and other small performances that blur the line between seating and the stage.
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The St. Pete EDC is located at 111 2nd Ave NE, Ste. 610, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Parking is available in the Plaza LAZ lot located next to the building; use GPS for 221 1st St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, which is near the entrance located on 1st Street N. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.
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