A guide to this weekend’s family Easter events

The St. Pete Pier’s Spa Beach Park is once again the place to be for the City’s annual Spring Festival and Easter Egg Hunt, Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be 20,000 plastic eggs hidden, for once-an-hour hunts, with toys and candy inside. Golden eggs will contain unique prizes, such as a ticket to the Dalí Museum.

The free festival will also include family-friendly entertainment from Silly Sam, DJ Shaun and others, activities (face painting, a balloon artist and more), food vendors, games, rides (including a bounce house) and more.

The Rockin Roller Rink will be in operation during the Spring Festival.  

Free tickets are required to participate in the hourly egg hunts, which will begin at 11:30 a.m. Find tickets here.

Each ticket entitles one child (age 12 and under) and one adult to participate in the egg hunt.

Dogs are allowed.

Easter at the St. Pete Pier. Photo: City of St. Petersburg.

The Tampa Downtown Partnership’s big Easter event, Ashley’s Eggsploration (it’s named for the furniture company) takes place Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. This one’s very similar to the St. Pete celebration, with a bounce house, face painting, balloon animals and food, beverage and craft vendors. Admission is free.

Hourly egg hunts – for all young age groups – begin at 9:30 a.m. All details are here.

Sunday’s Easter Bunny Village in Clearwater is another free event, from 1-4 p.m. at the Clearwater Community Volunteers Center, 133 North Fort Harrison Ave. Activities include Easter egg painting, Easter cards, a balloon artist, face painting, a scavenger hunt and more. Sponsored by United for Human Rights Florida. Visit the website.

Kids up to age 6 are admitted free (with ticket-buying adult) to the Imagine Museum’s Bunny Trails & Glassy Tales, a family scavenger hunt through the galleries of glass art (glass chicks and bunnies tucked among the artwork) art Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

There are other Easter-related events too, which you can find on the Imagine Museum website.