6th Annual SunLit Festival Kick-off Party “Where the Wild Things Are”
Date/Time: Friday, April 1 (6pm-12am)
Description: 6th Annual SunLit Literary Festival Kick-off Party!
Youth programs for reading and writing are so important so we’re going all-in on this party – all proceeds are going directly to the kids.
A $35 ticket pays for one hour of tutoring. Buy 10 beers and that also pays for one hour of tutoring! Remember all the help needed writing those essays? Well here’s your chance to give back.
Come have fun, immerse yourself in big art installations and entertainment inspired by Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Join the bonfires on the island of the Wild Things! This is all for a great cause.
$35 general admission/$55 general admission + Fairgrounds St. Pete ticket/$250 VIP with a table for 4 with waited service in the VIP lounge/$1,000 become a SPONSOR serious about literacy education
Literary awards at 6:30pm
The bands kick off at 7:30pm
– Better Strangers: https://www.betterstrangers.net/
– Eugene Snowden: https://www.eugenesnowden.com/
St. Petersburg Press will be hosting “Meet the Authors” – an evening with locally renowned St. Petersburg Press Authors. St. Petersburg Press Founder, Joe Hamilton will open with a tribute to the St. Pete Literary Community, followed by the presentation of the 2022 Roy Peter Clark Award to a Local Literary Hero who has made an outstanding contribution to the St. Petersburg Story.
The SunLit Literary Festival brings together cultural organizations, writers, artists, and businesses for three days of “Litertainment.” It runs April 1-3, 2022.
Cash bar. Proceeds will support Keep St. Pete Lit’s youth programming. Read and Write on!
Contact person: Maureen McDole
Phone number: 727-798-4530
Cost: $35 General Admission/$55 General Admission + Fairgrounds St. Pete ticket/$250 VIP
Link to event: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D005C6AB017AB05
Location: The Factory St. Pete
2622 Fairfield Ave. S. St. Pete
