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FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA - HENRY B PLANT PARK Arrrgh, Mateys! Join Tampa Theatre and the Henry B. Plant Museum for a FREE community screening in Plant Park on the University of Tampa campus, presented in celebration of the Museum’s “Gaspar’s Gold: Carnival and Community in a New South City” exhibit while the Theatre’s historic auditorium is closed for restoration. Before the film, explore the “Gaspar’s Gold” exhibit with special extended Museum hours until 8:00pm. Then, head over to Plant Park with your blanket or camping chair, bring a picnic dinner, and enjoy the swashbuckling adventure that started the multi-billion-dollar franchise. This screening is presented by Urban E Recycling with support from the University of Tampa First Year Studies program.

Join the Tampa Downtown Partnership for our Neighborhood Intelligence Workshops happening March 31–April 16 across all seven Downtown neighborhoods.These collaborative sessions are a unique opportunity to connect with neighbors, meet fellow community members, and share your voice as a resident or worker.

Learn digital art fundamentals and create illustrations, paintings, and animations based on the Tampa Museum of Art's on-view artwork. Draw Animals, People, Scenery and Cartoon/Manga/Anime in the Tech Lab students to create amazing DIGITAL ART! Ages 12+  Tuesdays, Mar 31 - Apr 28 | 6:30–8:00 PM (5 classes)  *All programs and equipment are provided! 

Join us for the final community conversation on Large-Format Digital Signage in Tampa’s Downtown before a city council workshop on April 7. This public input meeting will outline the suggested design guidelines, policies and incorporation of art and placemaking. It is an opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas. Your feedback will help guide how digital signage fits into Tampa’s evolving urban landscape.

Join us for an evening of live poetry inside the galleries of the Tampa Museum of Art. Inspired by the monumental sculptures and paintings in Jun Kaneko: Silence Before Sound, students from the University of Tampa will share original poems written in response to the works on view.

The 2026 Gasparilla Music Festival, presented by Water Street Tampa, returns April 10–12 at its new downtown home, Meridian Fields. Headliners Mt. Joy (Friday), Two Friends (Saturday), and Gov’t Mule (Sunday) lead a stacked lineup of 30+ artists, including Shakey Graves, Jai Wolf, Drive-By Truckers, Bryce Vine, and GZA.

The 13th Annual Walk for Wishes Tampa will take place on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Lace up your shoes and join us for a heartwarming day of fitness and fun at Water Works Park!

Join the Tampa Bay History Center for an immersive downtown walking tour. This guided trek leads you past some of the city’s most storied landmarks, including City Hall, Sacred Heart Church, the Floridan Palace Hotel, and The Hub, Tampa’s oldest bar. Along the route, your guide will share the stories that connect these sites to the city’s vibrant past.

The Youth Council’s Young Director’s Film Festival highlights the creative talents of high school students from across the Tampa Bay Area, providing them with a unique platform to showcase their films. Selected submissions will be featured at the prestigious Tampa Museum of Art and broadcast on the Tampa Bay Arts and Education Network (TBAE)—Tampa’s premier local source for culture, education, and the arts—offering filmmakers an incredible opportunity to reach a wider audience.

Comedian Demetri Martin may be best known for his stand-up work, but he’s also a screenwriter/director/actor (2016’s Dean), an essayist (This Is a Book) and a cartoonist (collected in the books Point Your Face at This and If It’s Not Funny It’s Art). He often incorporates music and drawing into his stand-up, and his humor is some of the best of the offbeat variety since Steven Wright.

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The 2026 Great Port Clean-up event is scheduled for April 17, 2026 from 8am-11am. If your company hasn't registered a team to participate in this amazing event, we hope you join the Tampa Downtown Partnership team to help remove debris and litter from our local waters. (Last year, Port Tampa Bay had over 800 volunteers who removed 90,000 lbs of litter and debris!)

This family-friendly FREE event features entertainment, games, food, and more leading up to a race of 12,000 rubber ducks down the Hillsborough River!

Remix is a series of make-and-take art workshops for adults inspired by the Museum’s current exhibitions with a new project every month. This month's project will be inspired by our The Etruscans exhibition. Paint and decorate your own personal box, similar to the detailed ash boxes of the Etruscans! Ages 18+  *Workshops are designed to be enjoyed by participants of any skill level, and all materials are provided.