Mayor’s Food Truck Fiesta Featured EventsPartnership EventsSpecial Event 07 June Featuring tasty treats from a variety of local vendors, the Mayor’s Food Truck Fiesta occurs the first Wednesday of every month in The Square at Lykes Gaslight Park from 11am to 2pm. Participating food trucks Lykes Gaslight Square Park
Ybor City Walking Tour Arts + CultureSpecial Event 10 June Tour Tampa’s only National Historic Landmark District and learn about early Ybor City people, social life, and work culture. Stroll past mutual aid societies, the Ybor Cigar Factory, and other key landmarks. Ybor City Walking Tampa Bay History Center
Central Avenue Walking Tour Arts + CultureSpecial Event 10 June Tour “the Harlem of the South,” Tampa’s Central Avenue district. Learn about life in Tampa’s African-American community from the 1890s to the 1960s with stops including the Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library, Jackson House, Tampa Bay History Center
Downtown Tampa Walking Tour Arts + CultureSpecial Event 17 June Learn about Tampa’s compelling history on this guided trek as you stroll past City Hall, Sacred Heart Church, the Floridan Palace Hotel, and even Tampa’s oldest bar, The Hub! Advance tickets are required, and each Tampa Bay History Center
10th annual Richard’s Father’s Day Walk and Jog Special Event 18 June Registration is now open for the 10th annual Richard’s Father’s Day Walk and Jog on June 18, 2023, at Ulele restaurant in Tampa Heights. The event starting at 1810 N. Highland Ave. in Tampa benefits Moffitt
Juneteenth: A Free Day Arts + CultureSpecial Event 19 June Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive Tampa Bay History Center
Central Avenue Walking Tour Arts + CultureSpecial Event 24 June Tour “the Harlem of the South,” Tampa’s Central Avenue district. Learn about life in Tampa’s African-American community from the 1890s to the 1960s with stops including the Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library, Jackson House, Tampa Bay History Center
Living History Saturday: Richmond’s Gold Comes to Florida Arts + CultureSpecial Event 24 June Historian and author Erwin Wunderlich will discuss the mystery of how the Confederate treasure of gold coins secretly made its way into Florida from noon–3 p.m. on June 24. There will be three 30-minute presentations Tampa Bay History Center