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Dade City is home to the one-time world’s largest juice plant. See how orange juice changed the city’s history and see a unique car collection. www.citrushistory.com |
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- Cotee River Seafood Festival & Boat Show (Mother's Day weekend) Downtown New Port Richey. It encompasses a boat show with a seafood festival, two-day blues concert, and arts and crafts fair. www.newportricheymainstreet.com
- Pioneer Florida Day Festival (Labor Day weekend) Pioneer Florida Museum, Dade City. Experience early Florida history through Civil War reenactments, children's activities and authentic craft demonstrations. www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org
- San Antonio Rattlesnake Festival (October) Downtown San Antonio. Professional snake handlers demonstrate their knowledge of one of the world's most feared inhabitants. Arts and crafts, music entertainment, a five-mile race and a tortoise race add to the weekend. www.rattlesnakefestival.com
- Land O’ Lakes Flapjack Festival (November) Land O’ Lakes Community Center. A tradition for more than 20 years, the festival features a free flapjack feast the first day, a 5K race, arts and crafts and live music. www.centralpascochamber.com
- Kumquat Festival (Last Saturday in January) Downtown Dade City. This event features more than 200 arts & crafts vendors, farmer's market, car show, entertainment, antique shopping and food. This unique event features the tangy and versatile kumquat, Florida's tiniest citrus fruit. www.kumquatfestival.org
- Pasco County Fair (February) County Fairgrounds, Dade City. The fair offers arts and crafts, beauty pageants, entertainment, food and of course, the famous midway. www.pascocountyfair.com
- Little Everglades Steeplechase (First Sunday in March) Little Everglades Ranch, Dade City. This unique event offers race enthusiasts an elegant outing in the country with the beauty of America's finest Steeplechase horses and family-oriented infield activities. www.littleevergladessteeplechase.org
- Chasco Fiesta (March) Downtown New Port Richey. Celebrate the history and friendship between the Calusa Indians and Spanish colonists in early Pasco County with parades, pageantry, a carnival and nationally known entertainment during this 11-day event. www.chascofiesta.net
- Skydiving Boogie Skydive City, Zephyrhills. Watch as hundreds of skydivers from around the world compete for prizes, fun and the admiration of the crowd. www.skydivecity.com
- Trolley Tours of Dade City: (Year Round) Downtown Dade City. The Dade City Tour takes you through historic Dade City, stopping by the 1909 courthouse, old county jail, charming Church Street and the vibrant downtown, famous for great shopping and dining. The Citrus History Tour includes one of Florida’s surviving citrus packing houses, newly planted educational groves and a history museum featuring a 1950’s gas station complete with classic cars, a 1940’s soda shop with an outstanding Coca Cola memorabilia display and one of Florida’s finest displays of citrus history items. www.dadecitytrolleytour.com
- Zoo Tour from Dade City's Wild Things gift shop After visiting Dade City Wild Things Gift shop you can jump on the authentic trolley to take a short ride to the zoo and view more than 150 animal exhibits. www.dadecityswildthings.com
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