Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival is a ten-day beach-wide celebration that pays tribute to Tampa Bay’s two most valuable assets: our sugar sands and our sunsets!

Head to the beach and enjoy FREE activities for all ages, including a children’s play area, street performers, artisans and crafters, live entertainment, fireworks, sand sculpting classes, speed sand demonstrations, and the master sand sculpting competition.

The showcase of the Sugar Sand Festival is the main attraction — The Sugar Sand Walk Exhibit. This ticketed exhibit can only be seen once a year, and no two years are alike. Stroll through a 21,000 square-foot tent filled with sand-sculpted art crafted by world-class sculptors using Clearwater’s internationally famous sugar sand. These aren’t sandcastles — they’re premiere works of art. Don’t forget your camera!

Admission to the Sugar Sand Walk exhibit will be $10 for adults, $6 for students ages 6 to 17 years old, and $8 for those 55 and older, military personnel, police officers, firefighters and teachers (proper identification required). Children five and younger will be admitted free of charge with adult purchase. Adult and senior tickets include a complimentary souvenir photo.

What You Can Bring (and What You Should Leave at Home)

Permitted:

Blankets

Low lying beach chairs

Not Permitted:

Coolers

Pets – only service animals are permitted

Grills, hibachis, or open flames of any kind

Glass containers or bottles

Unauthorized vendors or solicitors

Tents, canopies or umbrellas

Firearms, unless otherwise permitted by Florida Statute, Chapter 790 (2011)

Knives or weapons of any kind

Fireworks or laser pointers

Please leave the beach as beautiful as you found it!

FINS UP!!!!