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We love our city. I want to bring focus to one of the most inspiring events in our city each year – The SHINE Mural Festival in St. Pete, Florida.
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Before we moved to St. Pete in 2015 from Ohio to start a new adventure, we visited the area for the first time on vacation in 2012 and fell in love. This area was about to blossom, and the growth has been unbelievable over the last few years. Before we officially pulled the trigger to move to St. Pete, I did loads of research, and we visited again in 2014 specifically to dig deeper into the area and make sure it would be the right choice for us. We stayed in the middle of downtown St. Pete and just knew it felt like home, so after two years of planning and saving, we packed up and hit the road for the Sunshine State!
We love a good downtown vibe; I mean, hello, we came from Columbus, OH, which is an incredible city, and we knew it would be hard to top – but St Pete is a lively city with great nightlife, unique shops, world-class restaurants, fun concert venues, variety of sports, inspiring museums, and something we appreciate is the creativity of a vibrant art scene…. Oh, and beaches.
We genuinely enjoy seeing the hundreds of beautiful murals around our city. St. Pete is now famous for the more than 600+ murals around town, and over the past decade, artists from all over the world have traveled here to add color and character to our walls and streets.
St. Pete is known as the Sunshine City, and we have the annual SHINE Mural Festival, which has contributed over 100 new murals to our city since its official start in 2015. It is simply amazing to watch a blank wall turn into someone’s inspiration right before your eyes.
Now heading into its ninth year, this annual event happens every October and typically lasts 10-14 days. The SHINE Mural Festival is the first in the world to have an accessible audio tour and the technology to connect mural viewers to online content via PixelStix instantly. Each Mural credits the artist and how to follow and support them, too!
This year, the SHINE Mural Festival will add 14 new murals throughout the art districts and kicks off on Friday, Oct 13 – 22, 2023. I can’t wait to see what these amazing artists from all over the world bring to our beautiful city this year!
Check out the official website to see current murals and artist information – here!
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On my list to do😁
Sounds amazing. We lived in St Pete in 1966. Moved to Lakeland then Port St Lucie. My parents changed jobs. I’ve been back a few times to St Pete. This sounds amazing.