DIRECTIONS, PARKING + LODGING

Address for GPS: Vinoy Park, 701 Bayshore Dr. NE, St Petersburg FL 33701
We highly encourage you consider Uber or Lyft or public transportation to get to the event.  If you live within walking, running, skating, or biking distance, those are great options, too!

FREE Trolley Ride from South Core Garage to Palooza!
https://loopertrolley.com/shopapalooza-shuttle
  • Service Hours: 9:30am-6 pm Nov 25 and 26, 2023
  • Service Frequency: About every 15 minutes
  • Trolleys are equipped with a wheelchair lift 

Shuttle Stops:
  • South Core Garage: Second Street South between Central Avenue & First  Avenue South (under the pedestrian bridge connecting the Office Tower and Parking Garage). Same location as the Baseball Shuttle Stop. Motorists may park in the garage by entering from 1st Avenue South between 1st and 2nd Streets
  • Vinoy Park:  North side of 7th Ave NE just west of Bayshore Drive


If you're driving, park at one of the garages listed below, so you can stay and shop all day without worrying about extending your parking meters!

​How to get there:
Address for GPS: 701 Bayshore Drive, St. Petersburg FL 33701
Take Interstate 275 to Exit 23A, which becomes 4th Avenue NE and ends at Beach Drive NE

Where to park
  • Metered street parking and some free street parking may be available; regulations are strictly enforced.

  • The better option is to park in one of the three designated downtown parking garages (fees apply) 
    South Core Garage  101 1st. Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (FREE trolley to Palooza!)
    Sundial Garage  117 2nd St. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 
    Plaza Tower Garage  1st St. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

    Detailed information on downtown parking is available on the city's website: http://www.stpete.org/transportation/parking_management/public_garages_and_lots.php
  • Handicap parking spaces available by the baseball field in Northshore Park, but spaces fill quickly. 

  • On Saturday the city will be setting up for the holiday parade, so vehicular traffic is limited along Bayshore.


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This event was designed to provide equal opportunity for enjoyment by all participants.  If you would like to request any particular aids or services pursuant to disability laws, please contact the event planner at 727-892-5885 or City of St. Petersburg Community Affairs Division at 727-893-7345 or 727-892-5259 TDD/TTY