Opening Friday, June 4, running through Sunday, June 6, Bill Edwards Presents A Taste of Pinellas, benefiting All Children’s Hospital, returns to Vinoy Park with a mix of the area’s top restaurants, national music acts, interactive games, fireworks, and lots of other family-friendly fun.  This year’s music includes America, Huey Lewis and The News, Lonestar, Martina McBride, plus School Gyrls, Drew Seeley and Mitchel Musso.

•    Friday, June 4, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. - headliners America and Huey Lewis and The News
•    Saturday, June 5, noon to 10 p.m. – headliners Lonestar and Martina McBride, plus fireworks
•    Sunday, June 6, noon to 7 p.m. – “Family Fun Day” headliners School Gyrls, Drew Seeley, Mitchel Musso
*World Champion Disc Connected K-9’s performing daily

o    Admission is $5 Friday and Saturday, kids 12 and under are Free, Sunday is FREE Family Fun Day. Patrons purchase sheets of tickets to sample    the various foods and beverages all weekend.
o    VIP tent provides prime seating, food, beer and wine, and private portable bathrooms. Tickets are $100 each; $50 on Sunday. Friday night VIP tickets are SOLD OUT.
o    No dogs or coolers are allowed inside the event.

Tastes
Each participating restaurant prepares and sells tastes of their most popular dishes.  Diners purchase sheets of tickets to spend at booths for tastes.  

 
Entertainment headliners
Bill Edwards Presents A Taste of Pinellas will host a jam-packed lineup of local and national music acts all weekend long. Friday, June 4, headliners include 70s folk-rock group America, best known for their hits ‘A Horse With No Name,’ and ‘Sister Golden Hair.’ With a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Huey Lewis and The News will rock the main stage closing the show Friday night with tunes like ‘The Power of Love’ and ‘The Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll.’

On Saturday, June 5, the stage turns up the country flavor with Texas music group Lonestar who will belt songs like ‘Amazed’ and ‘I’m Already There.’ Country sweetheart Martina McBride takes the stage after to serenade the crowd. Four-time winner of Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year," McBride has sold more than 16 million albums since she debuted with RCA records in 1991. Immediately following McBride’s performance is a fireworks show sure to please crowds of all ages.

On Sunday, June 5, Family Fun Day features a lineup of Nick Cannon’s Ncredible artists who’ll be sure to entertain the kids. Singer/song writer Drew Seeley, Mandy, Jackie and Monica of the girl group School Gyrls and ‘Hannah Montana’ star and emerging musician Mitchel Musso will wow the crowd Sunday afternoon, closing the weekend’s festivities.

The full entertainment schedule (including several local bands) is enclosed, with updates at www.TasteofPinellas.com.

Kids entertainment
While parents sample delicacies at the food booths throughout the weekend, youngsters will find plenty of activities in the
Tampa Bay Rays Family Fun Zone with live entertainment including performances by the Busch Gardens Sheiks, Disc Connected K-9’s, Free Watermelon courtesy of the Florida Watermelon Association, Rock Climbing Wall and interactive fun with Lunchables, Make and Take Arts and Crafts, Tampa Bay Rays Swing Analyzer and Batting Cage and more. All activities in this area are FREE.
 
Beer Garden
The Taste Beer Garden offers a variety for beer fans.  This year’s Beer Garden features import and specialty beers including: Bass, Beck’s, Shock Top Belgian White, Longboard Island Lager, and Landshark Lager.

Parking and shuttle
There will be a FREE shuttle service available at the following pick-up/drop-off locations:
•    Bayshore Drive & 5th Ave. South
•    4th Ave. South & 1st Street
•    2nd Ave. South & 1st Street
•    1st Ave. North & 1st Street
•    3rd Ave. North & 1st Street

Shuttles will pick up and return passengers at designated stops every 10 minutes from 4:30 p.m.-11 p.m. on Friday, June 4; 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. on Saturday, June 5; and from 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. on Sunday, June 6.  There will be shuttle buses available to accommodate physically challenged individuals.

Benefiting All Children’s Hospital
All Children’s Hospital, a jewel in the crown of St. Petersburg, has raised more than $3 million from this annual event.  Notably, All Children’s new hospital opened in early 2010.
 
More info and updates
Website:        www.TasteofPinellas.com
Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/AllChildrensHospital
Twitter:          http://twitter.com/tasteofpinellas

Entertainment Schedule
(subject to change)

Friday, June 4
5:00 – 5:25p            Shawn Brown Band
5:30 – 6:30p            Greg Billings Band
7:00 – 8:00p            America
8:30 – 10:00p          Huey Lewis and The News

Saturday, June 5
12:00p – 1:00p          John Kelly Band
1:30p – 2:30p            Backyard Bone Band   
3:00p – 4:00p            Dive Bar Stalkers
4:30p – 5:15p            Suite Caroline
5:30p – 6:15p            Rebecca Hendricks
6:45p – 8:00p            Lonestar
8:30p – 10:00p          Martina McBride
10:00p                       Fireworks

Sunday, June 6th
1:00p – 1:45p            Holes and Hearts
2:00p – 2:30p            Michelle Raitzin
2:40p – 3:10p            Gabi Wilson
3:20p – 4:10p            Adam 8*1*2
4:20p – 4:50p            Drew Seeley
5:00p – 5:30p            School Gyrls
6:00p – 7:00p            Mitchel Musso