Land of Big Hair & Blue Water
Ranked as a top arts and cultural destination among cities its size, St. Pete is home to world-famous museums and independent galleries, a thriving performing arts scene, film festivals, live music, a vibrant literary arts community, a close-knit community of working artists and crafts-people, and a whole lot of public art and outdoor installations.
Where We’ll Hang
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Arts Xchange
Our Friday and Saturday Masterclasses will take place in the Tully-Levine Gallery, located in the Arts Xchange, which is in the thriving Warehouse Arts District down the street from TrueFire HQ. It is also on the same campus where we will spend our kick-off reception at Seven Cs.
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TrueFire HQ
TrueFire HQ’s studio, thriving office and music venue is where we’ll jam the night away led by our amazing Jazz mentors, a live rhythm section and your fellow Campers. We’ll also have the chance to tour the main studio and learn more about what goes on behind the scenes here at TrueFire.
Thursday Night Reception & Concert
Join us at Seven C’s Premier Guitar Shop for a reception to kick-off Camp Fire! We’ll meet one another, enjoy happy hour, listen to performances from our Jazz mentors, as well as have the opportunity to have a free assessment of your guitar from the team of Master Luthier & Builder David Hosler, who has more than 40 years of experience designing, building and repairing stringed instruments. It’s a wonderful space and located in our ‘Hood!
lodging
Campers can choose to stay wherever they like as there are several options in town across a range of budgets and locations.
About #theburg
St. Pete holds a Guinness World Record for logging the most consecutive days of sunshine—a stretch that began in 1967 and lasted 768 days.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, at 4.1 miles across, is one of the largest cable suspension bridges in the Western Hemisphere, rising 19 stories above Tampa Bay at its midpoint.
St. Pete is the birthplace of scheduled aviation, with the flight of the Benoist Airboat, and the birthplace of Major League Baseball Spring Training—both in 1914.
Nearby beaches are consistently ranked best in the world.
Labeled the "Gulp Coast" craft beer trail as home to 35 local breweries and distilleries.