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Starkey Park’s Monthly Market Gets a Holiday Lineup the Sunday Before Thanksgiving Week

October 28, 2026 by
Wrapped gifts and holiday items displayed at a market near Starkey Park

Starkey Park’s lot fills with pop-up tents on the fourth Sunday of nearly every month, and the November date lands with holiday inventory already on the tables. The Community Market … Read more

Categories Events, Free & Local, Shopping

Railroad Square Turns Into an Open-Air Market Every Fourth Friday in Downtown New Port Richey

October 28, 2026 by

The stretch of Nebraska Avenue between Adams Street and Grand Boulevard closes to cars one Friday night a month and fills with folding tables instead. That’s the NPR Fourth Friday … Read more

Categories Events, Free & Local, Shopping

Dade City’s 100-Year-Old Woman’s Club Hosts Its 15th Annual Mistletoe Market

October 28, 2026 by
Historic Dade City Womans Club clubhouse, built 1926, site of the Mistletoe Market

The building hosting this year’s Mistletoe Market turned 100 years old in 2026 and still wears its original name across the front in raised letters: Woman’s Club. The Dade City … Read more

Categories Events, Free & Local, Shopping

Free Things to Do in Pasco County With Kids: Parks, Beaches, Splash Pads and Story Trails (Fall 2026)

October 24, 2026 by Best of Pasco Staff

Only one Pasco County park page says outright that it costs nothing. Middle Lake Park in Dade City states, “There are not any fees at this facility.” Every other county … Read more

Categories Family, Free & Local, Things To Do

4 Pasco County Parks Worth the Drive — Trails, a Free Train, and One Salt Spring

August 9, 2026 by Best of Pasco Staff
Trail and pines at Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park, Port Richey

Starkey’s 8,300 acres, a free second-Saturday train at Crews Lake, 13 miles of trails along the Withlacoochee, and the one state park in the group.

Categories Free & Local, Outdoors, Things To Do

Sunshine Sessions Day Rave Returns to Cavalaire Square This August

July 22, 2026 by Best of Pasco Staff
Illustrative AI-generated image of people dancing joyfully outdoors in a sunny plaza with floating bubbles

Sunshine Sessions, a free family-friendly daytime music series with DJ Heather Effie, takes over Cavalaire Square in downtown New Port Richey on Sunday, August 9.

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3 Free Splash Pads to Cool Off at in Pasco County This Summer

July 31, 2026July 21, 2026 by Best of Pasco Staff
Entrance sign for Sims Park in downtown New Port Richey, Florida, with the park playground visible among oak trees in the background

From downtown New Port Richey to Hudson to Dade City, here are three real, free splash pads to beat the Florida heat with kids this summer, with hours and what to expect at each.

Categories Family, Free & Local

Free and Low-Cost Things to Do in Pasco County This Month

August 2, 2026July 16, 2026 by Best of Pasco Staff
Shoppers browsing fresh produce at an outdoor farmers market, similar to Pasco County's weekend Fresh Market

Not everything worth doing in Pasco County costs money, and a handful of recurring, low-cost options are worth keeping on the calendar year-round. Free and Nearly Free Around the County … Read more

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