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College Skydiving Teams Chase National Titles at Zephyrhills’ World-Famous Z-Hills This Winter
Zephyrhills’ own city motto is “Jump Right In.” That’s not a slogan a tourism board invented for this piece — it’s been the city’s for years, and it’s built on a dropzone that calls itself, on its own gate and website, “The World Famous Z-Hills.” For six days this winter, that dropzone hosts a national…
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The 38th Annual Florida Bug Jam Takes Over the Pasco County Fairgrounds
Seven hundred air-cooled Volkswagens are expected to roll into the Pasco County Fairgrounds the first weekend of November, and every single one of them will be running an engine cooled by air, not water — that’s the rule, not an accident. This is the 38th Annual Florida Bug Jam, and it has been a Dade…
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Skydive City Zephyrhills Is One of the Busiest Drop Zones in the Country
Up to 700 people a day used to jump out of planes over the same stretch of Zephyrhills that’s still doing it today. Skydive City — known locally as Z-Hills — is one of the busiest drop zones in the country, logging around 70,000 jumps a year from skydivers who come from more than 80…
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Things to Do in Wesley Chapel With Kids: Ice Skating, Play Cafes, Parks and Trails (Fall 2026)
Wesley Chapel was first called Double Branch, for the twin creeks on the Boyette land, and one of its nicknames was Gatorville. It took the Wesley Chapel name from the Methodist chapel at the corner of State Road 54 and Boyette Road. The historic marker says its early economy ran on turpentine, sawmills, cattle, hogs…
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Free Things to Do in Pasco County With Kids: Parks, Beaches, Splash Pads and Story Trails (Fall 2026)
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 park page checked for this guide simply lists no entry fee, which isn’t the same as promising there isn’t one. So “free” below means no…
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First Baptist New Port Richey Fills Its Lot for a Halloween Cruise-In Car Show
First Baptist Church of New Port Richey fills its parking lot with show cars for a one-day cruise-in on Halloween, with dash plaques going to the first 100 cars that show up and trophies decided by a vote that includes both spectators and the entrants themselves. There is a vendor market set up alongside the…
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Wesley Chapel Charity Car & Truck Show 3 Benefits Moffitt Cancer Center at KRATE
A container-park parking lot fills with show cars and trucks for the third running of this charity show, with proceeds benefiting Moffitt Cancer Center — organized by R.E.M. Events 813. Vehicles start arriving around 9am, with the show open to the public through roughly 3pm. KRATE’s lot fills up fast for events like this —…
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Pin Chasers East Pasco Runs $13.99 Unlimited Bowling Every Thursday Night
Pin Chasers’ East Pasco location — 32 lanes off Gall Blvd in Zephyrhills — turns Thursday nights into unlimited bowling for a flat $13.99 a person, starting at 9pm and running until close. Several of the center’s bowling leagues also use Thursday nights, so expect a mix of league play and walk-in lanes depending on…
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New Port Richey Turns Its Downtown Art Walk Into a Ticketed History Tour After Dark
New Port Richey’s downtown has a public art installation most people drive past without knowing its name — “Tides of Time,” a series tied to the city’s history along the Pithlachascotee River. For one night this fall, New Port Richey Main Street turns it into a ticketed after-dark event: a guided walk through downtown history…
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9 Things to Do in Pasco County This Week (Oct. 14-18)
Two separate venues are each running something different every night this week, which doesn’t happen often enough in Pasco County to not point it out — here’s everything on the calendar from tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 14, through Sunday, Oct. 18. Wednesday, Oct. 14 Free trivia or music bingo at the Grove 16. B&B Theatres’ Wesley…
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4 Things to Do in Pasco County This Weekend (Oct. 3)
Four real, dated things are confirmed in Pasco County this Saturday, Oct. 3 — and the plant sale is in its tenth year running. Here’s what’s actually on, in order of start time. Morning West Coast Region Fall Classic — Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus, 3021 Sports Coast Wy, Wesley Chapel. 7 a.m. Special Olympics Florida’s…
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10 Things to Do in Pasco County This Week (Sept. 8-13)
The stretch after Labor Day is usually when Pasco goes quiet. It doesn’t this week. There’s a carnival running three days in Trinity, a Roald Dahl musical downtown, and a container park in Wesley Chapel with something on four nights running. Everything below was confirmed against the venue’s own website on September 6. Times and…