Ribfest is in Vinoy Park, 701 Bayshore Dr. NE, on the waterfront in Downtown St. Petersburg.
>From I-275 take exit 23A, it will become 4th Avenue NE which dead ends at Beach Drive NE. Please be aware street parking time zones are strictly enforced. You may look for street parking or park in any of the 4 designated downtown parking garages listed below and ride the free Martz First Class Coaches.
The Martz First Class Coaches run from Friday at 5PM and on Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m.
The Martz First class Coaches will run continuously until approximately one hour after closing.
*There are 30 Handicap parking spaces by the baseball field. To access this area you will come in 9th Avenue NE. We do our best to keep all of the sidewalks open for easy access, with the exception of the walk immediately in front of the stage, which is closed.
Martz First Class Coach stops and Parking Garages: Click for Parking/Shuttle Map
Stop #1 is the Progress Energy Center for the Arts (Mahaffey Theater) located on 1st Street South between 4th Avenue South and 5th Avenue South serving the Center's Parking lot.
Stop#2 is the Progress Energy Park (Al Lang Stadium) located on 1st Street South just south of the corner of 1st Avenue South serving the South Core Garage.
Stop #3 is Baywalk Garage on 1st Street North just north of 1st Avenue North serving the Baywalk Parking Garage.
Stop #4 is on 1st Street North just south of 3rd Avenue North, serving the parking lot associated with the bank, restaurant, office building and small businesses associated with that lot.
Stop #5 is the drop off / pick up stop on 5th Avenue North between Beach Drive NE and Bayshore Drive NE
(across the street from the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel) for the Ribfest Event.
