Historic Roser Park Arts & Crafts Festival Returns December 11-12, 2010

American Craft Endeavors, Florida's leading producers of craft festivals, is proud and excited to be taking the reigns of this great event located in Roser Park in beautiful St. Petersburg, Fl.

Historic Roser Park is the historic center of St. Petersburg. Built on Tocobagan Indian Mounds and kitchen middens. Now home to a Nationally & Local Registered Historic District, HRP is proud of its brick streets, historic homes, active culture, winding creeks, hilly topography, flowers, botany, oak & palm canopies, walking museum and more!

Free parking is available at Bayfront Parking Garage with golf cart transportation to the festival.

Among the most popular aspects of the festival is Historic Roser Park itself, (the first section of St. Petersburg to be designated a national historic district.) Roser Park was established by developer Charles Roser in 1911 as one of St. Petersburg’s first “streetcar suburbs.” With its rolling brick streets, venerable oaks and beautiful old bungalows, the neighborhood is unlike any other in the region. Festival-goers can seek out the 28 placards in its acclaimed outdoor museum, a self-guided walking tour through early St. Pete history. There will also be three guided tours each day at 11, 1 and 3 led by neighborhood historian Ron Motyka.

**New this year!!! Historic District home tours will be available with paid admission, showcasing six historic Roser Park homes. Homes will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day of the festival.

If you want to be an exhibitor/vendor at the event, please register here:

If you wish to become a sponsor at the event, please contact Shannon at 727-772-3860.

The festival is a co-presentation of the Historic Roser Park Neighborhood Association and American Craft Endeavors. HRPNA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that raises funds to support neighborhood improvement projects and other organizations dedicated to the revitalization of Midtown St. Petersburg. A portion of the proceeds from the festival goes toward the preservation and improvement of the Historic Roser Park neighborhood, and towards a neighborhood charity. The Historic Roser Park Art Festival is sponsored bythe City of St. Petersburg, Bright House Networks, Creative Loafing, Watermark, iLovetheBurg Downtown St. Pete page, Florida Yacht Group, and Yacht Sales Cafe.