Tampa Bay. Current. Sourced.

Free things near you, without the stale-listing scavenger hunt.

Genuinely free events, parks, programs, and places near you. Every listing links the organization that runs it and shows the date we last checked it — and when an event ends, it leaves.

Know something genuinely free? Submit it — a person reviews everything before it appears.

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Why trust this list

Most “free things to do” lists go stale. This one expires.

Search results are full of listicles written once and never checked again. Here, dated events drop off automatically when they end, every listing keeps a link to its source, and a person reviews everything before it appears.

Current

Dates expire automatically

Time-sensitive listings leave current discovery when they end. Useful archives are labeled as past.

Sourced

Details point home

Every listing keeps an authoritative source link, source organization, and last-checked date.

Community

Submissions enter review

Residents and organizers can help, but a submission is not presented as verified merely because it arrived.

First pilot market

Greater Tampa Bay, Florida

Across Pinellas and Hillsborough counties: 571 free places and 63 current free events from 9 independent sources. Beaches, nature preserves, library programs, splash pads, festivals — each one checked and current.

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Commerce City, Colorado

The Colorado guide is archived while it gets rebuilt around current sources. Want it back sooner? Sign up with your city — interest decides what opens next.

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For local organizations

Keep it free — and keep it current.

A local partner can underwrite a market, use the calendar in their own newsletter, or feature a free listing they run. Always disclosed, always labeled, and never allowed to change what qualifies as free.

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Know something genuinely free?

Help build the Tampa Bay pilot.

Submit the authoritative source, when and where it happens, and why it is truly free. We will review it before anything appears publicly.

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