City of Bradenton Beach
Events
Bridge Street Festival
The Bridge Street Festival is an annual event where Historic Bridge Street is closed to traffic and a pedestrian mall is created where artisans, artists, entertainers and merchants display their wares.
The first festival was held in 1991, sponsored by area merchants as means to drive additional business to the street. The festival was originally organized by Sandy Greiner and Richard Leneris, the co-managers of the Bridgetender Inn at that time. The first year featured a dozen or so participants.
Since that time the event has grown exponentialy with the most recent festival featuring scores of participants and entertainers and enjoyed by thousands of visitors.
The festival is now organized and managed by the the The Historic Bridge Street Merchant's Association. The HBSMA website can be found at www.hbsma.com
