This Saturday, May 24, is the Buzz Me’Up Boca H20 Festival, held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida.
The music lineup for the sandbar, according to organizer Brian Turner, is Josie Salvitti at 9 a.m.; DJ Dank Williams from 9:15-11:30 a.m.; American Made from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Austin Snell from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dank Williams from, 3:30 to 4 p.m.
Access to the festival is only by water. The Boca Grande Fishing Pier is closed due to hurricane damage and there is no access from the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority.