Back to School Fair is on Sales Tax Holiday Saturday! This means you won’t have to pay sales tax on your school related purchases! (Click here for more info on Sales Tax Holiday) What a great time to get your school shopping done!

Back to School Fair is taking over Westshore Plaza mall in Tampa, a giant air conditioned indoor mall from 10am to 3pm on Saturday August 5th, and you won’t want to miss it!

** Meet and take pictures with ThunderBug from the Tampa Bay Lightning!
** Meet and take pictures with Captain Fear from the Bucs!
** Pose for pictures, listen to a story, and sing with Princesses!
** Watch out for Gasparilla Pirates at the event!
** Over 65 different vendors, non-profits including the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County.
** FREE Backpacks to the FIRST 500 Kids in line
** SIX prizes ($500 each) awarded to help with school purchases
** Drawings and contests throughout the day! Prizes include a one night stay at the Tradewinds Island Resort, a family 4-pack of tickets to LEGOLAND Florida, a family membership to The Florida Aquarium, a three month membership to Great Explorations, tickets to Glazer Children’s Museum, tickets to the Crayola Experience in Orlando, and much MORE!

Back to School Fair Saturday will start off bright and early at 10 a.m. with the first 500 kids who arrive receiving a FREE back to school book bagFrom there, the 10th Annual Back to School Fair will continue to rev up with live entertainment, hands on activities, workshops, speaker sessions, and so much more. In addition, local exhibitors will be providing all sort of back to school related information including health & wellness, safety, private and public schools, resources, childcare, after school programs, school supplies, tutors, children’s retailers, finances and much more! And with 60+ retailers, the 10th Annual Back to School Fair at WestShore Plaza will give families the chance to get all of your back to school shopping done at the same time.