Clearwater Beach’s Pier 60 will be the centerpiece of the Sugar Sand Festival, daily from March 27 (this Friday) through April 12. It’s the largest annual event within Clearwater city limits, sponsored by the City and the nonprofit Sunsets at Pier 60 Daily Festival, and by Visit St. Pete-Clearwater, the county’s bureau of tourism support. This is its 12th year.
The Sugar Sand Festival takes its name from the fine (approximately 99% pure silica quartz) powdery white sand unique to the area (if you guessed that’s why they call it sugar sand, you’re correct, and as a natural phenomenon it only exists on certain Florida beaches). Both TripAdvisor and USA Today have voted Clearwater Beach the Best Beach in the Country.
Named for State Road 60, the main drag through Clearwater Beach, Pier 60 is a full-service recreational pier (with a fishing pier at the watery end) and, as such, many beach events are planned and executed on and around it…