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Clearwater Beach’s Sugar Sand Festival Coming Back In 2022

The Sugar Sand Festival on Clearwater Beach had to cancel the 2020 and 2021 festivals due to COVID-19, but it is coming back in 2022. The festival will run from…

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The Sugar Sand Festival on Clearwater Beach had to cancel the 2020 and 2021 festivals due to COVID-19, but it is coming back in 2022. The festival will run from April 8-24, 2022 and the theme this year is "SANDimals, An Animal Adventure.

The festival's organizer, Angela Benak, said, “We actually had to cancel 2020 and 2021 so bringing it back for 2022, we are overdue and overwhelmed with excitement. We are so excited to bring the sand back to life out here and bring some energy and fun back out onto Clearwater Beach.”

[Source: ABC Action News]

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