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Geckofest

September 2, 2026 Gulfport, FL

About this festival

Calling all flower children, hippies and tree huggers! Flock to Gulfport-s waterfront and bring your buds for a day of peace, art and music! Gulfport invites you to the 17th Annual Geckofest, presented by Eyeglass World, celebrating the end of summer with its largest festival of the year, honoring this waterfront village-s unofficial mascot and favorite reptile, the Gecko! Drag out those bell-bottoms from the back of your closet and get groovy at ?Geckostock?. Celebrating the 1969 Woodstock Festival and featuring a host of hippie-themed festivities. Geckofest will feature themed live music, vendors, strolling and stationary street performers, a quirky walking parade, colorful costume contests, and the ever-popular end-of-the-day dueling street dances that wrap up this light-hearted send-off to summer. It-s going to be far-out and outta sight, man!