De Soto Heritage Festival

The DeSoto Heritage Festival begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

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THINGS TO DO

Uncle Kracker headlines Bradenton seafood festival

For the first time, the DeSoto Heritage Festival SeaFood Fest will be charging admisson.
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STORY | Floats, beads pirates prevail during DeSoto Grand Parade

BRADENTON — There were sights to see and beads to catch.
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A GRAND PARADE

BRADENTON — Standing and sitting along Manatee Avenue West, thousands gathered Saturday night to watch an estimated 200 floats glide by in the area’s moving celebration of its historical roots.
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Parade magic rekindles past for DeSoto queens

The faces. The adulation. The rapture. They all come back to Rachel Chestnut Harrison as another DeSoto Heritage Festival Parade nears, its ethereal spring magic returning her to the time she was DeSoto queen.