The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for events. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.Find sources: "De Soto Heritage Festival" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The De Soto Heritage Festival (also previously known as the De Soto Celebration or De Soto Pageant) is an annual series of events that takes place in Bradenton, Florida, the location of Hernando de Soto's landing in Florida in May 1539.

Organized by the Hernando de Soto Historical Society, the event has been held for over 80 years.

Festival events include the Children's Parade and Party in the Park, SeaFood Fest, Bottle Boat Regatta, Musical & Fashion Show, De Soto Ball and Grand Parade.[1]

No festival was held from 1942 to 1945 nor 2020.

References

27°31′02″N 82°34′34″W / 27.517216°N 82.576246°W / 27.517216; -82.576246