7 AM
Beach Sunrise Walk
Gulf Blvd Beach · Family
The beach is best before 9 AM — cool sand, pelicans diving, almost no one else and the most flattering light of the day.
6 PM
Live Music at Salty's
Salty's Beachside Bar · Music
The Gulf-front tiki bar brings live acoustic and trop-rock most evenings — the quintessential Indian Rocks Beach experience.
7:23 PM
sun-timed
Gulf Sunset — IRB
Gulf Blvd Beach, IRB · Sunset
The local sunset without the Pier 60 festival crowds — just a beautiful Gulf send-off on a quieter stretch of Pinellas sand.
IRB Sand Sculpture Contest
Annual beach sand sculpture competition on the IRB sand — teams from across Pinellas compete for the title.
IRB Christmas Boat Parade
Decorated boats parade through the Intracoastal behind Indian Rocks Beach on a December Saturday evening.
see you out there
Real recurring local happenings — schedules can change, so check the venue. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.
At Indian Rocks Beach, the sun sets at 8:23 PM today — about 13h 30m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:54 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Indian Rocks Beach update at the top of the conditions page.