Putt Putt Summer Series Taking Over Downtown Tampa

Are you up for Putt Putt? Get ready for Tampa’s Downtown Partnership Summer Series to put a little sizzle in your summer. It's all put on by Downtown Tampa's Partnership.

Fun events will take place in the downtown Tampa area on weekends into July. The Summer Series is set to bring the community together by offering entertaining activities.

Are you a fan of putt putt golf? The kickoff to the series is a mini golf event. It’s called Putt & Party. On June 21^st at Curtis Hixon Park you can show off your putting skills. From noon until 8 P.M. enjoy a round of mini golf on a cool course. There will be musical entertainment, as well as yummy food truck food at Curtis Hixon Park. It’s an ideal event to attend with friends or bring your family and even smaller children. What kids don’t love mini golf?

The fun continues on the night of June 21 as Keys in the Park takes place. It’s a special evening of piano performances in the park. Check it all out at 5:30 P.M. until 7:30 P.M. at Lykes Gaslight Square Park.

On June 25^th, enjoy the Chanel District’s Paw-Fee Break. Bring your pets and check out all the pet-friendly activities and treats for your four-legged friends. It begins at 10:30 A.M. and runs until 1 P.M. at Washington Street Park.

If you love food truck food, you’ve got to go to the Mayor’s Food Truck Fiesta. It’s a perfect lunchtime event happening from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. in Lykes Gaslight Square Park on July 3^rd as we get ready for the Fourth of July. Enjoy the fresh variety of food and the fun vibe.

The Summer Series party doesn’t stop in July. You’ll have more weekends to have fun through the weekend of July 21^st. Keep up with the Summer Series event schedule by visiting online here.

School's out and now it's time to figure out what to have your kids do for the summer. Hopefully you have them signed up for a summer camp around Tampa Bay, but if not, there is another option for you. AMC Theatres is bringing back their popular $3 summer movie camp.

This is the perfect fix for summer boredom and a great way to escape the heat or hide away on a rainy day. You should know that they don't show any new releases for these deals, but it's still always a fun outing for the family.

No sign ups or registration required! Just buy your tickets online or at the box office like you would for going to any other movie night. The $3 deal only runs on Monday's and Wednesdays throughout the summer.

The Tampa Bay area has 7 AMC Theatre locations:

AMC has more ways to keep your kids entertained. They have a downloadable coloring page with a word search, and a schedule of the family favorite showings all summer. Click here to download.

If you plan on going to see movies all summer long, you might as well sign up to be an AMC Stubs member. You get tons of perks with your membership and can buy a refillable popcorn bucket to bring with you to the summer movie camp!

Catch up with Gru and the Minions before the upcoming release of DESPICABLE ME 4 on July 3rd. The showing for Minions: The Rise of Gru is June 24 and June 26

Danny Devito voices the Lorax in this animated adaption of the 1971 fable. The Lorax will be playing on July 1 and July 3

This star-studded cast might not mean much to your kid, but this adorable musical animated movie is a family favorite. Sing will be playing July 8 and July 10.

After accidentally promising that a reclusive former rock star (voiced by U2’s Bono) will be part of his new big show, Buster and his crew have only days to write, choreograph, and produce a massive sci-fi epic and track down the singer. Sing 2 is playing on July 15 and 17

The Secret Life Of Pets follows the new adoptive brothers as they get wrapped up in a gang of strays set on revenge. This will be playing July 22 and 24.

In Migration, a family of New England ducks decides to give adventure a try for once and plan a trip down south to Jamaica. Migration will be playing July 29 and July 31.

Gru (Steve Carell) and Lucy Wilde (Kristin Wiig) join forces to bring down El Macho. Despicable Me 2 will be playing August 5 and August 7.

After Gru (Steve Carell) and Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig) are dismissed from the Anti-Villain League after a failed mission, the former criminal mastermind teams up with his long-lost twin brother, Dru Gru. Despicable Me 3 will be playing August 12 and August 14.