Nickelodeon To Celebrate All Things Bikini Bottom With A SpongeBob Summer; Announces First Ever SpongeBob Fan Shellabration

Nickelodeon, one of the world's leading recognized entertainment brands for kids and families, has announced in a Toyota USA's "Nickelodeon and Toyota Create SpongeBob SquarePants-Inspired 2014 Toyota Highlander" press release the very exciting "SpongeBob SquarePants" News that Nickelodeon will be celebrating all things Bikini Bottom during Summer 2013 with a myriad of SpongeBob-themed activities taking place across the USA, capped by the first-ever SpongeBob Fan Shellabration fan festival at Universal Studios Hollywood, in Los Angeles, California, over Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September 2013. This summer, Gallery Nucleus will curate and host a fan-created SpongeBob-themed art exhibition in Alhambra, Calif., Saturday 27th July - Sunday 11th August 2013. In August, Nickelodeon will announce the winners of the first-ever SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes, a global competition that encouraged SpongeBob fans to create and submit short films, across all genres, featuring everyone's favorite porous pal. The winning short will be screened at the inaugural SpongeBob Fan Shellabration in September!

You can read Toyota USA's press release in full here on NickALive!.