Go ahead, be the dancing queen and get down tonight. Well, not tonight — July 21. But you need to grab those tickets now. Credit: publicdomainpictures.net

Go ahead, be the dancing queen and get down tonight. Well, not tonight — July 21. But you need to grab those tickets now. Credit: publicdomainpictures.net

All aboard the soul train to the 1970s for the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival’s annual fundraiser. This year, it’s the Solid 70s Get Down. Dance to ’70s music, pretend you only wear those leisure suits ironically, and eat, drink and shake your groove thing with the coolest cats in town. Your ticket gets you unlimited eats, one signature drink and all the solid gold fun you can handle.

Solid 70s Get Down | Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, 400 Ashley Dr., Cube 200, Tampa | July 21: 7 p.m. | $35 | Get tickets here or get venue and event info here.

This article appears in Jul 12-19, 2018.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...