Raaket Credit: Photo via Foundation/YouTube (Screengrab by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay)
Tampa Karaoke VIP lounge has long been a stronghold for the wompy segment of the Bay area EDM scene, and this weekend it welcomes South Florida promotions company Lows-Only (and SoFla producer Raaket) for a concert and Okeechobee music festival giveaway (the fest happens the first weekend in March).

Tickets to see Raaket at TK Lounge in Tampa on Friday, Feb. 17 are still available and start at $15—but he’s not the only DJ in Tampa Bay this weekend. See more EDM concerts happening below.

  • #Pound Friday: Blanke Friday, Feb. 18, 10 p.m.  Free. The Ritz, Ybor City
  • Cloonee Friday, Feb. 17, 9 p.m. $25. Armature Works, Tampa
  • DJ Blenda Birthday Saturday, Feb. 18, Free. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
  • Elevate Thursday: Boots N Catz  Thursday, Feb. 23, 9 p.m. Free. M. Bird, Tampa
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This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...