A pop-up L8 Night Flights party at St. Pete Pier. Credit: Photo via L8NightFlights/Facebook
If you’ve been to the St. Pete Pier as dusk turns dark lately, you might have noticed a pop-up rave of sorts. The party is organized by DJ and promoter collective L8 Night Flights, which has long booked special dance music events across the Bay area.

To help raise money to cover costs for the event, the L8 Night crew is hosting an online fundraiser and in-person party from 4 p.m.-11 p.m. (organizers say the first pier pop-up cost $1,700, and they hope to collect $5,000 to help with future events).

“We are super excited to see where this little experiment in crowdfunded, free-to-attend, community-supported events in public spaces will take us,” organizers wrote. “We have some intriguing ideas for the future, and we believe that with your support, we can truly have a positive impact bringing joy and dance to our entire community.”

L8 Night Flights’ latest pop-up dance party happens on Saturday, April 15 at the St. Pete Pier, and donations will be accepted.

This article appears in Apr 13-19, 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...