Hunter Hayes, who plays the Warrior Games opening ceremony at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on June 22, 2019. Credit: Photo by Kamran Malik

Hunter Hayes, who plays the Warrior Games opening ceremony at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on June 22, 2019. Credit: Photo by Kamran Malik

Combat veteran-athletes will be the stars of the weeklong Warrior Games headed to Tampa Bay this week, but Saturday’s opening ceremony at Amalie Arena will be soundtracked by country singer and five-time Grammy-nominee Hunter Hayes.

Sara Evans wraps festivities up a week later during a Sunday, June 30 closing ceremony where the sound of her no. 1 singles (“No Place That Far,” “Suds In The Bucket”) will fill the air. It’s free to watch the athletic events, but you’ll need to buy tickets to get into the opening and closing ceremonies.

Warrior Games w/Hunter Hayes/Sara Evans. Sat., June 22 and Sun., June 30. $15. Amalie Arena, Tampa. amaliearena.com.

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This article appears in Jun 20-27, 2019.

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...