Tiësto, who plays the Tempo Daylife Pool Party at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 28, 2023. Credit: Photo via Atlantic Records

The Super Bowl won’t involve Tampa Bay at all this year, but a little slice of it is coming to town this weekend.

Today, the NFL announced that Tiësto is the big game’s first-ever in-game DJ. The 55-year-old, Grammy-winning Dutch producer and DJ born Tijs Michiel Verwest will do a set during pregame warm ups as players warm up and fans settle in, and he’ll stay behind the wheels of steel during Super Bowl LVIII to play select breaks in the action.

Before the game, however—Tiësto, who’s has gained impressive titles like “godfather of EDM” and “best DJ of the last 20 years” over his almost four decade-long career—will enjoy the weather for a poolside gig this weekend at Tampa’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Tiësto’s set may transcend popular electronic genres like trance, deep bass, tropical house and hardcore techno, but fans will most likely hear his latest tunes, like 2023 single “Thank You (Not so Bad)” and 2022’s “10:35.”

Tickets to see Tiësto play the pool at Hard Rock Event Center at Tampa’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino start at $40.

Kyla Fields is the food critic and former managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay who started their journey at CL as summer 2019 intern. They are the proud owner of a charming, sausage-shaped, eight-year-old...