The summer garden walk series continues Saturday at USF Botanical Garden
The hour-long walk is included with general admission.
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening May 19-25
Including My Cat Umi on day two of May Daze in St. Pete.
Easy-listening, indie-pop band Winona Forever plays Tampa on Friday
For fans of DeMarco, Mustard Service and even Michael McDonald.
One of the best bands of the ’80s, The Psychedelic Furs, returns to Clearwater on Thursday
Evan Dando is supposed to open the show.
St. Pete’s Museum of History hosts preservation summit and expo on Friday
It’s National Preservation Month, afterall.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning gender-affirming care, drag shows, preferred pronouns, and more
DeSantis also signed a bill that will give the governor and state education officials increased authority over the Florida High School Athletic Association.
Tampa nonprofit Positively U gives away produce, food and clothing every Thursday
Sexual health screenings are also available.
Orlando’s Foxtail Coffee will open new Carrollwood location next weekend
The Temple Terrace location opens June 17.
Lolita’s Wine Market reopens at a new Warehouse Arts District location next month
It remains closed at its current spot in downtown St. Pete.
Margaret Cho brings her ‘Live & Livid’ tour to Tampa this week
Be prepared for some hurt feelings.
There’s over 1,500 projects tucked away in Florida’s record $117 billion budget, here are a few worth noting
The budget still needs approval from Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has line-item veto power.
Owners of Due Amici debut new concept Geo’s Fine Wine & Champagne in Ybor City this weekend
And you can always stumble next door for a drunken slice of ‘za.
New Tampa’s Gorkhali Kitchen readies itself for a post-Michelin Bib future
Chefs and restauranteurs head back to the grind after last week’s Michelin ceremony.
USF students arrested over diversity protest enter not guilty plea
Three students, one alumni, and one campus worker have come to be known as the ‘Tampa 5.’
Florida Gov. DeSantis says he’s sending 1,000 troops to southern border
Asked about the border Sunday while in Delaware, Biden said things were much “better than you all expected.”
Hillsborough County commissioners award commendation to ‘plandemic’ MAGA pastor
Howard-Browne has previously stated that climate change isn’t real and chemtrails and weather manipulation are used to destroy our crops.
Lil Durk’s ‘Sorry for the Drought’ tour kicks off in Tampa this summer
The show kicks off Durk’s 27-city tour
Hillsborough County commissioner will award commendation to Tampa conspiracy theorist Rodney Howard-Browne
Howard-Browne has previously stated that climate change isn’t real and that ruling forces use chemtrails and weather manipulation to destroy our food reserves.
Ebbe, a new fine dining concept by Michelin-starred Chef Ebbe Vollmer, will open in downtown Tampa
It will dish out seasonal fare from “fantastic Florida to essential Scandinavia.”
Ybor City developer Darryl Shaw would like to build a 5,000-seat stadium for his new pro women’s soccer team
He’ll host a Friday press conference to talk more about all of it.
St. Pete Beach’s Mastry’s Brewing Co. will open new Pinellas Park facility
It will be part of a brand new mixed-use development.
Post Malone is coming to Tampa this summer
Tickets to the ‘If Y’all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying’ tour go on sale Friday, May 19.
Federal prosecutors seek to drop all charges against Andrew Gillum
Gillum has asserted that he was the victim of a political witch hunt, in part because he is Black.
Florida attorney general seeks to block recreational pot amendment from 2024 ballot
Moody wrote that she thinks “the proposed amendment fails to meet the requirements” of part of state law, though she did not elaborate.
Tampa Fringe announces encore ‘holdover’ performances happening this weekend
Post-apocalyptic one-man Disney tour ‘Rat Man Happy Place’ plays on Saturday.
Downtown Tampa’s new Melting Pot Social restaurant opens next week
The only other MeltSo in America is in North Carolina
USF professor breaks world record for living underwater
He has been living in the Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo since March 1
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning funding for college diversity programs
The governor also signed a separate bill that will prevent colleges and universities from requiring “political loyalty” tests.
Tampa City Council unanimously rejects plans for 50-unit luxury condo along Bayshore
The unanimous vote kills, for now, Related Group’s proposed development.
Review: Immersive and untethered to reality, Jobsite’s ‘Alice’ is an eclectic, episodic journey full of fun
It runs at Tampa’s Straz Center through June 4.
Florida citrus growers expected to deliver smallest orange crop in nearly 90 years
The budget for the current year includes $37 million to assist the citrus industry.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to push back middle, high school start times
The start times will be required to take effect by July 2026, giving school districts three years to develop plans.
Brad Paisley, Amanda Shires and more coming to Tampa Pig Jig 2023 this fall
Riley Green, The Head and the Heart, and Shovels & Rope are on the lineup, too.
Oracle Of Ybor: You have to believe something can change in order to change it
There is strength in trying, strength in hope.
House of Vegano has a new spot in St. Pete, Tampa gets Michelin stars, and more local foodie news
And the City of Tampa hosts its first Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival this weekend.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s ‘Viva la Musica’ concerts kickoff this weekend with Toño Rosario
Busch Gardens’ Food & Wine Festival goes Latin for the next two weekends, and kicks off four nights of May concerts with Toño Rosario, the former leader of merengue favorite Los Hermanos Rosario. The 67-year-old Dominican has been solo since 1990, and after he leaves, Sunday’s festivities include a set from wildly-popular Colombian salsa orchestra Grupo…
Indie-rock favorite Rainbow Kitten Surprise is back in Tampa Bay this week, and the show is sold-out
Candi Carpenter opens the band’s second show of a new U.S. tour.
The Psychedelic Furs bring career retrospective to Clearwater on Thursday
Evan Dando of The Lemonheads is supposed to open the show.
Punk-rock elder The Bouncing Souls brings new album to Tampa on Wednesday
Samiam and Swingin’ Utters are among the openers.
Háros principal Philip Charos brings jazz trio to St. Pete on Sunday
Expect music by John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
Florida Publix refused to put the word ‘trans’ on a cake, says support group
The bakery manager said that writing, “Trans people deserve joy,” was against corporate policy at Publix.
Songwriter Melissa Etheridge returns to Clearwater on Mother’s Day
It’s looking like no two shows and setlists are the same on this run of shows.
Meg Myers, who covered Kate Bush before she came back in vogue, plays Ybor City this weekend
Weathers and Band Of Silver open.
Jon Arterton, co-founder of all-gay acapella group The Flirtations, sings in St. Pete this weekend
James Mack, founder of St. Pete’s One City Chorus, will be there, too.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bills banning CBDC, blocking credit card companies from tracking gun sales
The new laws will take effect July 1.
Local officials remove alligator from Tampa Bay Publix parking lot
“We can only speculate that he was on his way to pick up a PubSub.”
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bills to hide his own travel records, target Disney’s monorail
DeSantis has been traveling across the country as he prepares for a potential 2024 presidential campaign.
Tampa restaurants Koya, Lilac and Rocca earn city’s first ever Michelin stars
The trio was among four Florida restaurants that earned their first stars.
Tampa’s Honeycomb Cafe is a new place to perk up or take a Zoom call with an off-camera bloody mary
Hooch and Hive’s new cafe has a Tampeño remix on the Irish Coffee, too.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to outlaw COVID-19 mandates
DeSantis held a bill-signing event in Destin on the same day that a federal public-health emergency for COVID-19 was set to end
Florida Orchestra’s free ‘Pops in the Park’ happens in Tampa on Mother’s Day
TFO collects non-perishable goods on behalf of Tampa Bay Harvest at this concert.
Darryl Shaw is bringing a new professional women’s soccer team to Tampa
A leaked website site says the USL Super League team kicks off in 2024.
Two lawsuits now filed against Florida’s new law aimed at crippling teacher unions
The lawsuit is filed against the state Public Employees Relations Commission, which will carry out the law.
As of now, Trulieve has spent over $38 million to legalize recreational pot in Florida
Most of the money has gone toward collecting and verifying petition signatures.
Duckweed Urban Grocery will open new storefront in downtown St. Pete
It will be its first location on this side of the bridge.
