Tampa Bay’s best live music happening April 25-May 2
Including the Katara album release, Breakaway Festival, Gaza! Rising benefit, and more.
Panter Bélico, rising king of modern Mexican roots music, plays Tampa on Saturday
You may recognize the 21-year-old from his time in Grupo Arriesgado.
Milla Killa tops another busy weekend at Water Street Tampa’s new Alter Ego lounge
Spreadsheets, DJ Ku, and DJ Flaco are also headed to Water Street over the next few days.
After opening for Rod Wave, Atlanta songwriter Mariah the Scientist headlines a St. Pete show this weekend
And the gig’s already sold-out.
Some of Tampa Bay’s best live acts play ‘Gaza! Rising’ benefit concert in Ybor City
Donations will be accepted at this weekend’s show.
Pompano Beach rapper Loe Shimmy plays Ybor City on Friday
Club Skye is where it’s ‘Fallin.’
Kenny G heads to Clearwater, fresh of ‘Innocence’ album of jazz lullabies
Rock a bye baby G.
Maryland rock band Jimmie’s Chicken Shack plays St. Pete on Friday
Tropico Blvd. and Pilot Jonezz open.
Ann and Nancy Wilson bring Heart to Tampa this weekend
Safety Harbor man Robin Zander opens the show with Cheap Trick.
DJ Three returns to Tampa Bay for Hallucienda anniversary party on Friday
Brian Busto and Rat Galactic support.
Ahead of fall festival appearance with Pearl Jam, Florida indie-pop superstar Flipturn plays St. Pete
The show at Jannus Live this weekend is sold-out.
Breakaway Festival brings Illenium, Kaskade, Zedd and more to Tampa this weekend
You know, because Sunset took the year off.
This weekend’s Green Thumb Festival is like a plantasia for St. Pete
It’s Arbor Day, bitches.
Tampa photographer Dave Decker ponders the idea of progress in new show opening this week
The Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributor is looking for the shot outside of the shot.
Tampa post-punk band Sleeping Pills enters its oceans era in new video for ‘Door Of Time’
Analog synth lord Ortrotasce, plus Orlando rock outfit Get With This, open the show.
Interview: Katara spent years bottling up all the joy on its new album ‘These Days’
On Friday, the harp and drum duo celebrates one of the Bay area’s most optimistic and forward-looking local albums of the last decade.
Ciro’s, one of Tampa’s first speakeasy concepts, has closed
It’s been temporarily closed since last month.
DeSantis approves $200 million boost for My Safe Florida Home grant program
The program offers inspections and grants up to $10,000 to help residents upgrade homes.
Crisp & Green abruptly closes Water Street location
The fast-casual spot was only open for a year.
Pinellas Asian street food markets team up for weekend Lao New Year Celebration
But you have to pay to park.
Chicken tender chain Sugar Wing opens first Florida location in Tampa Bay this week
Free tendies for the first 50 people in line this Saturday.
Flatbread & Butter’s new cafe is now open in downtown Tampa
Just coffee and pastries for now though.
Popular Orlando Turkish restaurant Bosphorous opening new location in St. Pete
The concept has signed a lease to debut within the new mixed-use Edge Collective.
‘One person responsible for this nightmare’: Biden pins Florida’s 6-week abortion ban on Trump
“Don’t mess with the women of America!” Biden then declared to the loudest cheers of the afternoon.
Florida is getting a naked cruise line next year
Pack lightly.
Former owner of Tampa’s Hall on Franklin closes Orlando food hall
The Hall on Franklin in Tampa closed in 2020, as well as The Hall at Ashford Lane in Atlanta.
DeSantis says he’ll approve $1.5 billion from Florida budget for Everglades restoration
The $117.46 billion budget (HB 5001) is among 164 bills from the 2024 legislative session that have not been delivered to DeSantis.
St. Pete Norwegian-Asian restaurant Lingr will close this weekend
Owner and Executive Chef Jeffrey Jew says he needs to focus on the health of his family.
Interview: Outsider no more, indie-rock darling Alvvays finally brings ‘Blue Rev’ to Florida
Molly Rankin & co. play The Ritz Ybor on May 5.
Review: Benson Boone backflips and belts out bops in sold-out St. Pete show
Boone moved seamlessly through songs, crooned about current and past loves, and worked in upbeat melodies.
Tijuana Flats closes four Tampa Bay locations following bankruptcy filing
There are still more than a dozen still in operation locally.
Gator removed from runway at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base
The gator was possibly forced out of its home by a much larger, 12-foot alligator named “Elvis.”
Here’s how to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day in Tampa Bay
From Lakeland, to Tampa, St. Pete, Sarasota and everywhere in between.
Indie Bookstore Day is this weekend, and Tampa Bay needs more of them
We also need more little free libraries and louder literacy advocates.
Tampa Pig Jig brings Dierks Bentley to downtown this fall
The Revivalists, Muscadine Bloodline, The Cadillac Three and Greylan James are on the bill, too.
Florida will appeal ruling after judge says state can’t enforce pronoun law against teacher
Walker’s decision said that the law violated the First Amendment.
Tampa restaurants earn more Michelin stars, Sweetwater Farm’s annual fundraiser returns, and more local food news
Plus, the return of Tampa Bay Taco Week.
Kahwa opens long-awaited drive-thru shop in St. Pete
The local coffee brand just celebrated its 18th anniversary.
Environmental group will try again to make clean water a constitutional right in Florida
The proposal would establish “an enforceable, fundamental right to clean and healthy waters.”
Five Tampa restaurants earn Michelin stars in 2024 guide
Ebbe and Kōsen joined Koya, Lilac, and Rocca.
Floridania Fest returns to Gulfport for another year of kitschy collecting
This month’s memorabilia show reminds us why we’ve always loved Florida.
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs public school chaplains bill, says satanists need not apply
‘We’re not playing those games in Florida,’ he vows.
President Joe Biden is coming to Tampa next week
Biden will appear in Tampa on Tuesday, but details of the visit were not released.
Former Florida Gov. Graham remembered as ‘a friend and a consummate public servant’
“As a governor, senator, and legislator, he spent decades fighting for the people of Florida.”
‘In The Trees,’ truth pours from the lips of Tampa poet Kennedy Engasser
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
Historian Gary Mormino led St. Petersburg poet Thomas Hallock to ‘This Curious World: 1937’
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
St. Petersburg writer Tyler Gillespie has a poem for people who are dating after a long-term relationship
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
Three trees helped Tampa Bay poet Edmarie Aponte write ‘Ode to the Dryads’
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
Tampa poet Unspoken has the ‘Blossoming Branches’ of orchids and apple trees on his mind
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
Poet Victoria Dym is allergic to live oak, but there was something about ‘This Tree’ in Lowry Park
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
Tampa poet IAM reflects on the power of the ‘Willow’
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
‘Childhood Trees Are Taller,’ says University of South Florida poet Alex Rivera
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
Hurricane Ian led Gulf Coast poet Saoirse Ibargüen to ‘A Tree You Shouldn’t Love’
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
Tampa poet GeminiFox expresses frustration and helplessness in ‘Kindling’
Tampa Bay poets reflect on trees for National Poetry Month.
