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One-day festival celebrates the spirit and work of late Tampa artist Vince Kral
Vincentfest organizers hope to bring fun in the form of everything Kral loved.
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Tampa Bay’s best live music and concerts happening May 1-8
Including Cynthia Erivo, Country Thunder, Tall Juan and more.
Tampa hardcore promoter Locust Parade celebrates third anniversary with Saturday supershow
Spoil visits from Athens, backed by a who’s who of Florida heavy hitters.
Interview: Ahead of Clearwater show, Noah Reid talks songwriting, acting, and blending the two
One of ‘The Best’ plays the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre next Thursday.
Maynard James Keenan brings ‘Sessanta 2.0’ super concert to Tampa in May
Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, and Primus will all be there.
May concert will honor late Tampa Bay jazz singer Synia Carroll
She died this year at 67 years old.
Next-gen Filipino-Australian pop star Grentperez plays St. Pete on Wednesday
No one should be surprised that a Filipino turned his love of the microphone into stardom
Hindustani vocalist and playback icon Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar comes to Tampa on Sunday
Support comes from Shankh Lahiri on tabla and Anirban Chakrabarty on harmonium
‘Sound Waves’ set brings mushroom jazz to Clearwater Beach on Saturday
Bring a yoga mat to the pier when Mark Farina headlines.
If The Castle’s not gay enough for you, there’s a ‘Goth Dyke Night’ happening in Ybor City this weekend
The St. Pete collective returns to the historic district on Saturday.
St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater celebrates 60th anniversary with Cheap Trick
Safety Harbor resident Robin Zander leads his band on Saturday.
Iconic boomer crooner Tom Jones play two Clearwater concerts this week
One of ’em will cost you a pretty penny to get into.
Songwriter Tall Juan, riding high on ‘Racoon Nights,’ returns to Tampa this weekend
Juan Zaballa is back in town and taller than ever. The 36-year-old better known as Tall Juan arrives at this Seminole Heights record shop gig still riding high on 2024’s Racoon Nights where he’s traded the Latin flavor from his last outing Tall Juan Plays Cumbia for dizzying, dance-floor-ready psych-pop driven by synths and programmed beats…
Leslie Mendelson, who counts Jackson Browne as a fan, plays Safety Harbor on Friday
These guys won’t be present, but the stories Mendelson could tell will surely make up for it.
Tampa Bay activists honor 1937 Antifascist Women’s March in Ybor City this week
More than 5,000 women—mostly working class Latinas—united on May 6, 1937 to protest facism spreading in Spain and around the world.
TikTok-famous UK rock band Bôa plays Tampa on Thursday
This is a band with plenty of energy already bottled up, having just ended a lengthy hiatus.
The Florida Orchestra will wrap up its 2024-25 season with ‘Pops in the Park’ performance
No more pre-orchestra highway traffic, Tampeños.
Watch this barefoot Florida man capture a seven-foot alligator with a trash can
Alligator mating season starts in May.
Aldi converted from Winn-Dixie opens this week in South Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood
A St. Pete conversion is under construction.
Tampa Monitor: New Council Chair, Hope Shelter, on tap for Thursday council meeting
The draft agenda has 75 items, 62 which require a vote.
BIlls to help Florida charter schools move closer to DeSantis’ desk
Charter schools are not bound by the same regulations as traditional public schools.
Tampa Christian school’s pregame prayer fight heads to the US Supreme Court
Cambridge Christian School will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a decision last year by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that sided with the FHSAA.
Hillsborough School Board among those who’ve spent money on D.C. lobbying
But it’s spent less than $300,000 since 2019.
Amendment allowing Florida’s wrongfully incarcerated to get compensation heads to DeSantis
Since 1989, 91 people in Florida have been exonerated or released from incarceration as a result of post-conviction DNA testing.
Bill to repeal Florida’s Labor Pool Act advances to full House
Whether the bill will pass into law this year is in question after the Senate bill (SB 1672) was temporarily postponed in committee.
Riverfest brings tacos, lanterns, yoga, weiner dogs and more to Tampa’s waterfront
Tacos, wiener dogs, waterskiiers, oh my!
Temple Terrace celebrates 100 years with River Jam festival
Bring your chairs and blankets and get ready to jam.
Florida judge recommends against drilling near the Apalachicola River
The drilling site is within the 100-year floodplain of the Apalachicola River basin.
Poll: Majority of Florida Hispanic voters hold negative view of President Trump’s first 100 days
Of the 158 Florida voters surveyed in the poll, 49% said they voted for Trump last fall and 47% for Democrat Kamala Harris.
Tampa resident organizes ‘Stand up for the First Amendment’ live event
Music, comedy, history and guest speakers converge on Tampa Heights this weekend.
Adult Therapy brings wine and craft workshops to St. Pete’s Historic Uptown
The name Adult Therapy reflects their approach: an open embrace of the therapeutic value of creative hobbies and wine enjoyed in moderation.
Cheeky’s Fish & Raw Bar opens next week in St. Pete
The menu will feature fresh seafood from local and Gulf waters, including oysters from Florida and the East Coast, Maine lobster rolls, New Orleans-style po-boys and more.
Tampa Bay podcast blooms into to nonprofit focused on enhancing ocean education in local schools
‘Ocean Class’ is a pilot program being tested in Hillsborough County schools.
The Bucs had a fine draft despite the weird start
Fans should feel good about their standing in the NFC South
Tampa Monitor: City Council hears report on developing in city’s ‘Coastal High Hazard Area’
Unspent FY24 funds were discussed in the workshop, too.
Florida House approves bill preventing anonymous complaints against cops
But the Senate Version by Tampa Republican Jay Collins is effectively dead for the session.
Florida House vote: Teens need parental consent to get STI treatment, but not to work full-time
The change could come at a time when Florida teens are contracting chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis at the highest rates since 2008.
Judge OKs ongoing fight against Florida law that bans ‘cultivated’ meat
The state law, in part, makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture cultivated meat.
The kids ain’t all right; the kids are scared—and furious
Columnist Diane Roberts says, ‘Nobody wants your feeble prayers.’
TECO hike rates get backing, despite objections from Florida Rising and others
The regulatory commission is scheduled May 6 to take up a request by the state Office of Public Counsel, which represents ratepayers, and two consumer groups to reconsider approval of the rate hikes.
H Mart coming to Tampa, Shaq’s Big Chicken, new Bayshore rooftop bar, and more local food news
Plus King of the Coop is back in the Heights, Largo’s new pickleball bar and more.
St. Pete Deuces district will be chock-full of art for May’s Tampa Bay Chalk Festival
Twenty-five artists will tackle the theme “Our Watery Futures”
Tarpon Springs Book Festival among indie bookstore celebrations across Tampa Bay
There are a bunch of indie bookstores in the Bay area, and many celebrate the holiday this weekend.
‘Nothing official yet’: Former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn responds to reports he’s running for a third term
The worst kept secret in Tampa politics finally got some air.
Creative Loafing and Channelside Brewing release new Beermosa lager at ‘Brunched’ this weekend
Channelside Brewing, makers of the guava wheat Best of the Bay Beer Can Building Beer, have done it again with with the strawberry-tangerine lager.
Pickle & Pint, Largo’s new indoor pickleball courts, cafe and bar, opens any day
After games, players can cool down at the on-site bar, which serves craft beers from Florida breweries, wine, and coffee from Belleair Coffee Company.
Iconic Korean supermarket H Mart files permits to build in Tampa
The location is just a mile-and-a-half north of Raymond James Stadium.
‘The Democratic Party in Florida is dead’: Centrist Sen. Jason Pizzo switches party affiliation
He’s going independent.
Pinellas sheriff on immigration arrests: ‘We take our direction on something like that from the judge, not from anybody else’
Florida’s attorney general sent a letter to law enforcement stating that he won’t stop them from enforcing a temporarily blocked state immigration la
Florida’s latest E-Verify measure looks dead in the Senate
The House passed a bill Wednesday requiring all employers to use an online system to verify that their new hires can legally work in the country.
Pinellas Republican David Jolly is a Democrat now—and really close to running for governor
As an indication of his intentions, Jolly has hired Democratic campaign strategist Eric Hyers as an adviser.
Florida Republican repeats false claim that Florida has state OSHA
Abbott’s bill, HB 6033, seeks to repeal Florida’s Labor Pool Act,
Amigo The Devil brings painfully honest Americana to Tampa in May
The show moved from St. Petersburg to Tampa.
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Music Festival takes over Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park this weekend
Morris Day, Eric Darius, Boney James and more are in the lineup.
New World Tampa’s 30th anniversary weekend brings in some of the venue’s most-beloved artists
It goes down Friday-Saturday on Skagway.
Pat Travers band plays sold-out Safety Harbor concert on Saturday
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett says he’s one of the all-time greatest to ever wield a six-string.
Southern-rock band Blackberry Smoke plays Tampa this weekend
The Atlanta band is Saturday’s Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival headliner.
Tiny.Blips kicks off busy weekend of heady live music at Dunedin Brewery
Photon and members of Perpetual Groove are in the building, too.
Tampa band Rototiller releases new EP, and plays final show, on Friday
After seven years of writing songs about being called a hobo lookalike and channeling Southern-folk-grunge vibes, Seminole Heights band Rototiller is hanging it up with one last EP release. Fallow, which just released last Friday. Tickets to see Rototiller play Deviant Libation in Tampa on Friday, April 25 are $10 at the door.Readers are invited to submit…
USF jazz instructor Ross Strauser brings 18-piece orchestra to Ybor City this weekend
It’s the world premiere of the 15-movement suite, ‘Going to the Sun.’
Tampa Legals 4/24/25
Tampa Legals Legals Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com. ending on May 9, 2025 at 10:00 am for units located at Compass Self Storage 1685 Hwy 17 N Eagle Lake Florida 33839. Purchases must be…
FSU students protest lack of gun control laws after deadly campus shooting
Proposed Florida laws to loosen gun limits have stalled, but so have attempted restrictions.
