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If thereโ€™s anywhere you wanna be the night before St. Pete Pride, itโ€™s downtownโ€™s favorite outdoor concert venue.

โ€œRuPaulโ€™s Drag Raceโ€ winner Sasha Colby and Broadway legend Idina Menzel have both graced the Jannus Live stage in the wee hours before the Vinoy Park celebration. This year, thereโ€™s a bit of a different approach in genres.

In a public letter written to push the release of his new album Bloom, queer R&B singer-songwriter Durand Bernarr admitted that while he tends to write and work on his material alone, having a team by his side for the last few years opened his eyes to embracing togetherness in everything a bit more.

On it, the Cleveland boy (whose previous album En Route was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album earlier this year) sings about crashing out. He even recruited T-Pain on โ€œThat!โ€ (stylized in all-caps), which very well could have dominated contemporary radio in the middle of the aughts.

Tickets to see Durrand Bernarr play  St. Pete Pride’s Friday Night Concert happening on June 27 at Jannus Live are still available and start at $25.

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Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...