A colorful parade photograph of the Tampa Bay Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during Tampa Pride in Ybor City, Florida March 23, 2024. In the foreground, a performer wearing white face paint with dramatic flame makeup above the eyes, white-and-red headwear, and a red habit adorned with lapel pins holds an open rainbow fan. Behind them in the street march, another performer with orange hair, sunglasses, and a black hat stands beside a performer with dark curly hair and face makeup, set against parade barricades, spectators, and historic Ybor City storefronts under an overcast sky.
Tampa Bay Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during Tampa Pride in Ybor City, Florida March 23, 2024. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

For more than a decade now, Theatre eXceptional has provided performance and education opportunities for adults with disabilities. Next Thursday, the company opens its production of “The Little Mermaid,” and that shit costs money to put on.

That’s why this bunch of nuns in makeup—aka the nonprofit Tampa Bay Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, which raised more than $20,000 for charity in 2024—will perform, throw ass, and more to raise funds. DJ Silence spins at this daytime event fueled by the strongest pours in Tampa Bay.

Donations are accepted during the Mermaids & Martinis fundraiser happening Sunday, Sept. 20 at The Hub in Tampa.

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This article appears in Sept. 17 – 23, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...