The Florida Orchestra’s free ‘Pops in the Park’ series returns this Saturday

With fall temperatures starting to arrive, the lawn at St. Pete’s Vinoy Park (701 Bayshore Dr. NE),  is begging for your bum to sit on a picnic blanket and soak in the sounds of The Florida Orchestra (TFO).

The nonprofit ensemble’s robust “Pops In the Park” program includes one intermission to break up a dozen selections including John Williams movie favorites (“Indiana Jones and the Lost Ark,” “Superman”), patriotic jams (John Philip Sousa, “Star-Spangled Banner”), plus older shit from Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Kabalevsky.

Chelsea Gallo conducts, and TFO is collecting non-perishable goods for Tampa Bay Harvest’s annual food drive.

There’s no cover to attend Pops in the Park happening on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m.  TFO has been hosting this free concert series for almost three decades; the rest of its schedule can be browsed at floridaorchestra.org. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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This article appears in Oct 5-11, 2023.