Posted inMusic
A quick guide to the 2026 Gasparilla Music Festival, happening this weekend in downtown Tampa
Get caught up on the backstory, bands, and, yes, where to park.
Ray Roa
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 in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The Daily Beast. Products and media for review consideration should be sent to 204 E. Henderson Ave., Tampa, FL 33602.
Posted inMusic
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening April 9-16
Including Gasparilla Music Festival, John Prine tribute concerts, Tampa Bay Blues Festival, and more.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Skateboarding’s infamous Tampa Pro tournament is this weekend
Entertainment for the festivities is punctuated by the Saturday concrete jam and BLP Kosher concert.
Posted inNews & Views
Hillsborough sheriff restricts high-ranking deputy from its premises, but has not yet explained why
Maj. Troy Morgan has served the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office since 1994.
Posted inMusic
Hernando’s Fox Fam Jam music festival kicks off Friday
The lineup is a mix of the state’s most revered jam, bluegrass, funk, electro and psych-rock bands.
Posted inMusic
‘I think we would have considered ourselves Gulfportian’: John Prine’s wife Fiona discusses Tampa Bay roots ahead of weekend tribute concerts
The Prine family’s Hello In There Foundation is also screening ‘How Lucky Can One Man Get’ in St. Pete Beach.
Posted inNews & Views
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay readers respond to Bondi getting fired, ‘Hunky Jesus’ party, and more
‘Well i guess the new owners of cl are same as the old owners. No hope for it being a decent rag anymore.’
Posted inMusic
Willie Nelson is coming to Clearwater this summer
He’ll be 93 years old by the time he lands at the BayCare Sound.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
He was rizzin’: Photos from the ‘Hunky Jesus & Foxy Mary’ contest at St. Pete’s Wet Spot pool bar
Talk about a res-erection.
Posted inMusic
Photos: Legendary Miami punk band Quit reunites with friends at Crowbar in Ybor City
An all-star lineup opened the show.
Posted inFood & Drink
South Tampa Argentinian steakhouse Renzo’s is moving to a new location just two miles away
Owners said they’ll be open by May after rising rents forced a relocation.
Posted inMusic
Tampa Bay’s best live music happening April 2-9
Including Jer, Billy Strings, Tampa Bay Blues Festival and more.
Posted inMusic
Legendary ’80s Miami skate-punk band tops stacked Tampa concert happening Friday
Members of Drag The River, Descendents, and Pohgoh are on the bill, too.
Posted inMusic
Tampa Bay Blues Festival kicks off 30th anniversary with intimate theater show
Before the Vinoy Park takeover, Jackie Venson and GA-20 play St. Pete on April 9.
Posted inMusic
Throwback pop band The Surfrajettes plays Ybor City on April 9
The ‘jettes are popular for a Britney Spears cover, but the rest of the Canadian instrumental quartet’s catalog is just as spin-worthy
Posted inMusic
Jer, one Florida’s best ska bands, plays Tampa this month
Ska Tune Network IRL.
Posted inMusic
Surfer-songwriter Donavon Frankenreiter plays emergent Ybor City live music venue Zodiac this month
Live music has a rich history at 1507 E 7th Ave.
Posted inMusic
USF hosts ‘Arthouse XXVI’ open studios and concert on Friday
Rikinish, a DJ from Hyogo prefecture rounds it out in support of a new album, ‘House Pigeon Vol. 2.’