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Florida-based country acts start Memorial Day weekend with Skipper’s ‘Party Under The Oak’
Take a break from the tractor and take in some country tunes.
Selene San Felice
Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis, Maryland. She lives in St. Pete with her demon dog, Sophia.
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Mx. St. Pete Pride, St. Pete’s biggest drag pageant, is back this weekend
Guest judge Jazzell Barbie Royale will be rating St. Pete talent.
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Sweetfields Farm’s Sunflower Festival has one last picture-perfect weekend
There’s a fluffy cow named Cannoli.
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Dunedin Global fusion restaurant Caracara closes after six years
Chef and owner Traci Bryant will focus on nearby pizzaria Jack Pallino’s.
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Activists in Tampa post signs over I-4 equating ICE to German secret police
They also posted “FK ICE” and “CRUSH ICE.”
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Nominations are open for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay 2025
There are a bunch of new categories up for grabs.
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Tampa Bay’s best live music happening May 16-22
Including AC/DC, ‘One Night Live,’ Face to Face and more.
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Peelander-Z, the Japanese punk band straight out of a comic book, returns to Tampa this month
Grab your three-eyed Furby and head to Orpheum on your ‘Bike bike bike.’
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Prog rock band Cruel Curses releases new 40-minute song this weekend at Dunedin Brewery
$10 for a never before heard face-melting song and 3 local rock acts
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Ducky’s closes Tampa bar after 12 years as co-owner Evan Longoria retires from Rays
You can still get the Ybor Cuban wrap at TPA.
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Smino returns to St. Pete this weekend for his Kountry Kousins tour
Samara Cyn and Kal Banx open for Denzel Curry’s cousin
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ royalty Alyssa Edwards comes to Clearwater this weekend
She’ll tell her ‘Cinderfella story for the ‘Crowned’ tour.
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Roost & Rally bar crawl clucks for a cause through Ybor City this month
The strut raises funds for Ybor Misfits, and costumes are encouraged.
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Tampa Bay Abortion Fund hopes to raise $50K at this month’s ‘Night Under the Superstars’ party
In April, the fund helped 250 people get procedures.
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In Tampa, Pete Hegseth revisits his obsession with ‘dudes in dresses’
He could take a few makeup tips from our drag queens.
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Author Liz Coursen brings 2D time machines to Tampa for ‘An Illustrated History of the Postcard’
she will use museum-quality postcards to show Florida’s history from ox carts to air conditioning.