Creative Loafing’s annual Best of the Bay Party is back on Thursday, September 29th at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center! Join us in celebrating the Tampa Bay area’s best local people, places, businesses, events, & more—voted by YOU.

Get your hands on a copy of CL’s annual Best of the Bay issue a night early, sample your way around Tampa Bay area bites & drinks from some previous Best of the Bay winners and 2022 nominees, rub elbows with prominent locals, enjoy local live entertainment & so much more!

VIP Admission, General Admission Plus, and General Admission tickets are available now at botbtampabay.com.


Ava avatampa.com Credit: Ava
Bake’n Babes VIP-only bakenbabes.com Credit: Bake’n Babes
Bulla Gastrobar bullagastrobar.com Credit: Bulla Gastrobar
Casa Tina casatinas.com Credit: Casa Tina
Cayman Jack caymanjack.com Credit: Cayman Jack
CW’s Gin Joint cwginjoint.com Credit: CW’s Gin Joint
Estrella Galicia estrellagaliciausa.com Credit: Estrella Galicia
Ghost Tequila ghosttequila.com Credit: Ghost Tequila
Green Lemon eatgreenlemon.com Credit: Green Lemon
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa seminolehardrocktampa.com Credit: Seminole Hard Rock Tampa
HEW Parlor & Chophouse fenwayhotel.com/taste/hew-parlor-chophouse Credit: HEW Parlor & Chophouse
Oddfellows oddfellowsnyc.com Credit: Oddfellows
PRP Wine International prpwine.com Credit: PRP Wine International
Raw Smoothie Co. rawsmoothieco.com Credit: Raw Smoothie Co.
Rollin’ Oats Market rollinoats.com Credit: Rollin’ Oats Market
Taco Dirty tacodirty.com Credit: Taco Dirty
Tibby’s New Orleans Kitchen tibbys.com Credit: Tibby’s New Orleans Kitchen
Water + Flour waterandfloursoho.com Credit: Water + Flour
White Claw whiteclaw.com Credit: White Claw
Wicked Oak Barbeque wickedoakbbq.com Credit: Wicked Oak Barbeque
Zing Zang zingzang.com Credit: Zing Zang