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Geoff Tate plays Queensrÿche classics in much-anticipated reopening of Ruth Eckerd Hall’s main room
He was the first act to play the space since March.
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Donate an instrument and get a free ticket for Gasparilla Music Festival 2021 this Saturday
Dates for GMF 2021 have yet to be announced.
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Nashville guitarist and songwriter Hannah Wicklund postpones Friday concert in Tampa
‘Unforeseen circumstances’ are to blame.
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St. Petersburg’s Floridian Social Club music venue and lounge is close to opening
Front of house is hiring, and the operations manager sees a certificate of occupancy on the horizon.
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Spanish guitarist Benise will bring 20th anniversary tour to St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater
A hot show for the summer.
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Here are the Tampa Bay music venues who’ve joined the ‘Safe & Sound’ responsible concert coalition
Because the governor won’t, these places have pledged to seat and ticket at limited capacities while also strictly enforcing mask usage and social distancing.
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Tampa’s Sunset Music Festival rescheduled again—this time for Memorial Day weekend 2021
Tickets for the December dates will ‘roll over’ according to organizers.
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Florida Strawberry Festival cancels concerts for 2021 event in Plant City
Everything else at the 11-day festival is still on though.
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Chick Corea bringing John Patitucci and Dave Weckl to St. Pete for rare Akoustic Band performance
The show happens on Dec. 15 at Mahaffey Theater.
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Citing COVID-19 spike, St. Petersburg’s Palladium Theater cancels live events again
On Monday, Florida added 4,663 coronavirus cases and 41 deaths.
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Ticketmaster is developing a plan to track guests’ COVID-19 status before they get to a live concert
Ticketmaster wouldn’t have access to people’s medical records, just the verification of COVID-19 status.
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Tampa nightclub Dallas Bull criticized for hosting packed concert by country singer Tyler Farr
The beleaguered venue’s photo of the show was deleted after CL reached out on Sunday night.
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The Florida Orchestra returned last weekend and has plans for even more concerts at St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater
Only 25% of available seating is sold at the socially-distanced shows.
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Rapper Common will campaign for Joe Biden in Tampa today
He’ll be knocking on doors in northeast Tampa.
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Christian pop staple TobyMac books Tampa Bay’s first post-shutdown arena concerts
The Mac returns to Amalie Arena for a two-night stand on Feb. 19-20.
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Chick Corea returns to the stage in first of two sold-out Clearwater solo shows
He plays Ruth Eckerd Hall again Saturday night.
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Tampa expat and Merchandise frontman Carson Cox debuts new Romeo Blu project
This after releasing music with Aertex and Too Free.
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Jimmy Buffett postpones Tampa concert again, this time until December 2021
All tickets purchased for the original Amalie show, and the first rescheduled one, will be honored.
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Big-name headliners help out Tampa Bay venues for this weekend’s Save Our Stages’ virtual fest
Tune in Friday-Sunday, Oct. 16-18.
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Farewell to the great, inimitable Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen was rightfully known as the consummate guitar slinger.