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Tampa Bay’s best live music happening December 11-18
In the holiday spirit, bigtime.
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Ahead of return to Ybor City, Ax and The Hatchetmen’s Axel Ellis recalls the best gig he ever saw
So much to tell about Alabama Shakes.
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Tour celebrating Brandy & Monica’s 1998 hit comes to Tampa on Friday
Be ready for two separate headlining sets along with shared stage time.
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Prog-jazz trio Photon kicks off three-night Dunedin stand on Friday
The shows are at Dunedin Brewery and The Moon Tower.
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The inimitable ‘Hallucination Before Christmas’ rave returns to Ybor City this weekend
Halloween meets the holidays and almost 40 DJs, all for charity.
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St. Pete metal band Antacid Trip celebrates new album on Saturday
Tim Ramsland’s trio has a bleak, albeit honest, outlook on the zeitgeist.
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ZooTampa shares photos of the baby monkey born last weekend
The occasion marks the first birth of the ‘vulnerable’ species there since 2018.
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Tampa’s ‘Merry Mosh 2’ concert and market benefits reproductive freedom
Fallfiftyfeet visits from West Virginia in the headlining slot.
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It’s not the holidays if Trans-Siberian Orchestra doesn’t do a Tampa concert
The ensemble plays a doubleheader this weekend.
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Jazz returns to ‘The Scrub’ in Tampa on Dec. 16
Pianist Nick Peters gets the honors.
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‘One Tree Hill’ stars play music from the show in St. Pete on Dec. 18
Tyler Hilton and Kate Voegele are at Bayboro Brewing Co.
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Bluegrass fusion phenom Billy Strings returns to Tampa on spring tour
Welcome to the era of arena-grass.
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Groovy, retro jam scene favorite The California Honeydrops comes to St. Pete in January
The Oakland outfit is supporting a new album, ‘Redwood Highway.’
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Tampa Monitor: CRA and land use decisions include potential land for TGH facility in Ybor City
Tampa City Councilmembers, meeting as the CRA, will also vote on the CRA services agreement with the city.
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Hillsborough County Commission candidate Neil Manimala talks transit, compassion, bipartisanship and Wawa coffee
He’s hoping to block Donna Cameron Cepeda, a Republican elected in 2022, from re-election in District 5.
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Tampa Monitor: Plan to sell downtown police headquarters is moving forward
The expected selling price is $36 million.
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For centennial finale, St. Pete City Theatre recreates its own 1940s ‘Christmas Carol’ WSUN broadcast
It shows select nights Dec. 12-21.
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Four holiday theater productions to check out in Tampa Bay
More ‘Caol’ing, plus an adaptation of an O. Henry classic.
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St. Pete’s freeFall Theatre is going longer and stronger for its 2025 rendition of ‘A Christmas Carol’
Four singers will be onstage along with Matthew McGee.
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Jim Sorensen presents his favorite parts of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in Tampa
The music and most of the sound effects will be handled by Juan Rodriguez.