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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.
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Tampa Bay’s best live music and concerts happening December 4-11
Including a whole lot of festivals.
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Have Gun, Will Travel launches new EP in St. Pete on Friday
The Americana scene staple has a reflection on NASA’s late-’70s satellite program.
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Tampa’s Sweetwater farm hosts ‘Farm Aid’ concert this weekend
And there’s now an option to camp at the farm after the show.
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Semis and Hotel Life bandmates play morning jam on Saturday
Grab a coffee with Billy Summer and Joe Harley.
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Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival returns to Dunedin this weekend
The 2024 festival got nixed after back-to-back-hurricanes.
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Without irony, Wolf-Face is playing St. Pete’s Friends of Strays benefit concert
The pack is joined by more than a dozen other bands this weekend.
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The Spill Canvas and Mae play landmark albums in full for Tampa
The bands are at Orpheum this weekend.
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Music lawyer is turning his birthday party into a showcase of Tampa hip-hop
And there’s no cover if you bring a toy to donate.
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Before Clearwater gig, Lady A’s Charles Kelley recalls the best gig he ever saw
Who doesn’t love a jam-band double feature?
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North American tour by rising Florida songwriter Nep among best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay
Her sound was shaped by Daytona Beach and the Frost School of Music.
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Driverless taxi company Waymo eyes expansion to Tampa
It could be a year before Tampa residents will actually be able to ride in a driver-free taxi.
