Before Tampa gig, Chameleons’ Vox reveals the album that changed his life
Following a nearly two-decade long hiatus, founding Chameleons Mark “Vox” Burgess and Reg Smithies revived the Britpop outfit to record a post-COVID live album, Edge Sessions (Live from the Edge). Backing them were members of ChameleonsVox, a semi-eponymous project that saw Vox perform his old band’s catalog. Something seemed to click, because ever since, Vox…
USF jazz professors will play Miles Davis’ ‘Birth of the Cool’ this weekend in Ybor City
Miles Davis, the coolest man in music would’ve turned 100 years old this year, so it’s only fitting that the Tampa Jazz Club would stage a tribute. The University of South Florida’s faculty jazztet drives this Miles Davis tribute recreating the 1957 album Birth of the Cool, where the famed trumpeter first connected with pianist…
St. Pete man wants to buy long-shuttered Haslam’s bookstore, and he’s selling 500,000 t-shirts to do it
Local artist Filipe Bergson wants to sell enough t-shirts to bring back Haslam’s Bookstore in St. Petersburg. The iconic indie bookstore closed its doors back in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and since then the 30,000-square-foot building has sat vacant at 2025 Central Ave.—along with the nearly 300,000 new and used books still sitting inside. …
Donations will be tripled during Jobsite Theater’s ‘Hedwig’ concert fundraiser in Tampa
For some, the only thing better than live “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” is getting it on a breezy patio with a bottle of wine. Jobsite Theater gives Tampa that this weekend for a fundraiser at Independent Bar & Cafe. En plein air this weekend will be “original cast members Spencer Meyers and Amy E.…
Bananas has a killer Record Store Day concert for St. Pete
Fresh off sets at Gasparilla Music Festival and Gainesville’s Big: Culture & Arts Festival, Bay area band Little Giver is back onstage, this time for Record Store Day at Bananas Records in St. Pete. The folk-pop outfit’s gem of a debut LP is a quiet and irresistible self-titled for fans of Faye Webster, Phoebe Bridgers…
DJ Three is doing a four-hour, all-vinyl, birthday set in St. Pete this weekend
“Respect your elders” usually suggests that a person has reached the end of their run, but DJ Three continues to be as influential as he was in the early-’90s when Trip Magazeen was the heartbeat of a local electronic music scene. The DJ and producer is back in the booth with longtime scene staple Brian…
Looking to dig in the crates? Here are all the record stores in Tampa Bay
Here’s our 2026 update to a list of record stores across the Tampa Bay area. Some are home to extensive collections of different genres, and others offer a smaller, curated inventory—including used and older records for the vintage lover. What did we miss here? Help us refine this listing and keep it updated for the…
PHOTOS: Everyone we saw at Mac Sabbath’s supersized Orpheum Tampa set
Part standup, part Black Sabbath tribute, the LA-based band’s show centers around McDonalds bits and fast food puns.
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Adam Friedland, ‘The Meeting’ and all the best Tampa Bay events [April 16-23]
There’s a ton of stuff to do in Tampa Bay this week, including Adam Friedland in Tampa, Stageworks’ “The Meeting” and Premier League Live at Armature Works.
Tarpon Springs Book Festival leads Indie Bookstore Day events
Book lovers can participate by collecting a passport at their local shop and gathering stamps at any of the participating stores up to the day on April 25. The crawl concludes with a myriad of events hosted at each shop, where stamped passports can be turned in to enter a giveaway for literary-themed prizes. See…
New Port Richey reelects Mayor Chopper Davis
Davis won 43% of the vote, according to the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections. The incumbent earned 640 votes in a four-way nonpartisan race that included Marlowe Jones, Daisy Thomas, and Kelly Mothershead Timmons.
Guy Fieri, two ‘Taste’ parties and more Tampa Bay food news
This week in Tampa Bay food news, Guy Fieri—AKA the Mayor of Flavortown—was spotted outside Tampa’s Supernatural Food & Wine.
