Tampa Bay’s best live music happening July 26-August 1
Including Jimmy Eat World, Sad Summer, and many of Tampa Bay’s best instrumental acts.
St. Pete’s Small Bar spends weekends dishing out prized plates and ‘real wine’
It’s the first iteration of Spitz, a wine bar that’s headed to the Grand Central District later this year.
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PR firm that was paid to kill local rent control effort now going after Florida’s pro-pot amendment
The “Vote No on 3” opposition campaign is being led by Consensus Communications.
Hillsborough residents can now pay their taxes, renew car registration, at more Publix locations
The Hillsborough County Tax Collector unveiled three new kiosks.
‘My favorite thing I’ve ever done’: Scene vets find home in Soft Cuff, one of Tampa Bay’s best new bands
The band celebrates its new EP with a St. Pete show on Aug. 17.
Florida approves NIL deals for high school athletes
High schools won’t be able to use promises of NIL deals to recruit players.
Meet Fil Pate, Tampa’s mandolin-and-guitar wielding, genre-jumping musical polymath
His music lives in the record store’s Americana bin, but travels far and wide.
St. Pete’s Kerouac House hosts poetry reading this weekend
GrowHouse founder Dennis Amadeus is the featured poet.
Harp-drum duo Katara among Tampa Bay’s best instrumental bands
Natalie Depergola and Seth Adam Lynn just released their debut LP.
‘Our way of communicating is through our instruments’: La Lucha among Tampa Bay’s best instrumental bands
The jazz tr regularly features vocalists, but ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ is a must-listen.
Bay area jazz bassist Michael Ross brings in young luminaries for fifth album ‘Giraffe’
Ross is among the best homegrown instrumental bands you can listen to right now.
Tampa’s Prescribed Fire brings myriad of rock influences to its polyrhythmic instrumental music
From ‘70s stoner-rock to math-rock, disco, and swing, it’s all there.
Ceramist Dakota Parkinson closes ‘Uncomfortable’ art show in St. Pete this month
The show explores the idea of empathy.
Video shows man in Trump t-shirt killing protected shorebird with an e-scooter at Tampa Bay beach
The bird later died from its injuries.
Organizers hope to build world record Cuban sandwich outside Bucs practice this weekend
The previous record is 330 feet.
Tampa composer Rugawd writes love letters to bass, electronic music, hip-hop and jazz
He’s been collaborating with Hannibal Buress, too.
Here’s how Florida officials say they’ll enforce new social media law for kids
The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on at least some platforms.
Florida has highest rate of heat-related illnesses in the country, says report
‘Preempting local governments’ ability to protect workers from climate-caused extreme heat is inhumane.’
Meet the local orchestra that covers other Tampa Bay bands
Same Day Delivery Orchestra was formed in 2017.
Tampa trio Use & Care plays a punishing brand of instrumental rock
It’s one the best instrumental bands in Tampa Bay right now.
Sauce Pocket’s debut will have vocals on it, but for now it’s one of the Bay area’s best instrumental bands
Members are split between Tampa Bay and Jacksonville.
In Tampa Bay’s instrumental music scene, seeing Shaun Hopper is believing
The fingerstyle guitarist is a relentless gigger who’s played for thousands.
SlopFunkDust and Spontonola are totems of Tampa’s beat scene
The duo has produced over 200 beats over the last three years.
Going into a trance-like state at a Wahh World Fusion Band show is a rite of passage for Tampa Bay music fans
The next best chance to see Wahh in action is at the Tampa Bay Indian and World Music Festival happening on Sept. 2.
Zero Context’s genre-fluid live set embodies the spirit of experimental music
The band plays a ‘Musical Riot’ show at Dunedin Brewery on Aug. 1.
Retro House, Ybor City’s new coffee shop and Asian eatery, soft opens with to-go food service
It will celebrate a grand opening this fall when its cafe and dining room opens.
Florida’s population reaches 23 million, projected to add a city’s worth of people every year
“These increases are analogous to adding a city slightly smaller than Orlando, but larger than St. Petersburg every year,” the report said.
Busch Gardens Tampa will host a one-day-only Christmas and Halloween party this week
Scary and Merry will take place from 12-4 p.m. and is included with regular admission.
PAC aiming to put Medicaid expansion on Florida ballot raises $225K
Florida Decides Healthcare wants to put a proposed constitutional amendment on the November 2026 ballot.
‘We can show them unity’: Florida Democrats quickly lineup to endorse Kamala Harris
Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried said the speed of support for Harris isn’t surprising.
‘We cannot rely on just promises’: Despite opposition, St. Pete City Council OKs Rays-Hines redevelopment deal
Pinellas County Commission’s July 30 vote is expected to be a rubber stamp.
The best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay, including Michigander, Los Lobos, Clearwater Latin Jazz Fest and more
Plus, Johnny Mathis, The Righteous Brothers, Alan Jackson and more.
Oracle of Ybor: I didn’t get invited to a bachelorette party, and that hurts
And will moving help me feel less stuck?
Seminole Heights’ Jug & Bottle is for sale
Jug & Bottle opened in 2015 to much fanfare and has been a staple of Old Seminole Heights since.
Craft riverboat hosts a Tampa history-filled lunch cruise this fall
Tampa Bay History Center’s Rodney Kite-Powell will speak to guests as they enjoy their waterfront brunch.
Popular Mexican chain Barrio Tacos is now open in Ybor City
It’s the Midwestern franchise’s second location in Florida.
St. Pete’s ‘Poetry Alley’ wants you to bring a meaningful object to the MFA on Saturday
The ‘FAX’ collective is honoring the ‘Never the Same Song’ exhibition up right now.
Aspiring Tampa filmmaker Joseph Rodriguez is on the new season of ‘Big Brother’
The reality TV series kicked off Wednesday.
PAC aiming to legalize recreational pot in Florida raises $313K in a week
In all, the Smart & Safe Florida committee has raised nearly $61.5 million since being formed in 2022.
Clearwater Jazz Holiday’s summer superjam happens tonight in St. Pete
More than a dozen musicians will be onstage.
University of Florida president Ben Sasse abruptly resigns, citing wife’s health
He said he also wanted to spend more time with his children.
After going nonprofit, St. Pete’s Green Light Cinema raises $8,000 in a week
Talking with co-founder Mike Hazlett about the theater’s new nonproft initiative.
Miami Vietnamese restaurant Tâm Tâm pops up at The Tampa Edition next month
Owner and chef Tam Pham won the Michelin Guide’s Young Chef Award earlier this year.
Stormrunners Tavern to open out of former Caddy’s Gulfport location
The two-story waterfront bar and restaurant also features a dog bar.
‘Clown show’: Florida Democrats respond to Rubio, Scott and DeSantis RNC speeches
The three took the stage during the second day of the convention in Milwaukee.
Tensions emerge between democrats in Hillsborough’s State Attorney race
Andrew Warren and Elizabeth Martinez Strauss would like to face off against DeSantis appointee Suzy Lopez.
CDC data says 28 percent of adult Floridians can’t afford to see the doctor when they need to
The figure is down from recent years.
Florida Gov. DeSantis’ voter fraud suspects can now be charged, judges say
The charges against Miller, Hubbard and 18 other convicted felons were announced in August 2022.
Dunedin Brewery opens the mic to remember Zak White, musician who helped the homeless and rocked stages, too
The late 44-year-old played in bands starting at the age of 13.
Three-day, no-cover, ‘Heat Fest’ music festival kicks off Friday in St. Pete
More than a dozen bands will take the stage.
St. Pete show from French trio Oden & Fatzo tops this weekend’s Tampa Bay EDM calendar
Saik!, Trippy Squad and DJ Blenda are all in action, too.
Bandmates and family of David Crosby, Neil Young, bringing the music of CSNY to Clearwater
Rock photographer Henry Diltz will tell stories, too.
Superhero rock band The Aquabats lands in Tampa on Saturday
‘Finally!,’ with a new album in tow.
