Tampa Bay’s best live music happening July 4-10
Including They Hate Change, Slum Village, The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker, and more.
Hatebreed leads ‘Summer Slaughter’ tour coming to St. Petersburg on Tuesday
Co-founding guitarist Wayne Lozinak won’t be there, but the lineup is stacked.
Elvis Costello and the Imposters returns to St. Pete this month, and we bet he wears the kilt
He’s joined by longtime Bob Dylan guitarist Charlie Sexton.
Katie Costello headlines Tampa ‘Local Legends’ show this weekend
Pop/R&B instrumentalist Taylor Reed and alt-rock and country singer/songwriter Rich Anello open the show.
Blue Oyster Cult plays Tampa’s Hard Rock on the Fourth of July
We’re in an era where digging into the vault and rerecording unused tracks is a fairly common practice for those that came before our time, and Blue Oyster Cult took up the trend last year. The word on the street is that Ghost Stories—the Long Island band’s latest, odds-and-ends collection—will be the boys’ final studio…
Trump’s lawsuit against the Pulitzer board will go to the Florida Supreme Court
Trump filed the suit after the board refused to rescind a 2018 award to The New York Times and The Washington Post
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Hundreds of immigrants to arrive at Everglades detention center tonight, Uthmeier announces
“Next stop: back to where they came from.”
DeSantis’ 2025 budget vetoes include $14M meant for Hillsborough County Sheriff aviation hangar
He also doesn’t want to study the consequences of eliminating property taxes.
Law shielding Florida lawmakers addresses among those that took effect this week
With Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a state budget and a flurry of other bills, the dust has settled on the 2025 legislative session.
‘Gulf Of America,’ school start times and more freshly-signed laws for Florida educators
Lawmakers spent much of the 2025 legislative session at odds with each other, causing several education bills to be delayed until the last scheduled day of session.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott was ‘surprised’ by spending in ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but he still voted for it anyway
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a calculation Sunday showing the bill would add $3.25 trillion to deficits over 10 years.
Dyke Night brings a ‘Brat’ summer revival to Ybor City on the Fourth of July
Right now, the status of Brat Summer—which took off in June 2024—is a grey area for Charli XCX stans.
Pinellas County’s first Dutch Bros is on the way, and traffic could be too
Largo is getting the pink straw.
Tampa’s MOSI is showing a trippy climate change documentary in its new dome theater
It’s a 360-degree wake-up call.
Indian poets and authors discuss feminism and divine journeys in St. Pete next week
Local author Avni Vyas interviews India’s Arundhathi Subramaniam about her latest work at Tombolo Books.
Give’em the chair: Hulk Hogan’s new Tampa wrestling league isn’t selling seats
As of last week, less than 400 tickets sold for the premier match in a 13,000 person venue.
Fall concert from livetronic loop freak Marc Rebillet among best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay
Tanks and the Bangas are also headed to town along with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Twenty One Pilots and more.
Comedian Hannibal Buress comes to Ybor City this weekend
Much nicer than the other famous Hannibal.
Pastor Andy Oliver bills Pinellas sheriff $10K for staging at his St. Petersburg church
Deputies said the gathering was not an ICE raid. Oliver said damage was done regardless.
The Home Depot ICE raid in St. Pete didn’t happen. Why does everyone think it did?
Activists say that there’s a better way to share information about immigration enforcement activity.
Tampa Bay congress members lead Florida Republican support of Big Beautiful Bill
Vern Buchanan, Anna Paulina Luna and Laurel Lee urged Congress to pass the bill on behalf of Floridians. Eight Florida House Republicans did not sign the letter.
Trump visits Florida on Tuesday for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opening
Protests are planned to start at 10 a.m.
‘Aliens are community’: Tampa poet gets the last word on DeSantis in this blackout poem
We take what’s been done, then edit and change it to our perspective.
SCOTUS ruling on porn age verification has implications for lawsuit over similar Florida law
Florida lawmakers passed the age-verification requirements in 2024 as part of a broader bill (HB 3) that also seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on some platforms.
Former Florida Sen. Jeff Brandes says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ could ‘have all kinds of issues with staffing’
‘Is it a federal facility, or is it a state facility that is leased to the feds? That’s an important distinction.’
Oracle of Ybor: I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I need to be the center of attention all the time
Everyone is the main character in their life, and sometimes, we have to be the supporting cast.
Ruskin Family Drive-In theater is busier than ever after being destroyed during hurricane Milton
The theater received many donations and raised over $38,000 on the GoFundMe page toward rebuilding.
Amalie Arena’s Marvilou Mapa among finalists headed to knockout rounds for Tampa’s ‘Epic Chef’ competition
Three others will compete for a $10,000 prize.
There’s now a lawsuit to stop ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ from operating in the Florida Everglades
Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida.
Organizers for Florida’s citizen-led amendments prep for ‘surge’ of petition gathering
There will also be an intense focus on collecting signatures this weekend in St. Petersburg.
Florida’s slavery memorial, ‘Circle of Chains,’ is now open to the public in Tallahassee
Lawmakers are eying a formal dedication this fall.
Sarasota’s Phillippi Creek won’t be dredged this hurricane season after no emergency permit issued
County commissioners were not told about the permit delay until Tuesday; three weeks after staff first learned of the agency’s decision.
Hall of Fame Columbia Restaurant waiter Felipe Núñez returns to Ybor City for 97th birthday
He’ll be joined once again by his wife Carmen and their son.
Reparations checks for Survivors of Florida’s notorious Dozier school are now being processed
Hundreds of men who were abused as children at two notorious state reform schools are in line to receive checks of more than $21,000 in the coming days
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is developing a new university accreditor to ‘upend the monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels’
DeSantis has focused heavily on “woke” ideologies by pushing legislation to ban state spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and remaking state higher education institutions to be more conservative.
Trump-supporting Florida firefighter loses job over behavior at ‘No Kings’ protest
The City of Largo told CL, ‘His actions were not consistent with the standards and trust the community expects and deserves.’
Tampa Americana-punk band American Souvenir releases new EP this weekend
And you don’t have to drive to Orlando for it.
Billy Woods, purveyor of heady underground NYC hip-hop, brings ‘Golliwog’ to Tampa
He’s at Crowbar this weekend.
Genre-busting songwriter Noan Partly comes home this weekend for two no-cover concerts
She’s at New World and Shuffle.
Smashburgers get a soundtrack when Jask DJs the latest installment of Tampa’s ‘Over Easy Music Pop’ series
The scene staple is at Mighty Fine this weekend.
Skins Par & Grill brings ‘upscale casual dining’ and premier indoor golf to Ybor City
A multi-faceted restaurant and entertainment destination is getting ready to open its doors in Ybor City—hopefully by the end of the year. Skins Par & Grill will boast several state of-the-art golf simulators, a high-end food and beverage menu, a retail space and a “clubhouse” vibe, according to owner Jason Barrett. Located at 1600 E…
Brown Bag Coffee Company brings cold brew and locally-roasted beans to Ybor City
A new spot to grab a to-go cup of coffee is headed to the heart of Ybor City. Brown Bag Coffee Company, known for its artisan cold brew and retail bags of beans, is getting ready to open its doors at Centro Ybor, located at 1600 E 8th Ave. The Ybor hotspot is home to…
Mila Killa’s Rock the Park Tampa set tops a no-cover bill of stellar homegrown talent
It’s pretty much a Fourth of July Picnic.
Florida’s state-backed Citizens insurance now has less than 800K policies
It expects to have fewer than 654,000 by the end of the year.
