Pop stars Halsey, beabadoobee play Tampa next week
Halsey recently told fans about a laundry list of ailments and allergies including Ehlers-Danlos and Sjogren’s syndromes (and they’re allergic to coffee), but assured followers it won’t put a damper on a tour that starts in Florida this week—including a May 19 show at Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre. All good news, and even better…
As she called for transparency, Tampa Mayor kept public in the dark about DOJ investigation, city center project
“At the end of the day, it’s all taxpayers’ money, and the people deserve to know the issues that Mayor Castor has withheld from the public.”
’90s rock favorite Candlebox plays Tampa’s Hard Rock Event Center next week
Supporting a new album, ‘Wolves.’
Songwriter Laney Jones returns to Tampa, just two days before releasing her best album to date
It’d be a shame if ‘Stories Up High’ doesn’t end up on a few year-end best-of lists.
Foxy Shazam’s reunion tour finally lands in Tampa next week
Jigsaw Youth opens at Orpheum.
Judge strikes down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ‘unconstitutional’ election map
“We need to get this right as soon as we can,” Smith said.
Smooth jazz, gospel lead lineup this weekend at Tampa’s Uptown Music Festival
Kim Waters, Nathan Mitchell and Grammy-winner José Valentino are on the bill.
The 11th annual Cuban Sandwich Festival returns to Tampa this month
Ybor City’s Centennial Park hosts this yearly celebration of Tampa’s beloved sandwich.
Australian fingerstyle master Tommy Emmanuel plays Clearwater on Saturday
Welsh guitarist Gareth Pearson opens at The Cap.
Not-Satanic Greek metal band Rotting Christ plays Ybor City this weekend
Borknagar opens the show.
Tampa trio NNR bring ‘contemporaneous Smörgåsbord’ of styles to free Saturday concert
They’re in the biergarten at New World.
Proceeds from Gogol Bordello concert in St. Pete will go towards Ukraine’s ‘battle for democracy’
The gypsy punk band is in town Saturday.
Tampa alt-country band Former Contenders warms up for summer tour with free Saturday concert
Tension Electric opens at The Hub.
‘Catholic Schmatholic’ folk-pop band Sorry Barb plays free Ybor City show on Saturday
Emo Night Tampa plays host.
Grammy-winning folk historian and songwriter Dom Flemons plays Tampa this weekend
In Ybor City’s finest listening room, too,
Zach Deputy’s ‘Red Moon’ tour lands in St. Petersburg on Friday
He doesn’t have any new music out, but is mainly touring for the hell of it.
Swans guitarist Norman Westberg is playing two nights at a Tampa biker bar this weekend
The shows are his only Florida date.
Florida ballot initiative supporters say signature law is unconstitutional
No citizens’ initiatives met the requirements to appear on the November 2022 ballot.
Fast Preacher brings funky psych-rock for Tampa show on Friday
Katara opens for the former Fat Night frontman.
Florida will stop accepting applications for rental assistance program for low-income residents
Applications will continue to be processed until available funds are obligated.
Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley plays Tampa on Friday
His solo set goes down at Dallas Bull.
The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane’s Addiction will play Tampa together this fall
Poppy opens the show.
Nikki Fried tours damaged apartments at Tampa’s Silver Oaks, pledges to address security guard issues and more
Lawsuits are not out of the question.
Fast casual chain Crisp & Green will open its first Tampa location this summer
Florida’s first storefronts in Naples and Venice are slated to open this spring.
Abortion rights advocates plan protest in downtown Tampa this weekend
Saturday’s protest will coincide with events around the country.
28 percent of Tampa renters want to leave town, says report
Cities like Miami, Lakeland, and North Port are the leading destinations.
Multiple conservation groups sue EPA over Florida’s record manatee deaths
The number of manatee deaths in Florida leaped to 1,101 last year, after averaging 625 the prior five years.
Joe Biden says Florida Sen. Rick Scott ‘has a problem’
Scott’s plan to ‘rescue America’ has become cannon fodder for the President.
Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb
The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive-care units, however, remained stable.
Florida fires back in congressional redistricting lawsuit
Attorneys said keeping the current District 5 would violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida schools to observe ‘Victims of Communism Day’
The measure will require the State Board of Education to adopt the new standards by April 2023.
Savage Love: More men need to talk about how abortions kept their lives on track
With some sex advice sprinkled in.
The first annual Backlot Wine & Beer Weekend happens this month in St. Petersburg
Local bands Hot Tonic Orchestra and The Spazmatics will provide the tunage.
VIDEO: Pasco County Sheriff’s Office wants you to know sharks live in the water
While the video is certainly cool, shark attacks just don’t happen that often.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs tax ‘holidays,’ gas-tax break
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried issued a statement that said many of the tax breaks were aided by federal stimulus money.
National Hurricane Center tracks first tropical wave of 2022 season
Most years since 2015 have seen at least one named storm form before the official start of storm season on June 1.
Nikki Fried calls for federal intervention into problems at Tampa’s Silver Oaks Apartments
‘It is imperative that Floridians can count on HUD to partner with state and local housing providers for safe, sanitary housing.’
Maxwell’s all-too-short performance anchors sexy night of R&B in Tampa
Joe and Anthony Hamilton opened the show.
Scorpions and White Snake will bring ‘Rock Believer’ tour to Tampa this fall
Can you feel the “Winds of Change?”
They Hate Change will host advance St. Pete listening party for Jagjaguwar debut
‘Finally, New’ drops on Friday, but the party happens two days before.
Charlie Puth, Z-Trip among latest batch of new Tampa Bay concert announcements
Plus, Kill The Noise, Chris Brown and Lil Baby and more concerts coming to Tampa Bay.
Walgreens agree to pay $683 million in Florida opioids lawsuit
The agreement includes no admission of wrongdoing or liability by Walgreens.
Former UF student accused in terror case attempts to convert trial judge to Islam
Suliman also complained that his court case was taking too long and he should be allowed to go free.
Customers of Tampa-based Lighthouse Property Insurance urged to find new policies, amid company liquidation
Lighthouse had about 27,000 policies in Florida as of last month.
Vibrator races return to Tampa’s West River district this weekend
Get charged up on derby day.
Review: Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs honor Tom Petty and look to the future in gritty Ybor City show
Not that we didn’t know before, but a Heartbreakers reunion also unfolded.
Rising Tejano rock and country band Giovannie & the Hired Guns will play St. Pete this month
The group headlines 97X’s craft beer and cocktail festival at Mahaffey Theater.
37 live music concerts and events happening in Tampa Bay this weekend
Three-day festival Lost In St. Pete is the move.
Early November frontman Ace Enders plays all-request Tampa show next week
Rare Candy and Matt Rosa open at Hooch and Hive on May 12.
‘Tombstone’ lookin’ Canadian roots band The Dead South plays St. Pete next week
Break out your bolero hat and pretend you’re about to be in a shootout. Quaker-lookin’, suspender-wearing roots band The Dead South is blowing into St. Pete’s Jannus Live from the Great White North (Saskatchewan) with its well-deserved Juno Awards in tow (two for Traditional Album of the Year). The group supports two newish EPS—Easy Listening…
Brooklyn rock band Bad Luck brings ‘Summer of Pain’ to Tampa next week
Bad Luck played Crowbar literally weeks before the world went into lockdown mode.
Soul pioneer The Stylistics plays Hard Rock Tampa this weekend
Stop, look, listen.
Scranton punk-rock mainstay The Menzingers return to Ybor City on Mother’s Day
The Menzingers have come a really long way since starting as a punk band from Scranton—and it’ll show off that progress when the band plays Ybor City on Mother’s Day. Its latest, From Exile, is a follow-up to 2019’s heartland rock-based Hello Exile. We’re not saying that the band predicted the COVID-19 lockdowns, but it’s…
Psych-funk jam scene favorite The Fritz plays Tampa’s Skipper’s Smokehouse this weekend
Bring your mom to the Skipperdome.
The Florida Orchestra is having a free ‘Pops In the Park’ Mother’s Day concert in Tampa
The program includes a dozen more selections.
Florida congressional candidate, who owns a tear gas company, promises to help media ‘shed some real tears’
“If the media wants to shed some real tears, I can help them out with that,” he said, grinning at the camera.
Toronto indie-rock favorite Born Ruffians brings ‘Chrysanthemums’ to Tampa for Mother’s Day concert
Sham Family opens in Ybor City.
Tampa’s Hampton Station has a rock and roll concert this weekend
Idle Moves headlines on Saturday.
Pussy Riot, Todrick Hall top St. Pete Pride concert set for June
The Sunshine City’s marquee Pride party will celebrate its 20th anniversary throughout June.
Tampa rapper Hyfa Tha Prospect releases ‘Only Human’ in Ybor City this weekend
Newburgh-turned-Tampa rapper Hyfa Tha Prospect is more than a local emcee. Sure, he has two bachelor’s degrees in fine arts, but his music is involved with the “Don’t Get Tricked” podcast, which spreads awareness about mental illness and trauma. It looks like the pod is about to have more music of Hyfa’s to play, because…
Florida Gov. DeSantis won’t say if Florida will pursue stricter abortion laws
A leaked draft opinion published Monday by Politico would rescind Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion decisions to states.
Emo Night Tampa stages another free concert this weekend at The Hub
Bad Bad Things and The Drain Outs play Saturday.
DeSantis says Twitter relocating to Florida would ‘drive up the cost of living for everybody else’
DeSantis isn’t as enamored with luring high-tech businesses from California.
Saturday’s Ramones tribute concert in Dunedin is also a tampon drive
Lady Business will collect tampons, pads, menstrual cups and cash for underprivileged girls and women.
Stageworks’ brings Ybor City to downtown Tampa for ‘Anna In the Tropics’
Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer-winning play runs from May 6-23.
Savage Love: My bi-sexual wife and I have an open relationship, but now I’m the straight guy feeling left out
Also, you can never record someone without their consent.
Q&A: Before Tampa show, Greg Dulli details The Afghan Whigs’ first new album in five years
The band is at Orpheum next week.
Tampa’s ‘crime-free’ housing program is under federal investigation, but the city is still defending it
DOJ is looking into crime-free, which has been reworked and rebranded under a new moniker, ‘SAFE’
Local heavy hitters unite for Noble Tavern, Roam Restaurant & Bar opens in St. Pete, and more Tampa Bay foodie news
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Sunken Gardens’ botanical paradise, or at the grand opening of St. Pete’s newest Mexican restaurant, Tacos my Love.
Keith Sweat’s new tour brings Ginuwine, Monica, and more to Tampa this summer
Sweat’s Birthday Celebration will also feature Monica, Tevin Campbell, Tamar Braxton, 112, Ginuwine and Silk.
The Castle in Ybor City announces ‘Star Wars’ night with lightsaber floggings and Wookiee howling contest
Celebrate May the 4th on May 10.
Tampa police add controversial mute function to body worn cameras
St. Petersburg police have opted not to make the functions available.
Ybor Heights art compound Crab Devil awarded $50K grant for facade improvements
New property awnings, landscaping and hardscaping improvements coming up.
Tampa photographer George Goldberg publishes new book of local Black Lives Matter protests
‘Protest Book’ is out now, and some proceeds will go towards fighting police brutality.
