

Christmas music comes to Tampa Bay when Mannheim Steamroller rolls into Mahaffey Theater
Chip Davis is in the ‘Burg on Tuesday.
New Korean restaurant Hot Pot BBQ is now open in Tampa
It’s where the old Hong Kong House was.
Actor and former WWE star Dave Bautista adopts two Tampa shelter pit bulls
Maggie and Ollie hit the “Doggie Lottery.”
‘Stranger Things’ actor David Harbour will host a free lecture at USF Tampa
You can’t binge a lecture.
New small-batch ice cream shop, Bright Ice, opening soon in St. Pete
… and they’re hiring.
Trippy Squad’s next EDM party is a fundraiser for Tampa Bay music supporter Paulie Favara
Donations are being collected at The Bends.
New South Tampa restaurant Old-School Bar and Grill is now open
Oh, and ladies drink free on Thursday nights from 10 p.m.-1 a.m.
Harry Styles is coming to Tampa’s Amalie Arena next summer
The performance is part of his solo Europe and North America “Love on Tour” run.
Former Misfits replacement singer Michale Graves plays Tampa on Friday
The Misfits misfit comes to Pegasus Night Club.
New lager-specific brewery, BarrieHaus Beer Co., is opening in Ybor next month
It’s shooting for a December 14-15 grand opening weekend.
London’s Kero Kero Bonito brings Japanese and British pop to Tampa Orpheum
UPDATE: This show is canceled.
Judge rejects execution appeal of convicted Pinellas County killer James Dailey
Gov. Ron DeSantis in September signed a death warrant for Dailey.
Third Eye Blind plays Jannus Live in St. Pete tomorrow
Smallpools opens the show.
Florida Democrats delay vote on controversial bill requiring parental consent for abortions
“This is not game-playing. This is people’s lives and reproductive health and our right to privacy.”
New Orleans dance-rock duo Quintron and Miss Pussycat playing free St. Pete concert
Three-Brained Robot and Reality Asylum open at The Bends.
Dunedin producer DJ Hurley brings ‘Focus’ to Thursday’s album release party
The Jon Ditty collaborator is on his own for this one.
Elton John lied, and he’s coming back to Tampa in 2020
His ‘farewell’ show was last Monday.
Psych-country group Palimony books fall concert at Paper Crane in St. Petersburg
Hi-Beam and Ricky Steece open the show.
Tampa’s Sparkman Wharf will celebrate its first birthday with an event-packed weekend
Get there early to claim your seats.
The push legalize recreational pot in Florida received over $1 million last month
Almost all of the money coming from two companies.
Santa is arriving at Tampa’s Westshore Plaza on Friday
The freaking holidays are here.
Kevin James, known for his role as Paul Blart, is performing in Clearwater this weekend
Fire up the Segway and head to Ruth Eckerd Hall.
Tony Award-winning ‘Once On This Island’ opens in Tampa next week
The production features seating onstage.
Pokéworks Tampa celebrates grand opening with BOGO specials next week
The first 50 customers get a free fresh coconut drink.
Tampa hip-hop scene staple Club Atlanta hosts reunion party on Saturday
Biggie played at the joint’s Kennedy Boulevard location.
A massive 2,400-gallon whisky mixer is coming to Tampa this weekend
Do it for the ‘gram.
A single sewer pipe in Tampa leaked twice in just over a month, spilling 28,000 gallons of wastewater
The pipe originally broke on October 8, after a Verizon crew damaged it with a directional drill.
The Killers are playing a concert at the Tampa Orpheum in Ybor City
The concert happens on November 21.
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse is now open in St. Pete
Get ready for that onion volcano.
Florida Rep. Mike Hill, and other bigots, will speak at an anti-LGBTQ conference today
Hill clearly has a lot in common with fringe groups like the Freedom Speaks Coalition.
New Mexican restaurant, XoChitl Cocina Mexicana, coming soon to Tampa Heights
Right across from Armature Works.
Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and Wolf Bros. are coming to St. Petersburg this spring
Tickets go on sale Friday, November 15.
St. Petersburg ‘Floribbean’ fusion restaurant taking over former Urban Catering spot
Won’t be long until new eats hit the Grand Central District.
Elvis Costello gives hardcore fans the goods at St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater
And the encore didn’t suck either.
Country music superstar Jason Aldean is coming to Orlando
Sorry, he’s not coming to Tampa.
Metro Wellness holds Tampa Bay Transgender Day of Remembrance next week
18 transgender people have been murdered in the U.S. this year alone.
Flock to St. Pete’s Weedon Island for Saturday’s guided bird walk
Watch out for poop.
3 Dot Dash is launching a new vegan grocery store in Ybor called Black Radish Grocer
“… offering humane & affordable options we feel our city needs.”
Florida-based Metro Diner donates over $145K to National Pediatric Cancer Foundation
The South Tampa location raised nearly $2,800 alone.
Chris and Rich Robinson are bringing the Black Crowes to Tampa this summer
Tickets are on sale right now.
Multiple lawsuits hope to end Florida’s use of solitary confinement
“These policies and practices are inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.”
St. Pete police arrest two suspects for spraying foam sealant into parking meters
Has Kriseman finally captured his vandals?
Florida schools could soon be allowed to carry drugs to treat heroin overdoses
A new bill would allow schools to purchase naloxone.
All the free stuff vets can score in Tampa Bay this Veterans Day weekend
Thank you for your service, have some pulled pork.
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s craft cocktail event HighBall returns to St. Pete in January
Cheers to more boozy events.
Video shows a white Florida deputy brutally arresting a Black middle school student
“I am very upset by what I saw on that video,” said Orange County Sheriff John Mina.
Alice Cooper leads Clearwater through a wild night of amplified rock
His schtick now includes a stab at selfie culture.
It’s actually going to be sort of cold in Tampa Bay this weekend
Not freezing, but chilly enough for sleeves.
Courigan’s Irish Pub in St. Pete celebrates grand reopening next weekend with free Jameson
The party goes down Saturday, November 16.
Florida’s former AG Pam Bondi and televangelist Paula White officially join the Trump Administration
The person who was once accused of engaging in a quid pro quo with Trump will now help defend him against accusations of a quid pro quo.
Donald Trump Jr. will be in The Villages today to sign his book
The event is a book signing only with “no discussion or Q&A.”
The Heights Morning Market returns to Tampa’s Armature Works next week
The market happens every third Sunday of the month.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis snaps when asked about indicted Ukrainian cronies
“I’ve said all I’m gonna say.”
A St. Petersburg amateur athlete explains why she joined the #SportsBraSquad
‘Take your damn shirt off, girl.’
Downtown St. Petersburg’s Burrito Boarder is closing this weekend
But a new taco spot is supposed to be moving in.
Republicans launch campaigns to run for Hillsborough House seats
Brandon Republican Danny Kushmer became the fifth candidate to enter the race in House District 59.
SeaWorld has now selected its fifth CEO since last year
The addition of newly announced CEO Sergio “Serge” Rivera makes five.
St. Pete’s Community Café desperately needs help finding a new location
‘But I believe in this community, I have to, I have no choice.’
UK dream-pop band Japanese House will probably sellout Tampa concert at Crowbar
Our Girl opens the show.
Ohio emo band Farseek plays songs about love or hating capitalism
Snacking and Nervous Girls are on the bill, too.
Tampa Bay’s Sugar Cane ensemble explores roots of Afro-Cuban music in St. Pete next week
The band plays Studio@620 on Wednesday.
Titus Andronicus offers punk solutions to Tampa fans at Tuesday concert
The New Jersey band plays Crowbar.
Vets get free desert at Tampa Bay Smokey Bones locations on Veterans Day
Only valid on Monday, November 11.
Tampa Bay vets can toss axes for free at Stumpy’s Hatchet House during Veterans Day weekend
Free hatchet slinging from November 9-11.
Experimental Gainesville vocalist Jill Burton teams up with Wade Matthews for Tampa house concert
Bring donations for the touring band.
Canadian hardcore band Counterparts headlines Tampa on Sunday
Stray Away from the Path and Varials open at Crowbar.
Oak & Ola, Steelbach chefs will host outdoor collab dinner at Tampa Armature Works
Eat on the lawn on November 14.
Julie Andrews will speak, not sing, at next week’s Clearwater appearance
She’s at Ruth Eckerd Hall with her daughter.
New exhibition brings Ashley Ortiz-Diaz and Janelle Young works to Hillsborough Community College
‘What Lies Beyond’ opens on Thursday.
New Lakeland food hall, The Joinery, will include Tampa’s King State, Ava, Gallito and more
Including second locations for Gallito and King State.
Seminole Heights’ Florida Avenue Brewing is opening a new location in Wesley Chapel
A release says the 34,000-square-foot facility will create 46 local jobs.
St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman’s nemesis is clearly whoever keeps fucking up his parking meters
“We will find you. We will prosecute you,” says the mayor.
Tampa Bay food podcast The Zest hosts free live taping at Sweetwater Farm this Sunday
It’s gonna bee sweet.
Canada’s Born Ruffians play Tampa Orpheum with Australia’s Last Dinosaurs this weekend
The show is on Saturday in Ybor City.
Four new restaurants are now open at Tampa’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Because you need fuel to gamble.
Love Your Rebellion stages Planned Parenthood benefit concert at Bananas in St. Pete
It happens on Saturday.
L.A. psych-surf band Bikini Trill opens for Katastro in Tampa this weekend
It was just in town opening for 311.
Local ska band Victims of Circumstance releases fifth album in Ybor City this weekend
The show is at The Attic.
Creative Clay Fest is a thoughtfully curated collection of Tampa Bay’s best musicians
The free concert features an appearance from Orlando’s Sh-Booms, too.
Tampa rock band Charles Irwin returns from tour to headline free St. Pete concert
P.M. Tiger is on the bill, too.
Florida legislators are pushing a bill to protect workers exposed to extreme heat
“Imagine working out there eight, ten, 12 hours in the heat.”
Florida is actually growing too much citrus right now
“It is dire. This is real,” Senate Agriculture Chairman Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, said this week.
It’s finally time to see Elvis Costello play St. Petersburg’s Mahaffey Theater
He’s there on Sunday.
The Brunchery is opening a second location in Tampa Palms next month
The restaurant has been a Valrico staple for three decades.
Marianne Moore wants us to live our own happy lives
Poet’s Notebook.
Tampa Bay’s Someday Honey isn’t rushing its debut album
Roots music with a David Lynchian twist.
Moments of incandescence make ‘Ordinary Days’ stand out at Tampa’s Stageworks Theatre
The magic comes right at the end.
Savage Love: What to do when an un-outed ‘rapist’ enters your social circle
Also, notes on f—ing a married woman to save her marriage and dating when you’re short.
New food hall coming to St. Pete, Cephas Hot Shop closes, and more in Tampa Bay foodie news
Plus, Pelican Pub is back sans the mystery rash.
Do the Bucs suck enough to lose to Tampa Bay’s new XFL team?
Crazier things have happened.
Tampa’s new NoHo Junction is a middle of the road food hall, but Sarge’s BBQ stands out
But the pizza is not up to the standard of the other partners.
A popular Seminole Heights Facebook group is just another canvas for artist and nudist John Moll
But not everyone shares in his joy.
The bathroom at Tampa’s iconic dive bar The Hub finally has the Instagram account it deserves
“Everyone is just so nice — it’s like the bar Cheers, but inside a bathroom.”
Seminole Heights dive bar staple Corner Club is now for sale
The community mainstay can be yours for just over $500K.






