

USF St. Pete launches Support-A-Bull Market for food insecure students
Its mission is to raise awareness about food insecurity.
Deborah Cox headlines Metro Inclusive Health’s November cocktail fundraiser in St. Pete
Mix, mingle and support the LGBTQ+ community.
Classic rock favorite Tesla set to ‘Shock’ Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall next week
The group has a new album.
Beau Turrentine playing free in-store show at Bananas Music in St. Petersburg
You know, since the Peck show is sold-out.
Naples punk celebrity Chris Farren was ‘Born Hot’ and plays Tampa concert next week
He opens for Free Throw on Tuesday.
Cuban pop star Leoni Torres plays rare Tampa concert at The Ritz Ybor City on Sunday
He plays arenas back home.
Creative Clay unveils 2019 Artlink artist apprenticeship exhibition at St. Pete MFA
The September 26 exhibition is up for one night only.
Tampa’s Rick’s On The River celebrates 25 years on the Hillsborough this weekend
Tip your local cover band.
Legendary jazz drummer Billy Cobham plays Largo concert on Saturday
Crosswinds bandmate Randy Brecker will be there, too.
St. Petersburg space-rock band Zerobabies hosts ‘Alienstock’ this weekend
A new EP was recorded at Black Keys Productions.
Red Star Rock Bar Ybor City hosts free concert with rock and roll trio Johnny Mile & the Kilometers
King of Denmark opens on Saturday.
Jersey post-hardcore band Senses Fail plays comes to Tampa’s Orpheum
Hot Mulligan opens the show on Saturday.
Tampa Bay is one of the most dangerous places for pedestrians in the country, says study
Tampa Bay is a pretty horrible place to use your legs.
Italian techno duo Fideles plays Morph St. Petersburg this weekend
Italy’s Hunter/Game opens the show.
311’s S.A. Martinez brings Los Stellarians side project to Tampa
He plays funky soul music at The Attic in Ybor City.
Marquese McFerguson among speakers at Tampa’s 6th Annual Story Days series
Buckle up for some serious storytelling.
Florida cops are now leaving behind ‘closed for business’ yard signs in front of homes they’ve raided
“Drug dealers, it’s a ‘sign’ of things to come.”
South Tampa’s Bulla Gastrobar celebrates 2-year anniversary with $5 sangria all day
There’ll also be free paella samples and other specials on the rooftop lounge.
Florida-based Big Storm Coffee Co. wins silver at 2019 Golden Bean Awards
It won two bronze medals, too.
Skipper’s Smokehouse celebrates 39-years in Tampa with free Saturday concert
See you at the Skipperdome.
Chicago house music producer Derrick Carter spins in South Tampa on Friday
Jask and Austen van der Bleek support at The Kennedy.
Colorado indie-pop band Sea Grapes plays free St. Petersburg concert on Friday
He’s at Bananas on 22nd.
UK trap-metal rapper Scarlxrd plays St. Petersburg’s Jannus Live
The Afropunk breakout hits town on Friday.
The Meters’ George Porter Jr. plays The Attic in Ybor on Friday
American music royalty.
Dove Award-winner Avalon cancels Friday concert at Tampa’s Riverhills Church
Only God knows the new date at this point.
Portillo’s hot dogs are coming to Tampa’s Amalie Arena for Lightning hockey season
What pairs best with Jai Alai?
Puddle of Mudd, Saliva headline ‘Muddfest’ concert at Ferg’s St. Petersburg
Trapt and Tantric play on Thursday, too.
Tampa Bay expat Caroline Kole brings new Nashville pop sound to Ybor
She’s come a long way from Largo.
Ybor City’s Stone Soup Company lives up to its name with 80,000 donations
It comes after 10 years of a quiet buy-one-give-one campaign.
Last school year, nearly 800 Florida students were charged with making school-related threats
This is up considerably from 687 in 2017-2018.
Florida Republican calls for stronger gun background checks to curb mass violence
Democrats in Washington and Florida have been pushing universal background checks.
Cigar City Brewing will open new taproom at Tampa’s Amalie Arena
Hunahpu 2020 is moving downtown, too.
A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic, and is expected to become Hurricane Imelda
The system is expected to reach hurricane status within 72 hours.
SeaWorld Orlando fired more than 100 employees just hours before their CEO quit
Former employees at the call center said they’ve been training third party employees in Jamaica and Guatemala.
Sim Sim, the oldest male gorilla at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, has passed away
Rest easy, Sim Sim
Jimmy Buffett brings summer vibes to Tampa’s Amalie Arena this winter
The tour celebrates 40 years of ‘Son Of A Son Of A Sailor.’
HART is looking for a Tampa Bay artist to design a bus mural
All artists that are interested in participating are requested to register their intent to submit form prior to September 27.
Kids as young as two can run in this weekend’s ZooTampa Ironkids race
Place your bets at the old Lowry Park Zoo.
La Romantica Milonguera Argentinian orchestra plays a free concert at Tampa Water Works
Free tango lessons start at 7 p.m. on September 26.
Tampa Electric Co. and Duke Energy say customer electric bills will go down in 2020
Commercial and industrial customers would see decreases between 3 percent and 9 percent.
Billy Ray Cyrus headlines this weekend’s Bucs Beach Bash in St. Pete beach
Parmalee joins the achy breaky Bucs party.
Ybor City’s Barterhouse restaurant and lounge opens next month
Just a few more weeks until we get a taste of the mobster-inspired restaurant.
David Bowie’s former bandmates will bring ‘Celebration’ tour to Central Florida
Veteran Bowie sideman Mike Garson will anchor the lineup.
Unlimited bites, booze and bragging rights highlight next week’s Best of the Bay awards at Mahaffey Theater
You should never celebrate on an empty stomach.
Busch Gardens Tampa celebrates ’20 Years of Fear’ when Howl-O-Scream opens this week
The event runs through November 2.
WMNF Tampa’s Saturday Asylum hosts final episode party at American Legion
The program was on the air for 16 years.
Food Network competitor Jennifer Jacobs opens new bakeshop in Pinellas Park next month
A grand opening event is set for October 12.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and SeaWorld Orlando are now carrying the Impossible Burger
“The response to the burger was so favorable we’ve now added it to our year-round park menus.”
New Joella’s location opening in Largo this week, and they’re giving away free hot chicken for a year
Followed by an entire week of free stuff.
New champagne bar at Oxford Exchange will open October 3
We are prepping for the bubbly.
Florida man accidentally discovers dead body by looking at his old house on Google Maps
The man was missing since 1997.
Anchor and Brine seafood restaurant opens next week at Tampa’s Marriott Water Street
But they aren’t quite sure which day yet.
Tampa artist Anthony Record throws shade at Quaid during ‘Brown Dawn’ opening
Our cracker ass dimension meets nuclear semiotics in Seminole Heights.
St. Petersburg ‘Toddlerdega’ puts a bunch of kids on a real-life go kart track
Dodge a bunch of mini Vin Diesels next Saturday.
Tampa’s Trinity Café offers free Fresh Produce Pantry every Saturday for anyone in need
Open to the hungry, and to anyone wanting to volunteer, every Saturday.
Climate March and We The People March are both coming to St. Petersburg next weekend
Climate change and holding politicians accountable is on the agenda.
An eat-with-your-hands Filipino dinner is coming to Tampa Heights this fall
Hidden Springs hosts, and Lasing Kitchen jumps in, too.
Florida medical marijuana dispensary now selling state’s first cannabis tablet
Hey, they’re mint-flavored.
The Florida Department of Education has no clue which teachers own guns
Allowing classroom teachers to participate in the program is a “decision made locally.”
Push to ban assault weapons in Florida received record donations in August
Nearly 12,000 of the contributions were $5 or less.
Florida will double amount of python hunters and expand hunting areas
Since March 2017, hunters have removed more than 2,500 pythons.
Rep. Jackie Toledo of Tampa wants to raise the minimum age of vaping to 21
“Failure to do so will bring tragic consequences. How many more deaths will it take?”
Federal court sides with South Tampa Massage Envy for firing employee over fear of ebola
The EEOC filed a lawsuit against the business, alleging violations of the disabilities law.
Tropical Storm Humberto likely to form this weekend, sending heavy rain to Tampa Bay
NWS expects the system to pick up speed as it moves through the weekend.
Naples rap sensation Dominic Fike plays Tampa Orpheum on Wednesday
Deb Never opens the show.
Doyle of legendary Misfits plays Crowbar in Ybor next week
It’s an old-school punk-rock kind of week.
Darling Canadian punk band Pup brings ‘Morbid’ new album to Tampa Orpheum
It’ll be guitarmonious.
Coathangers bring ‘The Devil’ to Crowbar Ybor City on Monday
Two of Florida’s best rock bands open the show.
Old-school Cali punk band Agent Orange plays Tampa concert on Sunday
“Bloodstains” for life.
Tampa’s Cigar City Management brings Big Bliss and Fantastic Plastics to Hooch and Hive
An A+ indie-rock bill hits town on Sunday.
Tampa Bay expats Swearingen & Kelli return to Hideaway Café ahead of new album
‘Cold-Hearted Truth’ drops next Friday.
Jack Bevilacqua’s Crack Up Cancer is now one of Tampa Bay’s premier comedy fundraisers
Jimmy Shubert among headliners at Straz Center this weekend.
Canadian punk band Propagandhi brings Sulynn Hago home on Saturday
Fea and St. Petersburg’s Permanent Makeup open the show.
At USF Tampa, ‘Arroz con Frijoles’ invites art fans to experience a different side of Hispanic culture
An artist reception happens on September 13.
Jennifer Lopez shimmies for Oscar gold in ‘Hustlers’
Not since since ‘U-Turn’ and ‘Out of Sight’ has she been given a fully formed character to make her own.
St. Pete’s Right Around the Corner arcade brewery will host ‘Price Is Right’ themed anniversary party
Bring cash for charity donations, games and beer.
Turns out Rick Scott did jack shit about Florida’s HIV crisis
“Florida was forced to return to the federal government $54 million in unspent grants for combating HIV.”
Viral restaurant Chick’nCone opening in downtown St. Petersburg before 2020
Fork free chicken and waffles coming to the ‘Burg.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and SeaWorld Orlando release details on new coasters ‘Iron Gwazi’ and ‘Ice Breaker’
Iron Gwazi will be “the fastest, and steepest hybrid coaster in the world.”
New St. Pete chicken joint Social Roost Kitchen and Bar will postpone opening until December
What’s a few more months?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to double fines for sewage spills
Civil penalties are now up to $10,000 a day.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is against recent push for recreational marijuana
She thinks the amendment is just too darn long.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants felon voting lawsuit put on hold
Justices are slated to hear arguments in the Amendment 4 case on Nov. 6.
If you’ve wondered how we reached peak stupid, get to know Thomas Hofeller
Gerrymandering gave us a Republican party that whistles in democracy’s graveyard.
Tampa Bay artists Selina Roman and Todd Bates open ‘Pretty Vacant’ this Friday
An artist talk happens on Sept. 22.
‘Skyway’ disaster doc sells out two charity previews at Tampa Theatre
The rest of us can see it when it completes the festival circuit.
Jim Jefferies’ Night Talker Tour lands at Tampa Theatre this Friday
Prepare to get offended… and probably love every second of it.
University of Tampa celebrates Banned Books Week with free events
It kicks off this Thursday with a reading from ‘Stripped and Script.’
Deaf Night Out at Brandon Topgolf aims for inclusion and awareness
DAC American Sign Language interpreters will be on hand.
Sip beer without the kids at Glazer Children’s Museum’s Grown Up Night
Book your babysitter for Friday.
Indie Noir Market showcases black-owned businesses in Tampa Heights
Support local, buy black.
Tampa Bay Rowdies welcome your dog and adoptable pets to Saturday’s home game
Don’t forget your poop bags when you attend ‘Ruffs and Rowdies Night.’
Tampa’s Beer + Bow Ties raises money for suicide prevention at Armature Works this weekend
Good beer, better karma.
Jerk Hut moves, new boozy ice cream coming to Tampa Bay, and more in local foodie news
What’s new, what’s coming, and what’s leaving the Tampa Bay food scene.
Ybor City’s 7th + Grove soars with diverse celebration of flavors and culture
The new restaurant lives up to its motto, “Eat. Vibe. Flourish.”
Jamaica’s Taj Tenfold leads artist lineup for 2019 St. Petersburg SHINE mural festival
See the full lineup — including 23 locals — now.
‘Meteor Shower’ is golden at Tampa’s Jobsite Theater
This Steve Martin Theatre of the Absurd proves that Tampa Bay gets the (exquisite) theater it deserves.
Tampa and St. Petersburg chefs battle for charity during Tampa Bay Food Fight 2019
These chefs are ready to cook their asses off for a good cause.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott still using Navy hat as security blanket
Scott served a total of 29 months in the Navy, between 1971 and 1974.
Tampa’s Busch Gardens might detail 2020 coaster plans next week
A press conference is set for Sept. 12.
Florida’s largest hot sauce festival is coming to Largo next month
Prepare for the pain.
Tampa Bay songwriter Kristopher James lets listeners in on new video for ‘Too Soon, Too Late’
His debut LP, ‘Kindness Never Quit,’ is out on September 13.
Beanie Sigel, Snow Tha Product and Crystal Smith lead lineup for Tampa’s Loud on Seventh
The four-day event is a collection of concerts, parties, art shows and networking.






