Tampa Shuffle owners Danielle O’Connor (L) and Jennifer Evanchyk. Credit: Photo via danielle.oconnor2/Facebook
It’s been seven years, and Danielle O’Connor and Jennifer Evanchyk still don’t know what they’re doing at their sports emporium/neighborhood bar, Shuffle.

Something’s working, however, as the spot is home to a vibrant Tuesday open mic, buku live music, competitive leagues, and a weird kids area in the back that the youngest of bar goers seem to enjoy.

To mark another turn around the sun, O’Connor, Evanchyk and staff are having a party featuring barn-burning cover band Second Rodeo, a Haus of Gripp drag show, and an art show headlined by photographer Michael Johnson who was one of the bar’s first managers.

Proceeds from the party will go to relief efforts in Ukraine, while the Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services stages a supply drive benefitting refugee families.

There’s no cover when Tampa Shuffle turns seven on Saturday, March 22. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | BlueSky

This article appears in Mar 13-19, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...