Ari Chi, who plays Shuffle in Tampa, Florida on March 21, 2025. Credit: Photo via itsarichi/Facebook

With less than 25% of the musicians at major music festivals being women last year, it’s no secret that non-male representation in the live music scene has always felt pretty skimpy. It lingers, sure, but you can’t pretend that it’s hard to find a guy with his guitar or rap project playing gigs around town.

Still, Doechii’s Best Rap Album win at the Grammy Awards last month put Tampa Bay on the world stage, and proved that all eyes should be on our other female artists.

The Tampa Heights shuffleboard bar (woman-owned itself, and celebrating its seventh anniversary) won’t rest until that’s the case, and its second annual Women In Music celebration sees St. Pete singer-songwriter Ella Jet back home for a gig, along with Ari Chi and a diverse smorgasbord of women who music fans should be paying attention to.

Tickets for the Women In Music festival happening at Tampa Shuffle on Friday, March 21 are $10.