Slopfunkdust Credit: Photo via slopfunkdust/Bandcamp
Downtown Tampa’s free monthly concert series comes into the new year swinging on Thursday, Jan. 5 when it lands back at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.

Powerhouse Americana-blues and pop songwriter Ashley Smith headlines along with her band The Random Occurrence (collectively known as “Astro”). Broward-based songwriter Josh Gluck (his “To The Light” single would play well for the blues lovers at Skipper’s Smokehouse) rocks the middle of the lineup anchored by Tampa beat fanatic and hip-hop scene mainstay Slopfunkdust.

There’s no cover for the free, pet and family-friendly monthly, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m.

Credit: Photo via rockthepark/Facebook

Rock the Park Tampa

First Thursday of every month, 6:30-9:45 p.m.

Location: Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N Ashley Dr., Tampa

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This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2022.

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...