Cairokee which plays The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 22, 2024. Credit: Photo via Tamer Gunner, CC BY-SA 4.0
The sounds of 2020’s Arab Spring come to Tampa Bay at the hands of Amir Eid, who brings his Egyptian rock band Cairokee and its breakout single “Voice Of Freedom.”

While the band’s newer work has moved away from politics, it is still beautiful to listen to, especially for fans who love the sounds of global pop music.

Tickets to see Cairokee play The Ritz in Ybor City on Sunday, Sept. 22 are still available and start at $70.

Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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This article appears in Sep 12-18, 2024.

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...