Chase Rice performing for attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Photo by Gage Skidmore

The lineup for last year’s Turning Point USA AmericaFest read like a right-wing nutjob wet dream thanks to appearances from Steve Bannon, Andy Ngo, Matt Gaetz, Tampa Bay’s own Anna Paulina Luna and more.

There to soundtrack some of it was Chase Rice, a country singer who’s also co-owner of recently-opened St. Petersburg bar Welcome to the Farm.

If that sounds like your cup of tea party, then you’ll want to be in downtown St. Pete when the 37-year-old brings those MAGA vibes to Jannus Live. 

This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2023.

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...