Tommy Phenom, who plays Rock the Park Tampa at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on August 2, 2018. Credit: Michael M. Sinclair

Tommy Phenom, who plays Rock the Park Tampa at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on August 2, 2018. Credit: Michael M. Sinclair

Old school meets the new when rising Tampa rock-and-roll frontman Tommy Phenom plays this free outdoor concert alongside Jeff Brawer, who is a totem of Tampa’s punk scene. Talk To Mark — another band led by a long-running Bay area fave, Mark Murphy — fills in the middle of the family and pet-friendly gig, which is also being hosted by CL’s own Ray Roa.

Rock the Park w/Tommy Phenom/Talk To Mark/Jeff Brawer. Thurs. Aug. 2, 6:30 p.m. Free. Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N. Ashely Dr., Tampa. facebook.com/rockthepark.

See even more of the Tampa Bay live music lineup by visiting cltampa.com/musicweek every Thursday morning.

This article appears in Aug 2-9, 2018.

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...