There’s no cover for The Florida Orchestra’s Pops in the Park concert happening Sunday, May 14 at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa. Credit: Photo by Ray Roa

The Florida Orchestra’s (TFO) Assistant Conductor Chelsea Gallo wields the baton for one of downtown Tampa’s best free outdoor concert events of the year.

TFO collects non-perishable goods on behalf of Tampa Bay Harvest at this concert where attendees should bring their own seats, blankets and snacks, then settle in for a program that includes Broadway hits (think, “Chicago”) and symphonic favorites from Mozart (“Marriage of Figaro” overture), Tchaikovsky (“Romeo & Juliet” overture), Debussy (“Moonlight”) and more.

There’s no cover for The Florida Orchestra’s Pops in the Park concert happening Sunday, May 14 at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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This article appears in May 11-17, 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...