Roxx & the Revolts Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
It’s no easy task to make something last for 12 years, let alone a free, outdoor, local artists-driven concert series.

That’s why Tampeños should never miss an opportunity to celebrate Rock the Park, which this week celebrates an anniversary by welcoming one of the scene’s most eye and ear-catching, straight up rock and roll acts—Roxx Revolt & the Velvets.

Playing alongside Roxx Revolt at downtown Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park on Thursday, Aug. 4 is dynamic singer-songwriter and third-generation saxophonist Zeta The Babe, onstage in support of the finally EP where she shows off the power of her pedigree and unmistakable vocal.

Rock songwriter Rob Osenton Band opens, hopefully playing tunes from a forthcoming new album, Masks.

This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 3, 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...