Gasparilla Music Festival is one of the easiest festivals to get around. Credit that to organizers’ devotion to detail and a desire to make sure attendees truly leave their worries at the gate.
The four-stage set up makes catching as many sets as possible pretty damn doable, but what if you’ve got no clue about which bands are playing and what they sound like? Well, Creative Loafing Tampa creative director Julio Ramos teamed up with the music team to create a handy, dandy guide/chart to help you rock, rap, whoop and even eat your way around GMF.
WHAT THE DEAL | WHAT TO EAT (AND DRINK)
LISTENING CHART | OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
The guide is below is more convenient to read in print or online via this media viewer, but we’ve included it — along with the schedule — below. See the most updated schedule at gasparillamusic.com, and peep Meaghan Habuda’s thoughts on eating your way around GMF here.
Scroll all the way down to listen to a playlist curated by GMF alum and local scene supporter Alex Fedele (or download the playlist on Spotify).
Full disclosure: From 2013-2016, this writer helped coordinate social media efforts for GMF.
This article appears in Mar 8-15, 2018.
