A new St. Petersburg watering hole has been booking live music over the last few months, but Green Light’s offerings are much more ambitious than what its “bar” title might suggest.
Located at 229 62nd Ave. N. between First and Fourth streets, Green Light also has sushi, Steepfuze CBD-infused coffees and teas, kava, kratom and a hookah patio.
“Bar is a pretty broad term for what we offer,” Craig Adams told CL. The longtime Bay area promoter recently moved back to the neighborhood and has seen many businesses (Soul II Soul Cafe, Dish Delights Cafe, Touch of Europe) come and go at the location.
“The gears in my head started turning and I felt inspired at the prospect of introducing myself to the community and finding ways to make this place a success where so many others have failed,” Adams said. So he walked in and asked for a job by selling himself as a tireless promoter who would work to simply bring folks in and keep them coming back. It must have worked because Adams said that Green Light hired him the next day.
Adams admits to some rust as he got back into the swing of things, but the calendar at Green Light has been stocked with some of CL’s favorite bands playing acoustic “Raw Tuneage” nights (Jeff Brawer, Changer, Rodney Smith) as well as open mics, comedy evenings and trivia. Naked Florida Man Robert Browne even made an appearance, and the Church of Nintendo congregates at Green Light on every fourth Sunday.
Adams hopes to bring karaoke, art shows and a pop-up market into the fray, too
“Anybody can feel free to reach out to me if they'd like to be involved,” he said, “and I hope they do.”
Adams can be reached via greenlightstpete@gmail.com, and a schedule of upcoming Green Light Bar events is available on Facebook. The venue's next concert is on January 10 with local punk acts like Vic Alvarez's Critical Hits project, Changer and Community Couch.
This article appears in Jan 3-10, 2019.
