St. Pete’s Hideaway Cafe stages anniversary and final concert on Saturday

Five months ago, John Kelly was unsure about how many days Hideaway Cafe—his beloved St. Petersburg listening room—had left on Central Ave.

He finally has an answer.

Saturday is both the 13th anniversary and final day Hideaway Cafe will open its doors at the corner of Central Avenue and 18th Street.

Kelly hopes to spend next month moving into what he hopes is a new location, but in the meantime he’s tapped some of Tampa Bay’s best songwriters to play both inside and outside during a nearly 12-hour, no-cover party that starts at 12:30 p.m.

See a schedule below.

Hideaway Cafe Anniversary and Farewell concert schedule

• 12:30 p.m. Not broken yet
• 1 p.m. Gypsy Wind
• 2 p.m. Devin Neel
• 3 p.m. Boho Sideshow (outside)
• 4:30 p.m. Ben Rogers
• 5 p.m. Rebekah Pulley
• 5:45 p.m. Gale Trippsmith
• 6:30 p.m. Mercy McCoy
• 7:15 p.m. John Kelly
• 8 p.m. Kid Royal Band
• 9 p.m. Kirk Adams

This article appears in Apr 21-27, 2022.