Melissa Grady of Same Day Delivery Orchestra Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
For its fifth benefit show, Tampa’s Friends 4 collective—which has organized to raise money for domestic violence nonprofits, the ACLU, and abortion access—sets its sights on the environment.

This time, Paul Jensen, formerly of hardcore band Left Behind, takes the reins to collect dough for Friends of the County Parks a charity that works hand in hand with the an K. Platt Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program, which works “to preserve and protect endangered and environmentally sensitive and significant lands in Hillsborough County.”

Jensen, in a press release, said, “In a tide of urban sprawl these folks help keep the wild heart of Hillsborough County pumping.”

Keeping the tunes pumping at the concert are Melissa Grady’s Same Day Delivery Orchestra (pictured), playing string arrangements of other local artists’ music, punk band Circa 96, songwriter Kevin Siebel and more.

There’s a $10 suggested donation for the Friends 4 Hillsborough County Conservation benefit concert at Hooch and Hive in Tampa on Saturday, July 8.

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