Tampa’s rapping ‘Swamp Princess’ Doechii plays a homecoming show this summer

After coming home to play two shows over the holidays, Tampa’s hip-hop swamp princess already has plans to circle back.

Doechii, an expat Bay area rapper now working on the west coast, just announced a Pride month Swamp Ball tour, with stops in seven major American cities including Tampa.

Tickets to see Doechii play 1509 Live (aka Club Skye) in Ybor City on Wednesday, June 12 are on sale now and start at $20.

The six other stops on the coast–to-coast run include Miami, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Atlanta, San Francisco, and New York’s Governors Ball.

The return to the historic district is welcome and comes less than four years after Doechii played an intimate Halloween show at The Bricks just a few blocks away, and a couple years after tearing up Mischief Monday at The Ritz.

The 25-year-old’s been busy repping hard for the South ever since, racking up nominations galore at the MTV Video Music Awards, BET Awards, iHeartRadio Music Awards, MTV Europe Awards, and more. She’s even won the Rising Star Award at last year’s Billboard Women in Music awards, and a UK Music Video Award in 2022 (“Crazy,” Best Choreography in a Video).

A new video for her “Alter Ego,” a collaboration with JT was just named a must-see clip by Vibe, and a recent set at Hangout Festival jumped between rap, pop and even house music.

See Josh Bradley’s weekly roundup of new concert coming to Tampa Bay below.

Parker Barrow w/The Ben Rogers Band/TBA Saturday, June 22. 7 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Johnny Champagne and Tha Banned w/Katara/The Black Ace/Zanzibean/T. Couture Friday, June 28. 8 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City

American Dreaming: Will Quinlan w/Max Norton/Matt Burke Friday, July 5. 8 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Reverend Billy C. Wirtz Saturday, July 6. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Juno Dunes w/The George/TBA Sunday, July 14. 5:30 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Sexblood w/Livernois/Human Factors Lab/DJ Christina Zombie Monday, July 15. 7 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Jeezy Saturday, Aug. 3. 7 p.m. $43.50. The Ritz, Ybor City

Cyclops w/Gunpoint Friday, Aug. 16. 10 p.m. No cover with RSVP before 11 p.m. The Ritz, Ybor City

The March Violets w/Rosegarden Funeral Party/TBA Friday, Aug. 23. 7 p.m. $20. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Sam Williams Friday, Aug. 23. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

San Holo Saturday, Aug. 24. 10 p.m. $25 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

Buckethead Friday, Aug. 30. 8 p.m. $36.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Jamie Thomas Saturday, Sept. 14. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Nothing More w/Set It Off/From Ashes To New/Post Profit Sunday, Sept. 15. 5 p.m. $37.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Violent Femmes Saturday, Sept. 28. 8 p.m. Sold-out. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Kirk Franklin w/Yolanda Adams/Marvin Sapp/Clark Sisters/Fred Hammond Thursday, Oct. 10. 7 p.m. $61.25 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa

Brandon Lake Sunday, Oct. 20. 7 p.m. $19.95 & up. Amalie Arena, Tampa

Willy Chirino Sunday, Oct. 20. 8 p.m. $47.99 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa

Rene Schlegel Saturday, Oct. 26. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Black Violin Saturday, Nov. 23. 8 p.m. $46 & up. Morsani Hall at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa

​​Old Dominion Thursday, Dec. 12. 8 p.m. $374 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa

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This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2024.