Tedeschi-Trucks Band, which plays Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 30, 2019. Credit: Kaylee LoPresto

Tedeschi-Trucks Band, which plays Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 30, 2019. Credit: Kaylee LoPresto

St. Petersburg's Sunshine Music Festival is not coming back to Tampa Bay, but its perennial headliners — Tedeschi-Trucks Band — are.

The band just announced a June 30 concert at St. Petersburg's Al Lang Field, and Americana fans will be happy to know that Blackberry Smoke and Shovels & Rope are slated to open the show.

The date is happening as part of the blues outfit's five-week, 24-date "Wheels of Soul" tour which kicks off on June 29 in Jacksonville.

Tedeschi-Trucks Band normally plays Vinoy Park's Sunshine Music Festival, but that party announced a hiatus in September. The public can start buying tickets on Wednesday, December 19 at 10 a.m., but a venue presale is available on Tuesday, December 18 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (the password, available only on ticketmaster.com, is "EARLY"). Tickets will cost $44.50-$149.

This article appears in Dec 6-13, 2018.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...