The Avett Brothers, who play day one of Gasparilla Music Festival at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on March 9, 2019. Credit: New Frontier Touring

Gasparilla Music Festival’s initial lineup announcement isn’t supposed to happen until 11 a.m. today, but The Avett Brothers already spilled the beans and revealed their March 9 slot at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa.

The date appeared on the band’s website and is part of a tour announcement that includes just one other Florida show on March 10 at Tallahassee’s Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.

Tickets to Gasparilla Music Festival start at $30, and we’re presuming that The Avett Brothers, who teased a new album last week, will headline GMF’s Saturday lineup (tickets to attend just Saturday are $40).

The Avett Brothers at Gasparilla Music Festival. March 9. Gates at 11 a.m. Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park & Kiley Gardens, downtown Tampa. $40 & up. gasparillamusic.com.



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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...