The Florida Orchestra playing Julian B. Lane Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on May 8, 2022. Credit: Photo by Ray Roa

One of the Bay area’s finest live music traditions is the free Mother’s Day concert from The Florida Orchestra.

his year’s program includes classics from Tchaikovsky, Sousa and Bernstein, but once again dips into cinema (“E.T.,” “Star Trek,” “Jurassic Park”), theater (“Phantom,” “West Side Story”) and also pop culture (Adele’s “Skyfall”).

Chelsea Gallo conducts for this, first-come first-served picnic blanket show which is also a food drive for Tampa Bay Harvest.

There’s no cover for the The Florida Orchestra’s Pops In The Park concert at Tampa’s Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park on Sunday, May 12.

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