Credit: INSOMNIAC PROMOTIONS

Credit: INSOMNIAC PROMOTIONS

The Ritz just powered through three days worth of EDM for its New Year’s celebration this past weekend, and it's keeping that same trend going this weekend. This Friday, Ybor welcomes one of EDM’s most promising producers, 22 year-old Kai Wachi. He’s been playing to audiences worldwide, delivering his “hypnotic sonic textures and ear-shattering basses” with gusto.

Québec-based producer Sam Lamar opens up this highly-anticipated show, which is actually free to the public if you RSVP on the event's Facebook wall. 

Kai Wachi w/ Sam Lamar. Fri. Jan., 3. Free.10 p.m.The Ritz, 1503 East 7th Ave., Tampa. theritzybor.com

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Kyla Fields is the food critic and former managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay who started their journey at CL as summer 2019 intern. They are the proud owner of a charming, sausage-shaped, eight-year-old...