Kyle (L) and Shannon Biss (center), who’ll bring Applebutter Express Duo to Uke It Out 4.0 at Cage Brewing in St. Petersburg, Florida. Credit: Daryl Bowen c/o Gasparilla Music Festival
Between this event, Dunedin’s ukulele weekend and downtown Clearwater’s ascendent Ukulele Fest in the District, Tampa Bay is becoming a hotzone for the versatile, enduring four-stringed instrument.

WMNF Tampa 88.5-FM brings its 7th Uke It Out festival to St. Petersburg’s Cage Brewing on Saturday, Dec. 3 along with more than a dozen performers for this family-friendly event at one of the coziest breweries in town.

Definitely bring your uke for the open jam and lessons.

This article appears in Dec 1-7, 2022.

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...