Photos: Cuban music superstar-in-the-making Cimafunk rocks Ybor City

He came, he saw, he brought the cumbia. Cuban music superstar-in-the-making Erik Alejandro Iglesias Rodríguez was in Ybor City last Friday night for…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Cuban music superstar-in-the-making Cimafunk rocks Ybor City
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Photos: Cypress Hill plays Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center

Dr. Greenthumb was in the building last Sunday night when B-Real and Cypress Hill invited fans to inhale, exhale and rock with…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Cypress Hill plays Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center
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Photos: Smashing Pumpkins brings Jane's Addiction to Tampa's Amalie Arena

After going record shopping in Seminole Heights, The Smashing Pumpkins—touring ahead of a whole slew of new music—helped turn Tampa's Amalie Arena…

By Ray Roa

The Smashing Pumpkins play Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Oct, 7, 2022.
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Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth

All the beautiful people in Tampa Bay came to the Hard Rock Event Center on Thursday and joined winners of Creative Loafing…

By Ray Roa

Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth
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Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 2022 Best of the Bay party

You came you saw, and you got down in front of the cameras during Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 2022 Best of the…

By Ray Roa

Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 2022 Best of the Bay party
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Photos: Panic! At the Disco brings Marina and Jake Wesley Rogers to Tampa

Brendon Urie brought some serious panic to Amelie Arena last night, when his pop-punk band Panic! At the Disco brought along Marina…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Panic! At the Disco brings Marina and Jake Wesley Rogers to Tampa
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Photos: Hurricane Ian leaves Tampa with downed trees and temporarily sucks water out of Hillsborough River

Maybe it's the spirit of the Tocobaga, maybe it was Florida Man, but for some reason Tampa Bay chased away another direct…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Hurricane Ian leaves Tampa with downed trees and temporarily sucks water out of Hillsborough River
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Photos: Karol G plays Tampa's Amalie Arena just head of Hurricane Ian evacuation orders

A slight scheduling conflict meant that Colombian Billboard chart-topper—and pal of Becky G and Bad Bunny—Karol G, had to play Tampa on…

By Ray Roa

Karol G plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 25, 2022.
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Photos from the 2022 Tampa Black Business Bus Tour

Candy Lowe's award-winning Tampa Black Business Bus Tour returned late last month to visit locally-loved Black-and-Brown-owned businesses. 

By Ray Roa

Photos from the 2022 Tampa Black Business Bus Tour
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Photos: Intoxicated, Heaven's Gate bring best of Florida metal to Tampa's Born Free Pub & Grill

A cauldron of old school Tampa metal vibes stirred on the west end of Sulphur Springs Friday night when Intoxicated, a Central…

By Ray Roa

Heaven's Gate plays Born Free Pub & Grill in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 23, 2022.
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Photos: Everyone we saw when Off With Their Heads played Hooch and Hive in Tampa

Tampa Bay promoter Savage Beat brought a heavyweight punk show to Tampa's West River district on Thursday night, with a show headlined…

By Ray Roa

Fans at Hooch and Hive in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 22, 2022.
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Photos: Nas, Wu-Tang Clan and Busta Rhymes bring the golden-era of NYC hip-hop to Tampa

All the Tampa Bay hip-hop heads—including some with their kids—came out to MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Wednesday night to see a…

By Ray Roa

GZA of Wu-Tang Clan plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 21, 2022.
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Photos: Lamb of God brings Killswitch Engage and Baroness to Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

Thousands of ears are ringing across Tampa Bay this morning, and they belong to heavy metal fans who piled into the old…

By Ray Roa

Lamb of God plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 17, 2022.
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The most miserable places in Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay is great. There's a reason everyone is moving here. But sometimes, there are spots that feel like they double as…

By CL Staff

Ikea on a Sunday.
At least you can treat yourself to a bag of 75 cent hot dogs
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Water Street Tampa's newest murals are the work of Italian artist Alessandro Etsom

Water Street Tampa got a little more vibrant last month thanks to new murals by Italian artist Alessandro Etsom. The professional street…

By Chloe Greenberg

New work from Alessandro Etsom at Water Street in Tampa, Florida.
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Photos: Everyone we saw when The Path played Tampa's Hooch and Hive on Thursday

Last night, St. Pete's Leadfoot Promotions brought the 'Burg—including VFW Post 39 OG Lady V—to Tampa venue Hooch and Hive for a…

By Ray Roa

St. Pete's Lady V, working the door at Hooch and Hive in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 8, 2022.
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Photos: Ghost brings new album, and Mastodon, to Tampa's Yuengling Center

Swedish metal giant Ghost brought a new album, Imperatour, to Tampa on Tuesday night for the band's only Florida show supporting the…

By Ray Roa

Ghost plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 6, 2022.
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Photos: Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick finally play Tampa's Amalie Arena

Two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were in Tampa Bay last night when Sir Rod Stewart finally made it to…

By Ray Roa

Rod Stewart plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 3, 2022.
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Review: Santana and Earth, Wind and Fire play the game of love at very sold-out Tampa gig

A shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of hippies and Rob Thomas buffs was treated to a sprinkling of the Woodstock experience Saturday night at Tampa's…

By Josh Bradley

Santana plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 27, 2022.
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Review: The Black Keys storm through powerful Tampa show at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

“That’s Patrick on the drums, my name is Dan, we’re the Black Keys from Akron, Ohio,” announced Dan Auerbach midway through his…

By Danielle Malkin

The Black Keys play MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 25, 2022.
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Review: The lights literally go out every time Snail Mail plays Ybor City

Lindsey Jordan thinks the chickens running free in Ybor City are crazy. But they're not the wildest things about her trips to…

By Ray Roa

Snail Mail plays The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on Aug. 24, 2022.
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Review: In Tampa, Jack Johnson delivers backyard BBQ vibes, Ziggy Marley, to 15,000 party people

If you're gonna have a party, you’re going to need drinks. While it was nowhere near Buffett-levels, there were enough of those…

By Ray Roa

Jack Johnson plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 19, 2022.
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Review: Michael Bublé helps Tampa fans get 'Higher'

Crooning, class, and style have never gone out of fashion for Michael Bublé. The 46-year-old Canadian vocalist is the consummate showman and…

By Gabe Echazabal

Michael Bublé plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 13, 2022.
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Review: Lil Baby and Chris Brown bring hits upon hits to sold-out Tampa show

What makes a superstar performance? Is it the power to draw another major star onto the stage as a co-headliner? Is it…

By Isaiah Stephens

Lil Baby plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 13, 2022.
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Photos: In Tampa playoff, Trilogy and Power earn trips to Ice Cube's Big3 championship

On Aug. 14, the Big3 Playoffs came to Amalie Arena in Downtown Tampa, where two down-to-the-wire games decided the matchup for the…

By Justin Garcia

During the battle between the Monsters and Power, Fans received a surprise from rap legend Ice Cube, co-owner of the league, when he took to the court to perform his classic 'It Was a Good Day.'
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Photos: Rising Tampa rapper Doechii drops into Mischief Monday at The Ritz Ybor

Last Monday, on Aug. 8, on the same day Twitter Music changed its name to it say it was listening to Doechii,…

By Ray Roa

Doechii at The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on Aug. 8, 2022.
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Everyone we saw at WWE superstar Titus O'Neil's Back to School Bash at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium

When you're Titus O'Neil, everything you do is larger in life. And lucky for Tampa Bay, the WWE superstar's heart always seems…

By Ray Roa

Everyone we saw at WWE superstar Titus O'Neil's Back to School Bash at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium
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Photos: Fitz and the Tantrums, Andy Grammer play Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center

Fitz and the Tantrums—the Los Angeles indie-pop group that made a nearly annual stop in Tampa Bay before the pandemic—got its visitation…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Fitz and the Tantrums, Andy Grammer play Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center
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15 essential all-you-can-eat restaurants in Tampa Bay

Sometimes, you're just an insatiable bottomless pit, and standard restaurants with basic entrees just won't cut it.  Though the pandemic put the…

By Max Steele

Fat Willie’s Fish Camp
1912 Main St., Valrico, 813-571-7630
Fans of fried fish, listen up. Fat Willie’s serves all-you-can-eat fried haddock, catfish, shrimp and clam every Sunday from noon-30 to 7:30 p.m. for $23.99 per person. If you're somehow still hungry, you can order fried pickles, cajun hushpuppies and famous onion rings off the appetizer menu.
Photo via Fat Willie’s Fish Camp/Facebook
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Photos: Rob Zombie and Mudvayne's freak show paraded into Tampa last night

We expected more top hats and face paint, but still weren't disappointed when heavy metal icons Rob Zombie and Mudvayne brought their…

By Ray Roa

Rob Zombie
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