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Nominations are open for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay 2025
There are a bunch of new categories up for grabs.
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Michael Franti’s family is growing, so he’s rescheduled his May 16 Clearwater concert for this fall
‘Welcome to the Family,’ indeed.
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In St. Pete, Florida authors Annabelle Tometich and Dalia Colón talked moms, mangoes and memoirs
The timely book talk happened in the middle of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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Morrissey’s Friday St. Pete show postponed to 2026
And there’s still no new album and no Smith’s reunion.
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Grab your goombas for Loko Cuisine’s Ybor City anniversary brunch this weekend
Another classic Kegs & Eggs popup.
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Smino returns to St. Pete this weekend for his Kountry Kousins tour
Samara Cyn and Kal Banx open for Denzel Curry’s cousin
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Review: Billy Idol and Joan Jett bring hits to Tampa, but getting into the venue was tough
Idol seems reenergized in one of his strongest local performances.
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Tampa farmer-florist Kali Rabaut on what flowers teach us about life, diversity and compatibility
Rabaut, founder of Blue House Florals, also discussed the concept of enoughness.
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Twelve years after opening, Cycle Brewing is closing its downtown St. Pete taproom
The ride isn’t over though. St. Pete’s oldest craft brewer will still make beer.
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Starbucks workers speak up for coworker in Clearwater allegedly fired over union activity
The company told CL that no employee ‘has been or will be disciplined or separated for supporting, organizing, or otherwise engaging in lawful union activity.’
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If The Castle’s not gay enough for you, there’s a ‘Goth Dyke Night’ happening in Ybor City this weekend
The St. Pete collective returns to the historic district on Saturday.
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Poll: Majority of Florida Hispanic voters hold negative view of President Trump’s first 100 days
Of the 158 Florida voters surveyed in the poll, 49% said they voted for Trump last fall and 47% for Democrat Kamala Harris.
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Cheeky’s Fish & Raw Bar opens next week in St. Pete
The menu will feature fresh seafood from local and Gulf waters, including oysters from Florida and the East Coast, Maine lobster rolls, New Orleans-style po-boys and more.
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H Mart coming to Tampa, Shaq’s Big Chicken, new Bayshore rooftop bar, and more local food news
Plus King of the Coop is back in the Heights, Largo’s new pickleball bar and more.
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‘Nothing official yet’: Former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn responds to reports he’s running for a third term
The worst kept secret in Tampa politics finally got some air.
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Creative Loafing and Channelside Brewing release new Beermosa lager at ‘Brunched’ this weekend
Channelside Brewing, makers of the guava wheat Best of the Bay Beer Can Building Beer, have done it again with with the strawberry-tangerine lager.
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New World Tampa’s 30th anniversary weekend brings in some of the venue’s most-beloved artists
It goes down Friday-Saturday on Skagway.
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Sixx Black is breaking the mold in the Tampa Bay drag scene
I will still look pretty, but I will, like, bite the head off a bat. Or staple dollar bills to me.’
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Meet Tampa drag king Apollo Infiniti, known for pulling rainbows out of DeSantis’ ass
He found drag as a way to come out as trans, but post-transition his passion for performing has only grown.
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Tampa drag queen Jelitza Fearce is a pageant competitor true to her name
‘Support your local drag queen because they were here before any mainstream drag went out, and we’re going to be here after.’