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St. Pete Beach bar wins First Amendment music fight

It’s another victory for local businesses and artists fighting city restrictions on live music.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle issued a preliminary injunction to block the city from enforcing restrictions that she said generally allowed the restaurant Red, White & Booze to offer “only unamplified acoustic string instruments, except during a few hours on Saturdays and Sundays.” The restrictions included a ban on bass instruments and drums.

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