Tampa's Armature Works hosts a 4th of July hot dog eating contest next week
Although it’s not Tampa’s OG hot dog eating contest—as Ybor City's Crowbar is in its 16th year of hosting its annual hot dog party—Armature Works’ 4th of July party is set to be a banger. Fireworks...
View ArticleTampa's Epicurean Hotel hosts the 7th annual ‘Epic Chef’ fundraising event...
Why watch "Chopped" when you can witness some of Tampa Bay's best chefs battle it out over a box of mystery ingredients? Epic Chef is an annual event series that combines the excitement and...
View ArticleTampa hard-rock band Level The Planet plays 'Shitty Neighbor' release show on...
The night after Seven Kingdoms does an album release party at New World, another one of Tampa’s resident hard-rock bands will do the same thing at Brass Mug. Level The Planet—known for its elaborate...
View ArticleValient Thorr's weekend Orpheum concert moved to New World Brewery in Tampa
Tampa's New World Brewery is set to welcome its rowdiest show yet this weekend when Valient Thorr plays the music hall there on Saturday, July 2. The southern-rock metal heavyweight was supposed to...
View ArticleTampa's Wahh World Fusion band heads to St. Pete this weekend
Day three of Gasparilla Music Festival 2022 was filled with memorable performances: Whether you sobbed while in Mavis Staples’ presence, or said goodbye to the Allman Betts Band, you really missed a...
View ArticleFlorida Supreme Court backs DeSantis request for statewide grand jury on...
The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday approved Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate immigration-related issues such as the smuggling of undocumented children...
View ArticleFlorida asks judge to toss out challenge to controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office is asking a federal judge to toss out a challenge to a controversial new law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in Florida...
View Article'We're on your side': Don't let up in the fight for reproductive rights in...
On Monday, we woke up exhausted after a full three days of reading news about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade., the landmark 1973 case that under the constitution protected...
View ArticleCarrollwood's Bearss Groves asks for community support to help rezone the...
North Tampa's beloved produce stand—known for its selection of local fruits, vegetables, and meats—is asking for help from its community once again. Earlier this week, Bearss Groves took to Facebook...
View ArticleAnimal Collective brings new album, two decade of experimental indie-rock, to...
Animal Collective’s last Bay area show was painful. Not because of the music, but because it happened on election night in 2016.
View ArticleEmo dad-rock band Emery, Underoath's Aaron Gillespie, headed to Tampa next week
This year marks 20 years since South Carolina-based emo dad-rock band Emery independently released its first EP (yes, all you emo dudes are dads now). On June 24, the consistently creative quintet...
View ArticleAnti-vaxx millionaire Joe Rogan says Florida Gov. DeSantis would be a 'good...
Transphobic, millionaire podcaster and anti-vaxxer Joe Rogan is unsurprisingly a big fan of Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Rogan, who famously suggested that the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are a type of...
View Article28 live music events and concerts happening in Tampa Bay during Fourth of...
Ybor City's infamous Hot Dog Party eating competition and rock and roll throwdown leads the live music calendar, but there's a lot more going on in the Bay area this week. Have a look below, and see...
View ArticleShinedown is playing a free concert in St. Pete on Friday
Shinedown is currently in between dates in South Dakota and Europe, so it's pretty wild to see the popular Jacksonville hard-rock band scheduled to play a free concert at St. Petersburg's Daddy Kool...
View ArticleIt's hot AF outside, and St. Pete's Cage Brewing has a music festival for that
Heat Fest might be the most appropriately-named music festival in Tampa Bay, and it goes down this weekend at St. Petersburg's Cage Brewing. Starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 2 and going into the...
View ArticleJudge temporarily halts Florida’s 15-week abortion ban, says it's...
A state judge has found Florida’s 15-week abortion ban unconstitutional and will issue an order halting the law. Judge John Cooper’s ruling Thursday is a preliminary win for abortion rights advocates,...
View ArticleRuth Eckerd Hall's tribute to Sondheim happens this weekend in Clearwater
Musical director, Yohance Wicks, practically vibrates with excitement as he discusses the late Stephen Sondheim’s music. Trained as a choral conductor more at home with the madrigals of Palestrina...
View ArticleSeminole Heights’ Far Forest opens ‘Old Home Place’ immersive art...
Complete with themes of midsummer, ancient architecture and ancestral wisdom, The Far Forest’s newest art installation welcomes the creative and the curious. The Far Forest is bringing visual artist...
View ArticleTampa’s ThinkTank Theatre brings ‘Drunken Shakespeare’ to Dark Door Spirits...
Written by William Shakespeare and made better by the help of some heavy pours, “Drunken Shakespeare” is coming to Tampa next month. ThinkTank Theatre’s “Drunken Shakespeare” happens at Dark Door...
View ArticleNew information in Tampa Police dog shooting reveals disturbing behavior from...
Last year, a Tampa Police Department officer shot a dog twice in front of its owner while pursuing a suspect. The department defended the shooting to the local news media, but newly obtained documents...
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