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Genre-bending Japanese punk duo Melt-Banana plays the new Tampa Orpheum this...
It’s been years and years since you could buy a physical copy of Melt-Banana’s 1996 album Scratch Or Stitch, and while the band has always come around to play, fans can finally grab the record on CD...
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Fresh off III Points, Miami dream-pop band Palomino Blond returns to Tampa on...
On the weekend after its set at III Points, Miami dream-pop band Palomino Blond is back in Tampa for a show at Hooch and Hive on Saturday, Oct. 29. It's been nearly a year since the quartet—which...
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Bachata hunk Romeo Santos plays a Tampa concert this weekend, but you have to...
Romeo Santos is one of the few people still doing the most to help Puerto Rico in the wake of recent hurricanes (he recently pledged $100,000 for relief), and while he’s bringing a familiar bachata...
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Tampa Jazz Club hosts matinee Chick Corea celebration concert on Sunday
In the fallout of WUSF 89.7-FM’s decision to pull All Night Jazz off the air, I wondered what Chick Corea might have said about it all. The late jazz giant lived in Clearwater, passed at the age of 79...
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Tampeños are invited to go 'full Quinlan' at Independent Bar's Saturday...
Independent Bar & Cafe’s Halloween weekend actually kicks off Saturday with its “Bat Sabbath” night, but continues with this folksy Sunday evening show on Oct. 30. The lineup features a visit from...
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Thrashy Tampa rock band is taking on Misfits for no-cover concert on...
The best costumes are tributes to your heros, and locals are going all in this week. Topping the list of cover band shows is probably this no-cover affair happening on Halloween night at The Hub in...
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Review: Stevie Nicks stupefies and hypnotizes in very sold-out return to Tampa
“I want you to know that I don’t know how hard that hurricane hit you, because I don’t live here, but we all worried. All over the world, we worried about you every day,” Stevie Nicks admitted to an...
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Steve Aoki, Pauly D, headline this weekend's 'Halloween Haunted Carnival' at...
Tampa Armature Works wants you to rage the night away this weekend. Party-starting celebrity DJ and Benihana heir Steve Aoki is among headliners for Pied Piper Productions' weekend-long Halloween...
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Indie-pop band Bad Suns brings 'Apocalypse Whenever' to St. Petersburg
Last fall when Bad Suns arrived in St. Petersburg for its first Florida gig back from lockdown, the trio’s latest album Apocalypse Whenever was still in the shadows, awaiting release. A year later,...
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Savor St. Pete food and wine festival celebrates 10th anniversary next week
Downtown St. Pete is already a hub for fine wine, great eats and beautiful waterfront views—but next weekend's foodie festival brings all three of those things together. The 10th installment of Savor...
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Tampa aims to ease rules for ADUs while keeping an eye out for potential...
Today, Tampa City Council moved to ease rules for the use of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), while also raising concerns about how they will be used. ADUs are usually smaller than one-bedroom...
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A third straight Bucs loss is discouraging, but worse is the lack of hope for...
Now here’s a sentence I didn’t think I’d ever write: The winner of this Sunday’s Falcons-Panthers game will take sole possession of first place in the NFC South. Yup. Either Marcus Mariota or PJ...
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Pop wunderkind Jake Wesley Rogers kicks off intimate North America tour in Tampa
Fresh off his recent performance at Amalie Arena, Jake Wesley Rogers is returning to Tampa to kick off a 30-date, nearly two-month North American tour. Tickets to see Jake Wesley Rogers bring his...
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Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen have officially filed for divorce
Tampa's best couple is no more. After months of rumor and speculation regarding a pending divorce between Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen, the 7x Super Bowl...
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Busch Gardens Tampa's Christmas returns with new fireworks show, food and more
Busch Gardens Tampa will once again keep it festive with the return of Christmas Town, and there's a few new holiday twists. For 57 consecutive days, running from Nov. 14 through Jan. 9, the theme...
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New boozy ice cream spot Buzzed Bull Creamery will open first Florida...
What better way is there to keep cool than alcoholic ice cream? Buzzed Bull Creamery, a boozy ice-cream shop, is opening up its first Florida location on Nov.1 at 5220 Bridge St., which is at Tampa's...
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Ybor City’s new 38-seat ‘Screen Door’ Microcinema is now open
Feast your eyes on this, Tampa. We got to see Warren Cockerham, Sean O’Brien, and Ann-Eliza Musoke’s Screen Door microcinema on last night’s Ybor Arts Tour, and it looks amazing. The 38-seat theater...
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Tampa's Blackbrick Chinese opens next month, Burger Week is back, plus more...
Openings 31 Grand St. Pete's Grand Central District is getting a new late-night destination, and it's opening out of an iconic Central Avenue space. 31 Grand—a new sports bar and cigar lounge—plans to...
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Tampa Bay's annual Highball craft cocktail competition returns this December
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's Highball Cocktail Competition makes a comeback this year, and local bars are competing to craft the best cocktail. On Dec. 8 from 6 p.m.-10 p.m. CL teams up with Beam...
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Filipino indie-pop songwriter Beabadoobee headlines St. Pete's Jannus Live
Over the summer Beatrice Laus opened for Halsey at the big ol’ shed we call the Old Gary. On Wednesday, Nov. 2 in St. Petersburg, the Filipino-British singer-songwriter best known as Beabadoobee plays...
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