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Nearly 4.92 million Floridians cast votes ahead of Election Day

Heading into Tuesday’s elections, nearly 4.92 million Floridians had cast ballots by mail or at early voting sites, according to data posted on the state Division of Elections website. The data showed...

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Tampa's burgeoning art scene is the star of a new YouTube series

Visit Tampa Bay and the Tampa Arts Alliance have joined forces to bring attention to local artists by putting them on screen. The agency and nonprofit are releasing a YouTube docuseries highlighting...

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New St. Pete dessert spot The Cereal Bar opens today out of former Urban...

A new sweet business celebrates its debut on downtown St. Pete's prized 600 block. The Cereal Bar: Adventures in Ice Cream—located at 689 Central Ave., adjacent to the Floridan Social Club—is set to...

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Nashville sweetheart Cory Branan is back in Tampa Bay for another free concert

Cory Branan’s last Tampa Bay gig was also at a local watering hole, and the 47-year-old Tennessee songwriter is at it again, on the other side of the Bay, for this free show on Friday, Nov. 11 at...

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Fabled Catalan ensemble Gipsy Kings is back in Tampa Bay this weekend

The founding members of the fabled Gipsy Kings come from France, but thanks to the Spanish culture most of them grew up around, flamenco guitar sounds and salsa music has circled the globe faster than...

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Florida Democrats are really bad at this

The Florida Democratic Party is perhaps the most inept state wing of our two-party system in the entire United States. For proof, you need look no further than last night's election results. In a...

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10 takeaways from Florida GOP's historic ass kicking last night

Landslide. Red tsunami. Bloodbath.

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Water Street Tampa's holiday 'Season Spectacular' kicks off a month of...

Water Street Tampa is ringing in the holidays with a new neighborhood-wide holiday celebration, plus events all season long. The first ever Season Spectacular will transform Water Street in downtown...

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Red Bull's 'Mind The Gap' competition brings skateboarding to Tampa Armature...

Skateboarding is more legal than ever in the City of Tampa, and Red Bull is going to show you all the cool things skateboarders can do at one of the city’s most popular hangout spots. Tampa Heights’...

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St. Pete Bike Co-op's Friday concert raises money for Florida Indigenous...

By its very nature, the St. Pete Bike Co-op is one of the most community-centric organizations in Tampa Bay. On Friday, Nov. 11 for this first “Just Cause” concert, the nonprofit tapped three local...

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Beloved EDM multi-instrumentalist Marvel Years is back in Tampa this weekend

Cory Wythe is in the midst of the rollout for his Voyage Ahead series of EPs, and the latest outing finds the producer and multi-instrumentalist better known as Marvel Years is in town Friday, Nov. 11...

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Tampa Am parties include Friday psych-rock concert and art show opening

Skatepark of Tampa’s Tampa Am returns this weekend, and as usual, organizers have planned unique art activations around one of the country’s most storied amateur skateboarding competitions. The Bricks...

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Hillsborough leaders wonder how transit will improve after transportation tax...

At today’s Hillsborough Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors meeting, local leaders discussed next steps after a transportation sales tax failed at the ballot box last night. Had the 1% sales tax...

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Bumpin Uglies brings reggae-punk sound to St. Petersburg this weekend

Before Bumpin Uglies came along, reggae and punk practically contradicted each other. Against all odds, the reggae-punk quartet—which is playing St. Petersburg's Jannus Live on Saturday, Nov....

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Lakeland indie-rock giant Copeland plays Tampa on Saturday

Without a doubt, Lakeland-born Copeland is a seminal, and still essential, band for anyone interested in the Central Florida indie-rock scene. From its heart-hitting debut Beneath Medicine Tree to its...

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Emo Night Tampa's next free concert is on Friday with Witch Hiatus

Now that Halloween is over, it truly is time for a witch hiatus. The local band of the same name just celebrated two years of existing as a band, and naturally, its schedule was packed beyond for...

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Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani brings 'Elephants of Mars' to Clearwater this...

Virtuosic guitar shredder Joe Satriani is no stranger to Tampa Bay, having performed here with G3 in 2018—alongside Dream Theater’s John Petrucci and Def Leppard’s Phil Collen—and the 2019 iteration...

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Tampa rapper Plies plays Tally Ho lounge on Saturday

Tampa rapper Plies has been something of a local working class hero ever sense spring 2020 when he went on a pandemic rant about Publix employees needing to “get paid like they risking their fucking...

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Songwriter and Todd Snider pal Ryan Montbleau plays two-night stand in Ybor...

Folk singer-songwriter Ryan Montbleau spent a few weeks last month opening for Todd Snider, an old buddy of the late John Prine. Montbleau—who just released the final installment of his four-EP saga,...

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Gainesville pop-rock hero Sister Hazel plays intimate charity show at Tampa's...

You’ll probably not get many chances to see Sister Hazel, one of Florida’s most revered pop-rock exports, in a venue as quintessentially Floridian as Tampa's Skipper’s Smokehouse where the band plays...

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