Oh what a weekend...
You will absolutely LOVE this weekend if you're a music fan. Just perusing the event calendars yielded more than 5 decent sized music bills featuring a variety of genres at venues from Channelside, to Ybor and downtown. We'll begin with perhaps the biggest FREE music event taking place this weekend.
FRIDAY:
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| FREE music at Curtis Hixon Park! Photo: Tampa Bay Times |
Rock the Park
Curtis Hixon Park
- Whiting Station (Station #11 of the streetcar line)
Rock the Park is a monthly music series featuring some of Tampa's best bands. This concert normally taking place on the first Thursday of the month, has been bumped to Friday to take advantage of a big bill featuring 4 of *tbt's "Top 10 Tampa Bay area musicians".
- Sleepy Vikings
- The Groves
- Crash Mitchell 5
- Drake and Sofia
*Note the concert has moved this month from the lawn portion of Curtis Hixon to the Kiley Gardens area of Curtis Hixon.
And here's the reason it moved...
Burger Showdown
Curtis Hixon
- Whiting Station (Station #11 of the streetcar line)
Rock the Park will be sharing Curtis Hixon with a good ol' fashioned
Burger Showdown! The area's top restaurants will face off for bragging rights for the title of Best Burger in the Bay. Mayor Buckhorn is the honorary chair of the event featuring unlimited burger samples, dessert and non-alcoholic beverages.
Participating restaurants include Ashley Street Grille, Danny's All-American Diner, BGR The Burger Joint, Burger 21, Champions Bar & Grill, Chili's, Datz, Green Iguana Bar and Grill, Lee Roy Selmon's, Square 1 Burgers and Bar, Stacked Burgers and the Tampa Convention Center/Aramark. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Tampa Riverwalk.
The cost for the event is $45 in advance, $55 at the gate and $95 for VIP, which includes a cocktail reception.
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| Celebrate the day at the Bricks of Ybor! |
Star Wars Day at the Bricks: May the 4th Party
The Bricks of Ybor
- Streetcar Society Station (Station #3 of the streetcar line)
The Bricks is blowing out May 4th with a
Star Wars-themed party ("May the 4th be with you") with specials, prizes for best costume and music. 21+ to enter. Party responsibly!
A few blasts from the past are in town at a number of venues in downtown this weekend...
New Edition
Tampa Bay Times Forum - Streetcar HSBC Station (Station #9 of the streetcar line)
New Edition with all six members are heading out on tour for their 30th anniversary. Wow! How old does that make you feel? A night with
New Edition at the Tampa Bay Times Forum starts at $52.50.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Ritz Ybor - Streetcar Society Station (Station #3 of the streetcar line)
Another band that will show your age a bit, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are at
The Ritz in Ybor Friday.
The band is often credited as a progenitor of the ska-punk genre and are best known for their hit single "The Impression that I get," which reached #1 on the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1997 and has appeared in a number of movies.
Show starts at 8pm Friday with tickets costing $23.
SATURDAY:
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| "Surf's up" at the Straz Center Saturday night. |
The Beach Boys
David A. Straz Jr. Center
The Kings of Surfer Rock are back! Touring together for the first time in two decades, the Beach Boys celebrate the band's 50th anniversary with a tour stopping at the Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.
Hear all their greatest hits! The show begins at 8pm on Saturday and
tickets start at $49.50.
The War on I-4: Tampa Bay Storm vs. the Orlando Predators
Tampa Bay Times Forum - HSBC Station (Station #9 of the streetcar line)
The War on I-4 is back! Watch the
Tampa Bay Storm take on the Orlando Predators at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The game kicks off Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $12.
Need help getting around? You can download a map of the HART/TECO Line Streetcar downtown network of service
here.
Ticket to Dine
Don't forget you can score some savings with your Florida Aquarium admission receipt or Tampa Bay Times Forum ticket stub. Simply show the streetcar motormen your admission receipt or ticket stub for
HALF off a round-trip fare on the TECO Line Streetcar! There are a couple events at the Forum in the list above - so get to saving!
