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Music & Concerts

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Bring ‘Freaks on Parade’ to MIDFLORIDA Amphitheatre This Friday

Two of shock rock’s most enduring names are sharing a stage at the Fairgrounds this week, on only the second stop of a 21-date tour. Rob Zombie and…

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The historic Gulfport Casino community hall, built 1930, in Gulfport, Florida
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Gulfport Has Been Called Four Different Names, and Its Casino Has No Slot Machines
Sailing docks at the Davis Islands Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida
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The Man Who Built Davis Islands Went Overboard on the Titanic’s Sister Ship
Entrance to Bruton Memorial Library in downtown Plant City, Florida
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Plant City Has Had Three Names, and Strawberries Weren’t the Reason for Any of Them
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The historic Gulfport Casino community hall, built 1930, in Gulfport, Florida
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Gulfport Has Been Called Four Different Names, and Its Casino Has No Slot Machines
Sailing docks at the Davis Islands Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida
Things To Do

The Man Who Built Davis Islands Went Overboard on the Titanic’s Sister Ship
Entrance to Bruton Memorial Library in downtown Plant City, Florida
Things To Do

Plant City Has Had Three Names, and Strawberries Weren’t the Reason for Any of Them
Overhead view of the Safety Harbor archaeological site, Florida
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Safety Harbor Was the Tocobaga Capital 500 Years Before It Was a Spa Town

Food & Drink

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A plate of South Indian chicken biryani with rice and spices
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House of Biryanis \& Kebabs Takes Over the Long-Empty New Tampa Wendys
Small pink donut shop with a lit display case and customers at sidewalk tables
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Salty Donut and DI Coffee Bar Are Filling Seminole Heights’ Morning-and-Lunch Gap
Interior of a food hall with multiple vendor counters and communal wooden tables
Food & Drink

Nine Restaurants, One Roof: Inside Seminole Heights’ Biggest Food Hall Bet
Grilled steak and pork tacos with pineapple and salsa on a wooden board
Food & Drink

La Central Fire Grilled Tacos Puts Charcoal at the Center of Seminole Heights’ Newest Menu

Nightlife

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Illustrative rendering of a retro rooftop lounge at dusk with striped umbrellas and string lights — not a photo of the actual venue, which has not opened yet.
Nightlife

Tokyo Swim Club Brings a Retro Rooftop Lounge to Ybor City This Fall
Illustrative dim, velvet-booth cocktail lounge with etched glassware and a beaker-style cocktail presentation on a dark wood table — a generated image standing in because no rights-clear real photo of Jekyll's interior was found.
Nightlife

Jekyll Is Hyde Park’s Hidden Speakeasy — You Just Have to Find the Door
The historic red-brick exterior of The Ritz Ybor theater building at the corner of 7th Avenue and 15th Street in Ybor City, Tampa, with its marquee reading THE RITZ YBOR.
Nightlife

The Ritz Ybor: Inside Tampa’s Historic 1917 Theater-Turned-Concert-Hall
Vintage silver Airstream trailer converted into a bar, lit by string lights at dusk
Nightlife

The Rollin’ Mullet Turned a 1971 Airstream Into Seminole Heights’ Favorite Backyard Bar

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A rock concert crowd and stage, generic image
Music & Concerts

Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Bring ‘Freaks on Parade’ to MIDFLORIDA Amphitheatre This Friday
Band performing on a brightly lit outdoor stage as confetti falls over the crowd
Music & Concerts

Dead Set Florida Brings a Free Jerry Garcia Tribute to Jannus Live This Saturday
The domed Yuengling Center arena on the USF campus in Tampa
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Freestyle Explosion 2026 Brings the Genre’s Biggest Names to the Yuengling Center
Four-piece rock band performing on an outdoor stage at sunset before a seated crowd
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John Mellencamp’s ‘Dancing Words Tour’ Brings Four Decades of Hits to Tampa

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Exterior of the Straz Center performing arts complex in Tampa behind palm trees
Arts & Culture

The Art of Banksy Exhibit Opens at Straz Center — Limited Time in Tampa
Illustrative interior of a converted early-1900s brick cigar factory building with tall arched windows and an artist's easel — a generated image standing in because no rights-clear photo of the actual Santaella Studios interior was found.
Arts & Culture

Inside Santaella Studios: A Working Artist Collective in a 1904 Cigar Factory
Artist studio with easels and canvases beside tall windows and exposed brick
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Art Lofts Tampa Is Where West Tampa’s Working Artists Actually Work

Sports

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Exterior view of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, home of the Buccaneers. SAT, AUG 22
Sports

Buccaneers Host Chiefs in Their Only Home Preseason Game This August
Raymond James Stadium filled with fans during a Buccaneers game SAT, JUL 25
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Wrexham AFC Takes On Leeds United at Raymond James Stadium This Saturday
Aerial view of Al Lang Stadium's pitch beside the St. Petersburg marina
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The Tampa Bay Rowdies Turned a 1947 Ballpark Into St. Pete’s Best Party

Family & Kids

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A monster truck driving over a crushed car FRI, AUG 14
Family & Kids

Monster Jam Freestyle Mania Runs Three Days at Benchmark International Arena
Waterfront view of downtown Tampa with the arena and marina in the foreground
Family & Kids

Dude Perfect’s Squad Games Tour Turns Benchmark International Arena Into a Live Game Show This Saturday
The glass-walled Glazer Children's Museum on the Tampa Riverwalk with families outside
Family & Kids

Glazer Children’s Museum Is Still One of the Best Reasons to Bring Kids Downtown
The exterior entrance of MOSI (Museum of Science & Innovation) on East Fowler Avenue in Tampa, with a large oak tree in front of the glass-fronted building and a sign reading WELCOME TO MOSI.
Family & Kids

MOSI Is Still Tampa’s Best Rainy-Day Family Outing — Now Under a New Name

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An empty yoga studio with mats laid out on a wood floor at dusk FRI, AUG 14
Outdoors

Dolphin Yoga Returns to Clearwater Marine Aquarium Friday Evening
A person paddling a canoe on the Hillsborough River, surrounded by trees.
Outdoors

Hillsborough River State Park Is Tampa’s Closest Real Paddling Trip
A nighttime view along the Tampa Riverwalk near the Tampa Convention Center, with palm trees lining a lit walkway beside the Hillsborough River and a purple-lit high-rise in the background.
Outdoors

The Tampa Riverwalk Took 40 Years to Build. Here’s What 2.6 Miles Gets You.
The paved sidewalk along Bayshore Boulevard curving beside Hillsborough Bay in Tampa, with a waterfront building visible across the water.
Outdoors

Bayshore Boulevard: A Local’s Guide to Tampa’s 4.5-Mile Sidewalk

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