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Tampa Bay's best live music and concerts happening December 4-11 www.cltampa.com/arts/things-...
Tampa Bay's best live music and concerts happening December 4-11
A listing of the best concerts and live music coming to Tampa Bay between Dec. 4-11, 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tampa Bay's best live music and concerts happening December 4-11 www.cltampa.com/arts/things-...
Have Gun, Will Travel launches new EP in St. Pete on Friday www.cltampa.com/music-2/have...
Have Gun, Will Travel launches new EP in St. Pete on Friday
Tampa Bay area Americana favorite Have Gun, Will Travel releases a new EP in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 5, 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Have Gun, Will Travel launches new EP in St. Pete on Friday www.cltampa.com/music-2/have...
Tampa's Sweetwater farm hosts 'Farm Aid' concert this weekend www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Tampa's Sweetwater farm hosts 'Farm Aid' concert this weekend
The Sweetwater Organic Community Farm in Tampa hosts its third annual Farm Aid and music festival on Dec. 6, 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tampa's Sweetwater farm hosts 'Farm Aid' concert this weekend www.cltampa.com/music-2/tamp...
Crispin Glover will perform and meet Tampa fans for three nights starting Thursday www.cltampa.com/arts/crispin...
Crispin Glover will perform and meet Tampa fans for three nights starting Thursday
Crispin Hellion Glover is doing three performances in Tampa, Florida Dec. 4-6, 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Crispin Glover will perform and meet Tampa fans for three nights starting Thursday www.cltampa.com/arts/crispin...
Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival returns to Dunedin this weekend www.cltampa.com/music-2/hone...
Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival returns to Dunedin this weekend
Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival returns to Dunedin, Florida on Dec. 6, 2025.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Honeymoon Island Bluegrass Festival returns to Dunedin this weekend www.cltampa.com/music-2/hone...
Without irony, Wolf-Face is playing St. Pete's Friends of Strays benefit concert www.cltampa.com/music-2/wolf...
Without irony, Wolf-Face is playing St. Pete's Friends of Strays benefit concert
Wolf-Face tops the bill at St. Pete's annual Punks for Paws concert happening Dec. 6, 2025.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Without irony, Wolf-Face is playing St. Pete's Friends of Strays benefit concert www.cltampa.com/music-2/wolf...
The Spill Canvas and Mae play landmark albums in full for Tampa www.cltampa.com/music-2/the-...
The Spill Canvas and Mae play landmark albums in full for Tampa
The Spill Canvas and Mae play landmark albums in full for Tampa.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Spill Canvas and Mae play landmark albums in full for Tampa www.cltampa.com/music-2/the-...
Music lawyer is turning his birthday party into a showcase of Tampa hip-hop www.cltampa.com/music-2/musi...
Music lawyer is turning his birthday party into a showcase of Tampa hip-hop
Tampa music lawyer Randy Ojeda is throwing a 35th birthday party that is more like an all-star concert of local hip-hop.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Music lawyer is turning his birthday party into a showcase of Tampa hip-hop www.cltampa.com/music-2/musi...
Nate Najar brings 19th jazz holiday concert to St. Pete this month www.cltampa.com/music-2/nate...
Nate Najar brings 19th jazz holiday concert to St. Pete this month
Jazz guitarist Nate Najar brings his annual holiday concert to St. Petersburg on Dec. 11, 2025.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Nate Najar brings 19th jazz holiday concert to St. Pete this month www.cltampa.com/music-2/nate...
Before Clearwater gig, Lady A’s Charles Kelley recalls the best gig he ever saw www.cltampa.com/music-2/befo...
Before Clearwater gig, Lady A’s Charles Kelley recalls the best gig he ever saw
Lady A’s Charles Kelley says Dave Matthews was the best show he ever saw.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Before Clearwater gig, Lady A’s Charles Kelley recalls the best gig he ever saw www.cltampa.com/music-2/befo...
Liverpudlian indie outfit The Wombats headline St. Pete gig in January www.cltampa.com/music-2/live...
Liverpudlian indie outfit The Wombats headline St. Pete gig in January
The Wombats have a new album out, and they’re kicking off the next leg of a North American tour in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 29, 2026.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Liverpudlian indie outfit The Wombats headline St. Pete gig in January www.cltampa.com/music-2/live...
Federal court will hear appeal over 2023 Florida drag show law www.cltampa.com/news/federal...
Federal court will hear appeal over 2023 Florida drag show law
A full federal appeals court will take up a battle about a 2023 Florida law designed to prevent children from going to drag shows.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal court will hear appeal over 2023 Florida drag show law www.cltampa.com/news/federal...
Union representing Florida college professors challenges syllabi requirements www.cltampa.com/news/union-r...
Union representing Florida college professors challenges syllabi requirements
Unions representing college faculty members have challenged a state Department of Education plan that would expand requirements for professors to post syllabi and other course material online.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Union representing Florida college professors challenges syllabi requirements www.cltampa.com/news/union-r...
North American tour by rising Florida songwriter Nep among best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay www.cltampa.com/music-2/nort...
North American tour by rising Florida songwriter Nep among best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay
A February concert from rising Florida songwriter Nep tops new list of concerts coming to Tampa Bay.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
North American tour by rising Florida songwriter Nep among best new concerts coming to Tampa Bay www.cltampa.com/music-2/nort...
Driverless taxi company Waymo eyes expansion to Tampa www.cltampa.com/news/driverl...
Driverless taxi company Waymo eyes expansion to Tampa
Tampa is among new cities eyed for expansion by driverless taxi company Waymo.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Driverless taxi company Waymo eyes expansion to Tampa www.cltampa.com/news/driverl...
Krampus punishes naughty kids this week in Pinellas Park www.cltampa.com/arts/krampus...
Krampus punishes naughty kids this week in Pinellas Park
At its second annual Krampusnacht celebration, the German American Society of Pinellas County’s Krampus Verein (“club”) will tell Krampus’ tale and dole out punishments to locals in its Krampuslauf pr...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Krampus punishes naughty kids this week in Pinellas Park www.cltampa.com/arts/krampus...
A Santa parade takes over downtown Tampa this weekend www.cltampa.com/arts/santa-f...
A Santa parade takes over downtown Tampa this weekend
Santas galore will march and ride through Tampa before a Christmas tree lighting at Curtis Hixon Park, officially starting the holiday season in downtown.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A Santa parade takes over downtown Tampa this weekend www.cltampa.com/arts/santa-f...
See inside swanky Hyde Park homes this weekend www.cltampa.com/arts/old-hyd...
See inside swanky Hyde Park homes this weekend
Century-old homes become mini-art museums in the mid-morning stroll with snacks, sips and music hosted by the Hyde Park Preservation Inc. (HPPI).
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December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
See inside swanky Hyde Park homes this weekend www.cltampa.com/arts/old-hyd...
Tampa Rep. Fentrice Driskell calls Trump plan to redraw congressional map ‘illegal’ www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-r...
Tampa Rep. Fentrice Driskell calls Trump plan to redraw congressional map ‘illegal’
Florida House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell slammed a redistricting proposal Monday, saying the only reason it is happening is because Trump wants to “rig” next year’s midterm elections.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tampa Rep. Fentrice Driskell calls Trump plan to redraw congressional map ‘illegal’ www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-r...
DeSantis picks panhandle for public meeting on Florida school vaccinations www.cltampa.com/news/public-...
DeSantis picks panhandle for public meeting on Florida school vaccinations
Nearly two months after calling for the elimination of vaccine mandates from Florida statutes, the DeSantis administration announced it will hold a three-hour public meeting in Northwest Florida for t...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
DeSantis picks panhandle for public meeting on Florida school vaccinations www.cltampa.com/news/public-...
Florida Legislature is not your friend—unless you’re a developer, a lobbyist, or a fetus www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Florida Legislature is not your friend—unless you’re a developer, a lobbyist, or a fetus
Watching the Florida Legislature and our testy governor duke it out will be entertaining, and God knows, we’ll need some fun come January.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Florida Legislature is not your friend—unless you’re a developer, a lobbyist, or a fetus www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Florida pediatricians recall pre-vaccine suffering as Ladapo’s plan to strike mandates stalls www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Florida pediatricians recall pre-vaccine suffering as Ladapo’s plan to strike mandates stalls
FL pediatricians recall childhood suffering before vaccines; Ladapo’s plan to strike mandates stalls
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December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Florida pediatricians recall pre-vaccine suffering as Ladapo’s plan to strike mandates stalls www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Divided federal court says Florida can now enforce 2024 social media law www.cltampa.com/news/divided...
Divided federal court says Florida can now enforce 2024 social media law
A divided federal appeals court Nov. 25 ruled that Florida can begin enforcing a 2024 law aimed at preventing children from having access to certain social-media platforms, rejecting arguments that th...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Divided federal court says Florida can now enforce 2024 social media law www.cltampa.com/news/divided...
Florida judge rejects request to stop the 2025 bear hunt www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Florida judge rejects request to stop the 2025 bear hunt
A Leon County circuit judge on Nov. 24 rejected a group’s request for a temporary injunction to halt the state’s first black bear hunt in a decade.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Florida judge rejects request to stop the 2025 bear hunt www.cltampa.com/news/florida...
Despite racial profiling concerns, Tampa City Council advances ordinance banning bike stunts on Riverwalk www.cltampa.com/news/despite...
Despite racial profiling concerns, Tampa City Council advances ordinance banning bike stunts on Riverwalk
The Tampa City Council has advanced a new ordinance banning stunts and limiting big groups of bikers on the Tampa Riverwalk, Bayshore, and other trails. But some members of the public are concerned a...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Despite racial profiling concerns, Tampa City Council advances ordinance banning bike stunts on Riverwalk www.cltampa.com/news/despite...