Tabernacle Of Oddities Tim Capello, sax man from "Lost Boys" and past member of Tina Turner's band, is part of the entertainment for this spectacle curated by Ybor City's own Dysfunctional Grace.
WMNF Tropical Heatwave 2023 Alligator Records' blues powerhouse Shemekia Copeland tops the lineup along with Idaho songwriter Eilen Jewell and Louisiana soul-rock favorite Seratones. Blues duo GA-20 (playing in town this week) is also on the bill along with Detroit funk and soul specialist Laura Rain & the Caesars. The 16-band lineup headed to Ybor City in May includes a host of locals, including a rare set from Tampa new wave-rock band Glove.
Women's History Month: Sarah McNamara The Cuban ambassador’s recent trip to Tampa has made headlines over the last few weeks, but Sarah McNamara’s new book, “Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South” looks even further back than the Castro-era to chronicle a wave of leftist, radical antifascist women from pre-revolutionary Cuba who fought for their lives—and the well being of future generations—in the reconstructionist South.
Tampa Tiger Bay: Tampa City Council Runoff Races There are six seats on Tampa City Council, and only two of them are spoken for after last week’s municipal election. On Friday, candidates for the runoff in four Tampa City Council races, will make their case to a room full of the city’s most engaged politicos.
Special Screening: La Gaceta: The Documentary 3 languages & 3 Generations On Friday, filmmaker Lynn Marvin Dingfelder will try to squeeze 100 years of history into just over 60 minutes. It’s all to mark the centennial for La Gaceta, the country’s only tri-lingual newspaper, which has documented Tampeño politics, news, social fodder and more since 1922.