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📰 DeSantis picks Florida Attorney General Moody to succeed Rubio in Senate
📰 Portion of Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue property sold to Clearwater-based developer
📰 Tampa names new director for Housing and Community Development
📰 Tampa General led the nation in number of transplants in 2024
📰 Hillsborough detectives make arrests in 2014 cold case homicide in West Tampa
📰 Gasparilla Music Festival 2025 postponed; organizers cite ‘financial strain’
Tampa Bay Rodeo’s Bull Bash & Country Music Festival
5 pm - 10 pm 1/17 - 1/18
Hillsborough County Fairgrounds, 215 Sydney Washer Rd, Dover, FL 33527
Cost: $60
Two nights of heart-pounding Bull Riding and toe-tapping Live Country Music combine for an exhilarating, action-packed event. The best bull riders in the region will be competing for the title and cash prizes in this single event competition. Country music artists Chris Janson (Friday) and Clay Walker (Saturday) headline the festival, delivering unforgettable performances during the extended 90-minute Bull Bash intermission. Come early to enjoy LIVE music from local favorite Crossfire Creek Band, delicious food, cold beer and to test your skills on the mechanical bull before the Bull Bash begins. Don’t miss this riveting showcase of bull riding and live country music!
12 pm - 7:30 pm 1/18
Children's Gasparilla Parade Starting Point, West Bay to Bay Boulevard & Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33629
Cost: Free
This alcohol-free family event invites pirates of all ages to witness a series of expertly designed parade floats, krewes, marching bands, dance units, and more. The event includes a full day of fun that begins with a Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Rodeo, followed by a Preschoolers’ Stroll presented by Primrose Schools, which invites our littlest mateys to parade down Bayshore Blvd. The Children’s Gasparilla also takes to the skies, entertaining fans with the Gasparilla Air Invasion and the Children's Gasparilla "Piratechnic" Finale, which lights up the sky with fireworks above Bayshore Boulevard following the parade.
City of Tampa’s Martin Luther King Parade
12 pm 1/20
Cuscaden Park, 15th st & 21st ave
Cost: Free
This year’s parade, organized by the MLK Foundation, promises to be the most exciting yet, featuring new entries from across the state and Caribbean, as well as nationally renowned bands such as the Bethune-Cookman Marching Wildcats and Edward Waters University Triple Threat Marching Band. In addition to parade enhancements, the MLK Foundation will announce an expansion of its scholarship program, which will provide even more Hillsborough County high school students with access to educational opportunities. The expanded program reflects Dr. King’s legacy of advancing equity through education.
