YouTube comedy star Jake Frombach's festival debut fills five St. Petersburg stages, plus a Saturday home run derby.

St. Pete’s EDGE District will become a free, walkable art gallery this November. The inaugural Booker Creek Arts Festival brings hundreds of Florida artists, live demonstrations and up to $50,000 in prizes.

A veteran-led stage production about the Operation Pineapple Express rescue effort is coming to Tampa for three performances.

Hip-hop design legend Cey Adams is turning Broward’s public spaces into colorful neighborhood love letters. Six of nine planned murals are already complete.

Clearwater’s new Chalk the Bay festival will fill Coachman Park with temporary art, music, food trucks and vendors in January 2027. Artists can apply for paid spots, but the city’s deadline details have shifted.

Penny Lane moves from Dunedin to a 2,100-square-foot space in downtown St. Pete, opening July 29 with hundreds more Beatles artifacts on display. The new gallery will showcase rare items and larger showpieces.

The Straz Center is getting a $100M Riverwalk makeover with riverfront dining, an outdoor stage and a rooftop bar; construction is set to finish in early 2027.

Sheila E., Chris Botti and Larkin Poe headline Clearwater Jazz Holiday Oct. 15–18, with free Sunset Bluff viewing and local tributes. The four‑day festival returns to Coachman Park.

St. Pete Opera closes its 20th season by revisiting Puccini’s La Bohème at the Palladium — the company’s last mainstage run there before a yearlong renovation.

New renderings show a 32‑acre Fruitville Road campus as the Sarasota Orchestra announces an anonymous $11.7M gift to push the Music Center forward. The design emphasizes acoustics and climate resilience.

ANODNB stages a farewell at Crowbar this Sunday as the Ybor venue winds down its lease; local drum-and-bass vets will play a $5 show in a cramped room.

Tampa’s Indie Night sold out two farewell shows at Crowbar as the Ybor City venue prepares to close. Founders say the community they built will outlast the room.

The estate of Supertramp co‑founder Rick Davies sued Roger Hodgson in Hillsborough County, alleging publishing royalties were shorted and asking a Tampa court to apply Florida law.