Are you ready for the 17th annual Geckofest Street Festival this Saturday, September 2nd? It takes place in Gulfport, Florida, from 10 am to 10 pm! This is a family event with FREE Admission. There will be arts & crafts vendors, food vendors, a walking parade, a costume contest, stage and street performers, live music,…
CopE, the brilliant quartet from Tampa, ended their glorious run as the Bay area’s top jamband with two magical performances at last year’s Great Outdoors Jam. Ever the eternal optimist, I’m calling it a hiatus. (They did reunite for the Keepin’ D Funky benefit!) I first “discovered” CopE opening for New Monsoon at Skipper’s Smokehouse…
ZenFest is a lovely little festival that manages to fly under the radar, but those who have attended and those who have played there know just how wonderfully intimate and warm it is. Its home is All World Acres, off the beaten path in north Plant City, almost to Zephyrhills. AWA is host to a…
Last February at Gov-Fest, I had just been lured into the clutches of MusicFestNews as a writer. Very excited about changes that were occurring for me, I saw online information about a music fest the following weekend in Plant City FL called ZenFest. I was truly interested in seeing two of the bands scheduled and…
The Amsterdam in St. Petersburg has two excellent nights lined up for your consideration tonight (Friday, January 22) and Saturday. Six great bands are slated to perform over the two days. Did I mention their killer beer selection? I’m figuring Juanjamon is responsible for this: Tonight, it’s Pants Off Dance Off! $5 cover if you…
’Twas the night after Christmas, and creatures were stirring — wall to wall — at The Dunedin Brewery, waiting with anticipation to dance like sugarplums, because Troy Youngblood & the Soulfish and shoeless soul were throwing a party. The calendar said December, but it felt like September outside. For me, the only male vocalist in…
When you ride a roller coaster, you expect ups and downs. In fact, you expect the ups and downs to even out. So what if you are on a roller coaster that only has ups, with maybe the occasional slight dip? How does that work? That’s what my musical life feels like right now. It…
Perhaps this has happened to you: you receive a Facecrack invitation from a name you don’t recognize, likely through a friend of a friend. But the invitation sounds interesting, and you think: well, OK! In this case, the request came from ZenFest 2015, being held at All World Acres in Plant City (well, technically). The…