CAMPGround 26 is March 5th through 7th (CAMP)

CAMPGround 26, a three-day festival of new music from a lineup of international artists and composers, presents five concerts at three eclectic Tampa venues from March 5th through 7th. 

CAMPGround kicks off at 7 p.m. March 5th at Tempus Projects in Ybor City’s Kress Contemporary with the world premiere of three monodramas written by members of the Iranian Female Composers Association and performed by a contingent of musicians. The evening also features a video and light art installation and a music ensemble performance that uses electronics to explore the rhythmic patterns of electromagnetic waves. 

Friday, March 6th has a double bill. A noon concert at Tempus Projects features performances of several compositions, some with a companion visual art display. That evening at 7 p.m., things move to The Disco Dolls Studio in Seminole Heights for performances on viola, flute, cello, and violin. The University of South Florida percussion ensemble also performs. 

At 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 7th, the festival moves to the Steinway Piano Gallery on West Kennedy Boulevard for several performances. The festival finale, “A Little House Music,” is 6 p.m. that evening at CAMPGround in East Tampa. It features works by five composers and dance performances. 

The annual CAMPGround festival started in 2022. The Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP), a nonprofit formed in 2021 by three USF music faculty, organizes and runs the festival as part of its mission to showcase innovative new music and multimedia art. CAMP co-founder and President Eunmi Ko, a concert pianist and USF faculty member, says the festival presents innovative new music by local, regional, and international composers in a low-key, relaxing, community-oriented, and entertaining atmosphere. Ko says it also showcases local arts venues like Tempus Projects, The Disco Dolls, and the Steinway Piano Gallery, and promotes collaboration with local artists such as dancers Bailey Grayson and JepStar Jacinto.  

For more information and tickets, go to CAMPGround 26

Gasparilla International Film Festival

The 19th Gasparilla International Film Festival continues through March 8th. Films show at AMC Westshore through Saturday, March 7th. On March 8th, the closing night screening of “Miles Away” is at Centro Asturiano de Tampa.

Wednesday, March 4th includes showings of local Tampa Bay short films. Thursday, March 5th has the documentary “The Murders of Seminole Heights” about the 2017 shootings that killed four people and shook the Tampa neighborhood. The dark comedy “California Schemin,” based on the true story of two aspiring Scottish rappers, is also Thursday.

Friday has “The Blackened Charte; A Search for Buried Treasure,” the drama “Mistake,” sci-fi movie “Unplug,” coming-of-age, fantasy film “Alicia in Wonderland,” drama “A Portrait of a Postman,” and “Billy Knight,” a drama starring Al Pacino, Charlie Heaton, the great Billy Zane, and others. 

Saturday’s loaded lineup includes heartwarming documentary “Silver Screamers,” drama “Gaia,” romantic comedy “Fantasy Life,” documentary “Rolling in Paris with Jim Jarmusch,” “Late Fame,” starring Willem Dafoe as a forgotten poet who gets rediscovered, Florida-set horror “Noseeums,” action flick “Savage,” about an ex-special forces soldier who gets double crossed when he takes a gig as a getaway driver in a Tampa bank heist to raise money for his sick mother’s care, and more.

For more information, tickets, and the industry panel schedule, go to Gasparilla Film Festival 

Tampa Bay Design Week

AIA Tampa Bay and the Center for Architecture & Design Tampa Bay present Tampa Bay Design Week from March 8th through 14th. Throughout the week, tours, presentations, and immersive experiences spotlight how architecture and design shape the region. 

From 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 8th, the Florida Southern College School of Architecture hosts a LEGO build competition and leads walking tours of buildings designed by architects Nils Schweitzer and Robert A.M. Stern. Cost is $10.

From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 10th, real estate developer KETTLER leads an architectural tour of the 50-acre mixed-use Gasworx district under construction between Ybor City and the Channel District. Cost is $20.

From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 11, The Center for Architecture & Design, 1208 N. Howard Ave. in Tampa, hosts artist AGalban, curator Antonio Permuy, and architect Peter Hauerstein for a discussion exploring the intersection of art, faith, and architecture and Galban’s exhibit “Sacred Pilgrimage: Gaudí and Galban,” a collection of work inspired by Barcelona’s Basilica of La Sagrada Família, which was designed by iconic architect Antoni Gaudí and has been under construction since 1882. The event is free.

From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on March 12th at New World Tampa, 810 E. Skagway Ave.,several prominent Bay Area architects give PechaKucha-style 20 by 20 presentations (20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds). Albert Alfonso, Zilsalina Mendieta, Trevor Lamphier, Rick Rowe, John Curran, Peter Hepner, and Jody Beck are part of the program. Registration is $20. 

On March 13th, urban designer Josh Frank and architect Ross Tisdale lead a Tampa urban architecture riverboat tour on a Pirate Taxi traveling along the Hillsborough River downtown.  Tours depart at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $45.

From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. March 14th at the Barack Obama Main Library in St. Petersburg, William Harvard Jr. will give a talk about his father, the prominent late St. Pete architect William Harvard. The free event is put on in conjunction with Preserve the ‘Burg.

For more information, go to Tampa Bay Design Week