Tampa Bay Rodeo Bull Bash & Country Music Festival set
TAMPA — Country music legends Trace Adkins and Justin Moore will headline Tampa Bay Rodeo’s Bull Bash & Country Music Festival, set for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16-17, at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds, 215 Sydney Washer Road, Dover.
Gates open at 4:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $75. Visit tamparodeo.com.
With country music luminary Lee Greenwood performing as special guest each night, the event celebrates America’s 250th birthday and honors the brave men and women of the military who safeguard our freedom. Special recognition will also be given to The Wounded Warrior Project who will be hosting members of their community at the event.
The region’s top bull riders will battle it out in a single event competition for cash prizes and bragging rights, followed by country music’s biggest names taking the spotlight.
Justin Moore will perform on Friday. Trace Adkins will perform on Saturday.
RPPF launches ’88 Keys. 88 Days.’
The Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival recently announced the launch of “88 Keys. 88 Days.,” a community-wide fundraising campaign inviting supporters to symbolically “claim” one of the 88 keys of a piano. The campaign will culminate on World Piano Day, March 29, with multiple concerts throughout Tampa Bay, kicking off with a live radio performance by Rebecca Penneys on Tuesday, March 24, on WSMR 89.1.
Funds raised will directly support RPPF, a tuition-free experience for the most talented collegiate pianists in the world, including but not limited to student sponsorships — covering accommodations, meals, transportation, and excursions; artist faculty honorariums and essential festival operations — from university facility fees to piano tuning, critical to the festival’s success.
The fundraiser got underway on Jan. 1 and will continue through March 29. Celebration concerts will take place between March 24 and 29. World Piano Day is March 29.
For information about the fundraiser, visit rebeccapenneyspianofestival.org/support-contact/.
Concert locations will include the Steinway Gallery in Clearwater and Tampa, Imagine Museum in St. Petersburg, and New Tampa Performing Arts Center in Tampa. Schedule details are available on rebeccapenneypianofestival.org.
Performances will feature award-winning RPPF pianists Janna G. Pena, Chen Liang, E-Na Song, Spencer Myer and Rebecca Penneys.
The Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, tuition-free, is a touchstone for artistic awareness and professional inspiration. It is a unique, intense, profound experience that boasts a multi-generational, internationally renowned faculty of 23, together with 40 of the most talented collegiate pianists from across the globe, hosted annually at the University of South Florida.
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