{"id":100159,"date":"2025-12-30T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100159\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:07:08","slug":"rock-the-park-tampa-hosts-free-new-years-day-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100159\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock the Park Tampa hosts free New Year’s Day concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FourWhale Feral Credit: c\/o WMNF Live Music Showcase<\/p>\n

Some people believe that whatever you do on New Year\u2019s Day will carry over into the entire year, so why not ring in 2026 with a free concert in the park?<\/p>\n

The Tampa Downtown Partnership\u2019s monthly showcase of homegrown talent<\/a> is in its 16th year and kicks off the year with Whale Feral. The rock quartet\u2014which plays WMNF Tampa\u2019s Live Music Showcase the next day\u2014is almost 12 months removed from its latest LP, Word\u2019s We Can\u2019t Read, which just got a deluxe reissue that includes a live recording of the album.<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg producer Bauxmonk\u2014who just released his AftrDinnr_9 beat tape\u2014is also on the bill along with expat Tampa songwriter Max Norton.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no cover for Rock the Park Tampa happening Thursday, Jan. 1 at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This article appears in Dec. 25 \u2013 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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