{"id":170380,"date":"2026-02-26T18:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170380\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:52:11","slug":"clearwaters-no-cover-sea-blues-festival-returns-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/170380\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearwater&#8217;s no-cover Sea-Blues festival returns this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"353201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/powerjimi_live\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PowerJimi_live-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1703&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1703\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1667690097&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PowerJimi_live\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milovan \u0110u\u0111i\u0107, better known as Power Jimi.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PowerJimi_live-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PowerJimi_live-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PowerJimi_live.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa Bay area blues guitarist Power Jimi performing live on stage with a white electric guitar under dramatic blue and yellow stage lights.\" class=\"wp-image-353201\"  \/>Milovan \u0110u\u0111i\u0107, better known as Power Jimi. Credit: Courtesy<\/p>\n<p>There are so many stories baked into the lineup of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitstpeteclearwater.com\/event\/clearwater-sea-blues-festival\/52346\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.visitstpeteclearwater.com\/event\/clearwater-sea-blues-festival\/52346\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival<\/a>, and one belongs to Milovan Dudic. Better known as <a href=\"https:\/\/powerjimi.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/powerjimi.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Power Jimi<\/a>, the guitarist is in the lineup with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikedavisproject.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.mikedavisproject.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Davis<\/a>\u2019 band, which plays in between headliners this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Dudic has played alongside Yugoslav trio YU Grupa and keyboardist Tihomir \u201cPop\u201d Asanovi\u0107, known for his collaborations with Frank Zappa and Ray Charles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see blues music as a living conversation between cultures\u2014something that continues to evolve every time musicians from different backgrounds meet in the same room,\u201d he told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay in an email.<\/p>\n<p>See that ethos in action, and sets from national headliners like North Mississippi Allstars this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/clearwater-sea-blues-festival-21126108\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s no cover for Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival happening at Coachman Park in Clearwater from Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 28-March 1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772131931_320_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/feb-26-mar-04-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 26 \u2013 Mar. 04, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Milovan \u0110u\u0111i\u0107, better known as Power Jimi. 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