{"id":189738,"date":"2026-03-13T05:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189738\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T05:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:03:07","slug":"sunday-concert-aims-to-engage-hillsborough-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189738\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday concert aims to &#8216;Engage&#8217; Hillsborough Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"354465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/jinx813fb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jinx813FB.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jinx813FB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;J.IN.X&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jinx813FB.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jinx813FB.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jinx813FB.jpg\" alt=\"Musician J.IN.X performing live in a profile shot, wearing a black Tampa Bay Rays baseball cap and a gold watch while singing into a microphone. The person has a full beard and stands amidst stage smoke with a crowd visible in the blurred background.\" class=\"wp-image-354465\"  \/>J.IN.X Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10236734242916318&amp;set=pb.1244321232.-2207520000&amp;type=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jinx813 \/ Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats, lately, always look like they are at a crossroads or existential crisis, wringing their hands and doomscrolling online looking for the next think piece that\u2019ll explain why they can\u2019t win elections not just across Florida but locally, too.<\/p>\n<p>A concert and fundraiser for the executive committee of the <a href=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughcountydemocrats.org\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/hillsboroughcountydemocrats.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County Democrats <\/a>is asking voters to logoff at least for a night and level up. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people say they\u2019re disenfranchised with their local politics, but the best way to do that is what we\u2019re asking you to do, and that\u2019s engage,\u201d Crowbar owner Tom DeGeorge, who ran for Tampa City Council last year, said in a promo video. \u201cYou can have the impact on your party to make it the party that best represents you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two powerhouse emcees, Queen of Ex and <a href=\"http:\/\/j.in\" rel=\"nofollow\">J<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/j.in\" rel=\"nofollow\">IN<\/a>.X, are on the concert bill along with, rock outfits He Kindly and Giorgi, plus a homecoming set from DJ Deacon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jinx13.bandcamp.com\/album\/joy-in-the-unknown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joy In The Unknown by J.IN.X<\/a><\/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\/mar-12-18-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mar. 12 \u2013 18, 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":"J.IN.X Credit: jinx813 \/ Facebook Democrats, lately, always look like they are at a crossroads or existential crisis,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7523,1864,135,1865,137,136],"class_list":["post-189738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crowbar","tag-live-music-in-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-concerts","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}