The daughter of country legend George Morgan, Lorrie Morgan\u2019s hits include \u201cWhat Part of No,\u201d \u201cWatch Me,\u201d \u201cFive Minutes,\u201d \u201cI Didn\u2019t Know My Own Strength\u201d and \u201cTil a Tear Becomes a Rose\u201d (a duet with her late husband, balladeer Keith Whitley). She has charted more than 40 singles (including three No. 1s) and has three platinum albums.<\/p>\n
Pinellas Park\u2019s Country in the Park is a free, family-friendly event kicking off at noon. There\u2019ll be live music all day. England Brothers Park is at 5010 81st Avenue N., Pinellas Park.<\/p>\n
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Saturday at Central Park Performing Arts Center in Largo: Suzy Bogguss. Publicity photo.<\/p>\n
Concert calendar<\/p>\n
Today at 6 p.m. in the Dal\u00ed Museum\u2019s Will Raymund Theater: The Fulton Chamber Players with classical music program. Find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tonight at Jannus Live: R&B singer\/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Khamari. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an evening of \u201970 hits as The Big Gay Cabaret: Out on the Dance Floor, with The Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Tampa Bay, arrives at the Jaeb Theatre (Straz Center, Tampa) Saturday night at 8. Info and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Clearwater\u2019s BayCare Sound comes alive Friday at 5 p.m. for the annual 98 Rock Fest. Bands scheduled to perform are Three Days Grace, I Prevail, Sleep Theory, The Funeral Portrait and The Pretty Wild. Tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Smithereens, with guest singer John Cowsill, play Largo\u2019s Central Park Performing Arts Center Friday. Read the Catalyst interview with Cowsill at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the BayCare Sound Saturday: Blues guitar crusher Joe Bonamassa, with an opening set from Christone \u2018Kingfish\u2019 Ingram. Show starts at 6 p.m. and tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n A frequent Bonamassa collaborator, blues singer (and songwriter) Beth Hart, will be onstage at Ruth Eckerd Hall at 8 p.m. Sunday (with St. Pete\u2019s Gregg Billings opening). Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Bonamassa\u2019s tour schedule lists Sunday as an open day \u2013 think maybe he\u2019ll show up to jam with Beth and her band? Hmm.)<\/p>\n Saturday also brings Diana Ross to Ruth Eckerd Hall for her annual bay area concert appearance. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our Canadian musician friends Classic Albums Live check in at the Capitol Theatre Sunday with a full-tilt performance of Purple Rain by Prince & the Revolution. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sunday at Morsani Hall, Straz Center: Singer Anne Wilson. Not the one from the rock band Heart (anyway, it\u2019s spelled differently). This is Anne Wilson, the Christian music performer. Find info and tickets at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Where\u2019s the orchestra?<\/p>\n The Florida Orchestra music director Michael Francis will be onstage at the Mahaffey Theater tonight (at 7:30) for Inside Mozart\u2019s Jupiter Symphony at the Mahaffey Theater. This is part of the maestro\u2019s behind-the-scenes series, in which he (and the orchestra) provide insight, both verbal and musical, into the piece at hand. Admission is pay-what you can.<\/p>\n Performances of Mozart\u2019s Symphony No. 41, \u201cJupiter,\u201d are at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mahaffey. Soprano Hein Jung will perform Queen of the Night arias from Mozart\u2019s The Magic Flute. Also on the program: guest soloist Maximilian Hornung for Shostakovich\u2019s Cello Concerto No. 1, Beethoven\u2019s Grosse Fuge and, as always, a Francis-chosen \u201cmystery piece.\u201d<\/p>\n Find more information, and tickets, at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In North Straub Park<\/p>\n Manatee County\u2019s Paragon Festivals is back in North Straub Park (400 Bayshore Drive NE) with a new event, St. Petersburg Bayfest, Friday through Sunday. It\u2019s got food (courtesy of local restaurants), a mareketplace and continuous live music<\/a> from local artists. Admission is $5. Gates open at 4 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n Roxanne Fay is Brutus in The Studio@620\u2019s adaptation of \u201cJulius Caesar,\u201d in its final weekend. Photo provided.<\/p>\n On theater stages<\/p>\n Dawn Truax performs the 60 minute one-woman show in Genius, Madness and Murder: Tales of the Scandalous Family of John Wilkes Booth at Stageworks Theatre (Tampa) tonight. Tickets for the 7:30 show are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Saturday at New Tampa Performing Arts Center: Theater, live music and dance are combined in the Indian folk tale Naga-Mandala (Play with a Cobra) by Girish Karnad, presented by White Plume Productions at 7 p.m. Find out more, and purchase tickets, at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Stageworks drama My Name is Asher Lev continues with performances through Sunday. Find showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n The production of Julius Caesar at The Studio@620 continues with performances through Sunday. Find showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Shark is Broken continues through April 5 at Jobsite Theatre. Find showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Magic and comedy<\/p>\n The nationally-touring Masters of Illusion show is at Ruth Eckerd Hall tonight at 7. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Originally scheduled for Friday, the Mahaffey Theater performance by illusionist Leon Etienne\u2019s Magic Rocks! no longer appears on the venue\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n Martin Lawrence is onstage at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center at 8 p.m. Sunday. Find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comedian Dusty Slay performs Friday at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comedian Cristela Alonzo performs Friday at the Straz Center\u2019s Jaeb Theatre. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Your Weekend Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0appears every Thursday in the\u00a0Catalyst\u2019s CREATE section.\u00a0<\/p>\n Please add us to your mailing list \u2013 send all press releases and event info to\u00a0bill@stpetecatalyst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roxanne-Faye-Julius-Caesar-Studio@620-300x206.jpg\")
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