{"id":222093,"date":"2026-04-07T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222093\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:30:11","slug":"willie-nelson-is-coming-to-clearwater-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222093\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nelson is coming to Clearwater this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"356784\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arringtonva-usa-9-7-2014willienelsonperformsatlockn\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Willie-Nelson-Sterling-Munksgard-shutterstock_1330692410-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Shutterstock&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (c) 2019 Sterling Munksgard\/Shutterstock.  No use without permission.&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;Arrington,,Va\/usa,-,9\/7\/2014,:,Willie,Nelson,Performs,At,Lockn'&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Arrington,,Va\/usa,-,9\/7\/2014,:,Willie,Nelson,Performs,At,Lockn\u2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Willie Nelson plays Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington, Virginia on Sept. 4, 2014.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Willie-Nelson-Sterling-Munksgard-shutterstock_1330692410-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Willie-Nelson-Sterling-Munksgard-shutterstock_1330692410.jpg\" alt=\"A low-angle close-up of country music legend Willie Nelson performing at a microphone. He is wearing his signature black cowboy hat and has his long grey hair in braids. A colorful, multi-strand beaded guitar strap is visible over his black t-shirt against a bright, slightly overexposed sky.\" class=\"wp-image-356784\"  \/>Willie Nelson plays Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington, Virginia on Sept. 4, 2014. Credit: Sterling Munksgard \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willienelson.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Willie Nelson<\/a> turns 93 this year, and he\u2019s still on the road with plans to visit the Tampa Bay area this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Highwayman recently hit the stage for his own Luck Reunion festival, his first public show since Farm Aid in Minneapolis last September.<\/p>\n<p>And good news for fans who like to smoke during the show: Nelson\u2019s May stop in Clearwater happens outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to see Willie Nelson play BayCare Sound in Clearwater on Sunday, May 17 go on sale to the public Friday, April 10 at start at $44.50.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRoll Me Up\u201d songwriter has talked openly about believing in reincarnation, recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/willie-nelson-shares-secret-to-writers-block-approach-to-songwriting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">telling CBS\u2019s Anthony Mason<\/a> that people probably come back as themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe life ends,\u201d Nelson added. \u201cI\u2019ll be back in a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s still not a good enough reason to miss this visit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775575811_864_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\/apr-02-08-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apr. 02 \u2013 08, 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":"Willie Nelson plays Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington, Virginia on Sept. 4, 2014. 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