{"id":227340,"date":"2026-04-11T07:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227340\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:21:29","slug":"concerts-festivals-and-downtown-family-fun-what-to-know-before-you-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227340\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerts, festivals and downtown family fun &#8212; What to know before you go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Whether it\u2019s live music, boats or soccer, there\u2019s something for everyone in downtown Tampa this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">City officials are warning everybody that streets and sidewalks will be busy from Friday to Sunday, thanks to these large events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out these events in downtown Tampa:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Events for Friday, April 10 include:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/gasparilla-music-festival-returns-tampa-weekend-new-home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gasparilla Music Festival returns to Tampa in brand-new home;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gasparilla Music Festival returns to Tampa in brand-new home&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Gasparilla Music Festival returns to Tampa in brand-new home<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Events for Saturday, April 11 include:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Events for Sunday, April 12 include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">City of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tampa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tampa&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tampa <\/a>officials are warning everybody that downtown streets and sidewalks will be busy over the weekend thanks to several large events. Some events, including the Gasparilla Music Festival and Benchmark International Arena, are offering a bike valet to attendees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To view the city of Tampa&#8217;s parking options, click <a href=\"https:\/\/Tampa.gov\/parking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article was written using information from the city of Tampa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Whether it\u2019s live music, boats or soccer, there\u2019s something for everyone in downtown Tampa this weekend.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47282,135,1526,40926,137,136],"class_list":["post-227340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-gasparilla-music-festival","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-convention-center","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227340","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=227340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}