{"id":396931,"date":"2026-09-11T14:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396931\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:30:30","slug":"rescheduled-concert-to-reopen-st-petes-haslams-books-happens-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396931\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescheduled concert to reopen St. Pete’s Haslam’s Books happens this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ALittle Giver plays Gasparilla Music Festival at Meridian Fields in Tampa, Florida on April 10, 2026. Credit: c\/o Gasparilla Music Festival<\/p>\n

He\u2019s sold just a tiny fraction of the t-shirts it\u2019ll take to purchase the property, but a St. Pete artist is taking a bit of a victory lap after the family that owns long-shuttered Haslam\u2019s Books acknowledged a bootleg campaign to reopen the beloved shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is more of just like another PR stunt to see if we can get the attention of the family and get them to talk to us,\u201d Filipe Bergson first told Cigar City Sounds<\/a> after announcing an Aug. 29 concert in the store parking lot. It worked, and the family said people should not attend the unauthorized show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful that so many people still love Haslam\u2019s,\u201d it told St. Pete Catalyst<\/a>. \u201cWe ask people who care about Haslam\u2019s not to put themselves or this property at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the 32-year-old is inviting the family to feel the love at the official \u201cre-open Haslam\u2019s\u201d concert where songwriter Delaney Staack will play alongside righteous new indie-rock band Little Giver and \u201cThe Haslam\u2019s Family Band.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a recent \u201cacknowledgment of reality,\u201d Bergson admitted that the store may never reopen. \u201cThat\u2019s OK, it\u2019s not up to us,\u201d he added, before saying that fans can still come to the show and be around like-minded people. \u201cYou should dress as a book, a cat, a librarian, or a character from a book, or anything related to any of those.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no cover to see Little Giver, Delaney Staack, and Haslam\u2019s Family Band at The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg on Sunday, Sept. 13 (donations accepted).<\/a><\/p>\n

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This article appears in September 10 \u2013 16, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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