{"id":41507,"date":"2025-11-10T21:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41507\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:58:11","slug":"surfing-songwriter-and-filmmaker-jack-johnson-returns-to-tampa-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41507\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfing songwriter and filmmaker Jack Johnson returns to Tampa this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MusicianJack Johnson Credit: Tahnei Roy \/ Republic Records<\/p>\n

Jack Johnson<\/a> has a new movie coming out in 2026 and will give Tampa Bay fans a taste of it when he hits the road this summer.<\/p>\n

Last week, the 50-year-old songwriter, filmmaker, surfer and eco-activist announced a 43-date tour that includes an August swing through the southeastern U.S., marking his first Bay area show since 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The run, which stops in West Palm Beach and Tampa, arrived with a new single (\u201cHold On To The Light,\u201d with instrumental duo Hermanos Guti\u00e9rrez) that will appear in \u201cSurfilmusic\u201d (stylized in all-caps), a movie that will feature Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new film celebrates the lifelong friendships and ocean-driven community that shaped Johnson\u2019s path, and features many of the surfers who appeared in the original films, including Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and the Malloy Brothers,\u201d a press release says. \u201cIt also captures the shared spirit of exploration and creativity that continues to inspire his music and environmentalism today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets to see Jack Johnson play Tampa\u2019s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Wednesday, Aug. 19 go on sale to the public Friday, Nov. 14\u2014prices have yet to be announced.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lake Street Dive opens the Florida shows.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSurfilmusic\u201d soundtrack finds Johnson not only teaming up with the Hermanos Guti\u00e9rrez but reconnecting with Beastie Boys and Beck producer Mario Caldato Jr., who worked with Johnson on several albums including his 2003 sophomore outing On and On, 2005\u2019s In Between Dreams, and 2013\u2019s From Here to Now to You.<\/p>\n

In the first trailer for the film with Chris Malloy, Johnson said that whenever he thinks about creativity, friendship is the throughline. \u201cNone of us could have made it on our own,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

That connectivity extends to his approach to touring.<\/p>\n

In a 2022 interview with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/a>, Johnson\u2014who in the past has donated the entirety of tour profits to environmental organizations\u2014said that he\u2019s able to square the conundrum of touring with his commitment to a greener earth not just through obvious positive aspects of touring, but by activating and donating to local nonprofits in every city his tour visits.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter we leave, there\u2019s energy from the show, both in funding these groups\u2014because every night we put money from the show into nonprofits\u2014and then also, I think, more importantly, is connecting the fans and this younger energy with these established nonprofits so that after we leave, there\u2019s all these new members of these groups,\u201d he added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the local contributions, Johnson\u2019s \u2018Ohana Foundation will split $2 from every ticket between Reverb\u2019s Climate Project Portfolio and All At Once nonprofit partners working on environmental initiatives in communities near each concert and across the country.<\/p>\n

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This article appears in Nov. 6 \u2013 12, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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