{"id":62012,"date":"2025-11-26T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/62012\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:34:13","slug":"pop-songwriter-ari-chi-plays-a-winter-village-rock-the-park-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/62012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop songwriter Ari Chi plays a Winter Village Rock the Park this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"518\" data-attachment-id=\"332099\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/best-local-album-2017-all-of-ari-chis-vibrant-essence-gets-captured-on-color-fool-12240678\/attachment\/music_ari_chi_ivana_cajina-5a3cc49d8ea8a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/music_ari_chi_ivana_cajina.5a3cc49d8ea8a.png?fit=960%2C638&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,638\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&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;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"music_ari_chi_ivana_cajina.5a3cc49d8ea8a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ari Chi.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/music_ari_chi_ivana_cajina.5a3cc49d8ea8a.png?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/music_ari_chi_ivana_cajina.5a3cc49d8ea8a.png?fit=780%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/music_ari_chi_ivana_cajina.5a3cc49d8ea8a.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332099\"  \/>Ari Chi. Credit: Ivana Cajina<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s quite literally the most wonderful time to be at The Curt as the sun goes down. Dressed up in its Winter Village digs, downtown Tampa\u2019s marquee greenspace hosts its monthly free concert this week, with powerhouse vocalist Ashley Smith in the headlining slot. <\/p>\n<p>Ari Chi, a uke-wielding pop songwriter who finally recorded her banger of a live staple (\u201cZip It Up\u201d), is at the heart of the bill, with visiting indie-rock band Autumn Band opening. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/rock-the-park-tampa-14303634\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0There is no cover for Rock the Park happening Thursday, Dec. 4 in Tampa.<\/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 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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":"Ari Chi. 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