{"id":66969,"date":"2025-12-01T21:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66969\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:05:07","slug":"st-petes-minor-celebrities-try-drag-at-the-wet-spot-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66969\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete&#8217;s minor celebrities try drag at The Wet Spot this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"611\" data-attachment-id=\"28786\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/pastor-andy-oliver-bills-pinellas-sheriff-10k-for-staging-at-his-st-petersburg-church-20314324\/attachment\/pastor_andy_oliver_photo_by_jorge_cordova\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pastor_andy_oliver_photo_by_jorge_cordova.png?fit=1200%2C940&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,940\" 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=\"pastor_andy_oliver_photo_by_jorge_cordova\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pastor Andy Oliver in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 28, 2025.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pastor_andy_oliver_photo_by_jorge_cordova.png?fit=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pastor_andy_oliver_photo_by_jorge_cordova.png?fit=780%2C611&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pastor_andy_oliver_photo_by_jorge_cordova.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28786\"  \/>Pastor Andy Oliver in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 28, 2025. Credit: Photo by Jorge Cordova<\/p>\n<p>Some of St. Pete\u2019s finest public figures and professionals will be dragged to the stage this weekend for an amateur holiday drag competition benefiting Winter Pride St. Pete. <\/p>\n<p>The lineup includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tag\/andy-oliver\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pastor Andy Oliver<\/a>, attorney Lee Pearlman, Baycare addiction psychiatrist Jason Fields, SarasotaOUT.com founder and editor Josh Beadle and Cocktail bartender Jennifer Rogers. <\/p>\n<p>The audience (21+) will decide if they\u2019re busted or beautiful (but it\u2019s the holidays, so they\u2019ll probably be nice).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cocktailstpete.com\/yule-be-gagged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">There is no cover for \u201cYule Be Gagged,\u201d happening Sunday, Dec. 7 in St. Pete.<\/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>Recent Stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/tampa-rep-fentrice-driskell-calls-trump-plan-to-redraw-congressional-map-illegal\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764623102_729_Fentrice-Driskell-Photo-by-Sarah-Gray-HousePhotoOriginal7838.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tampa Rep. 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Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,&#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\/selene\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Selene San Felice\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":"Pastor Andy Oliver in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 28, 2025. 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