{"id":68839,"date":"2025-12-03T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68839\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:42:10","slug":"tampas-sweetwater-farm-hosts-farm-aid-concert-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68839\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa&#8217;s Sweetwater farm hosts &#8216;Farm Aid&#8217; concert this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" data-attachment-id=\"348422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/tampas-sweetwater-farm-hosts-farm-aid-concert-this-weekend\/attachment\/katara-photo-by-ivana-cajina-voncoinstagram\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Katara-Photo-by-Ivana-Cajina-voncoInstagram.jpeg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"Katara Photo by Ivana Cajina voncoInstagram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Katara&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Katara-Photo-by-Ivana-Cajina-voncoInstagram.jpeg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Katara-Photo-by-Ivana-Cajina-voncoInstagram.jpeg?fit=780%2C780&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Katara-Photo-by-Ivana-Cajina-voncoInstagram.jpeg\" alt=\"Two people posing in a studio against a neutral background. The person on the right has their hand in their pocket and is looking straight at the camera, while the person on the left is wearing a patterned top and also looking directly ahead.\" class=\"wp-image-348422\"  \/>Katara Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJHX1l1OgPJ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivana Cajina \/ wearekatara\/Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pull up a blanket or lawn chairs and head to Town \u2018n\u2019 Country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/sweetwater-organic-community-farm-14802664\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sweetwater Organic Community Farm<\/a> for a day-long festival featuring sets from nearly a dozen bands.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights on the the bill include soulful songwriter and vocalist Kristopher James, ace drum and harp-based outfit Katara, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome, and for the first time ever, Sweetwater has added a camp-on-the-farm option that will let a family stay the night after the festival wraps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/3rd-annual-farm-aid-tampa-bay-music-fest-20941982\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kids under 12 get in free, and tickets start at $20 for the 3rd Annual Farm Aid Tampa Bay Music Fest happening Saturday, Dec. 6 at Sweetwater Organic Community Farm in Tampa.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764722529_944_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/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 class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/nov-27-dec-03-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nov. 27 \u2013 Dec. 03, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mainLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31046\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>WE LOVE OUR READERS!<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Since 1988, CL Tampa Bay has served as the free, independent voice of Tampa Bay, and we want to keep it that way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Becoming a CL Tampa Bay Supporter for as little as $5 a month allows us to continue offering readers access to our coverage of local news, food, nightlife, events, and culture with no paywalls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tampabaycreativeloafing.fundjournalism.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join today because you love us, too.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tTagged: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tag\/live-music-in-tampa\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">live music in Tampa<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tag\/sweetwater-organic-community-farm\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sweetwater Organic Community Farm<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tag\/tampa-bay-concerts\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay concerts<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. 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