{"id":7038,"date":"2025-10-16T18:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7038\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:59:08","slug":"free-tampa-concert-from-us-army-jazz-ambassadors-canceled-as-government-shutdown-enters-third-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7038\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Tampa concert from US Army Jazz Ambassadors canceled as government shutdown enters third week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ASgt. 1st Class Todd Harrison with the U.S. Jazz Ambassadors in Emmaus, Penn. Credit: U.S. Military<\/a><\/p>\n

Pete Hegseth <\/a>likes to talk shit about his own troops but has yet to label jazz as too gay for the armed forces. That still didn\u2019t stop the enshitification<\/a> of American democracy from canceling this sweet gig that was supposed to happen in Tampa this weekend.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors<\/a> is a 19-piece band that\u2019s been the cream of the crop for big band for nearly six decades now. <\/p>\n

It perform standards, patriotic songs, contemporary jazz and even original work by members and has even played every state in the union and are alumni of prestigious festivals worldwide including Boston Pops and jazz festivals in Newport, Toronto and Montreux. <\/p>\n

A no-cover show was supposed to happen Friday, Oct. 17 at downtown Tampa\u2019s David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>, but a press release says the show has been canceled. \u201cDue to a lapse in appropriations by the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans\u2014who currently control the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and White House\u2014are still trying to blame Democrats for the the shutdown of the U.S. government, which is now in its third week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This article appears in Oct. 16 \u2013 22, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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