Happy New Year

Tampa PRIDE 2025

Nominate your Tampa PRIDE Grand Marshal NOW at www.Tampapride.org

GRAND OPENING – Saddlebags in Ybor City

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Wicked Release Date: December 30, 2024 9:00 PM PST

Coming to Amazon Prime Video, the PERFECT Family date night!

Happy Birthdays

Tampa’s Growth: Housing, Ybor City, and What’s Next With Bill Carlson

Transformative Ybor project is going full throttle, despite headwinds

Darryl Shaw spent the year seeing projects come to life and isn’t done yet.  Read the whole story in

https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2024/dec/26/ybor-project-full-throttle

Southern Nights

Bradley’s on 7^th

Utopia Road Bar & Courtyard

A Very Crowbar Christmas – Ybor City

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THIS SUNDAY

Bradley’s on 7^th Showcase Finale! Come see our 8 Finalist as they compete for the win!

Competition starts at 9pm with your Sunday cast Felicity Lane, Tee Iman, & Amy DeMilo!

Great Last Minute Gifts

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Sweeping Beauty

Ever seen this little beauty scooting around town?  It’s Sweeping Beauty – our mini street sweeper that’s designed to help keep our bike lanes safe & clean from debris. Did you know that street sweeping has stormwater benefits? It captures litter, sediment, and fallen leaves before it enters the storm drains protecting our waterways from these pollutants.

New Years Eve

GaYbor Bar Crawl

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Showbar Ybor City

Click here for more photos. https://www.mcfilm.co/category/great-photos/caught-the-show-bar/

Florida Republican wants to ban ‘woke’ flags, including Palestine, LGBTQ and others

Sen. Randy Fine, R-Brevard County, issued a news release that said the bill would “ban the use of fictional country flags like ‘Palestine,’ pro-violence ‘Black Lives Matter’ flags, woke and pro-grooming ideological flags, and the flags of any political candidates in government buildings.”

FMI https://www.cltampa.com/news/florida-republican-wants-to-ban-woke-flags-including-palestine-lgbtq-and-others-19144756

How to Play DREIDEL

Southern Night

Bradley’s on 7^th

Utopia Road Bar & Courtyard

Don’t Miss This SUNday FUNday  Dec 15th!!!!

SUNday FUNday STARTS 12 NOON  at the SHOWBAR

The GaYbor Bar Crawl Starts at Showbar in Ybor City

https://www.facebook.com/GaYborDistrictCoaltion

Tampa Bay Pride Band And Tampa Bay Symphonic Winds

https://www.facebook.com/events/1028280155979583

Jingle Bell Bazaar at Ybor

https://www.facebook.com/JingleBellBazaarYbor

Church Sessions

https://tickets.venuepilot.com/e/115585

 Toys for Tots @ Bradley’s on 7^th

Meet Artist John Costin

John Costin is a world-famous artist. His art works are in the Tampa International Airport and many other famous building and institutions around the world.  He has been featured many times on England’s BBC. All his art starts with a very old process of etching on copper. Then dusted with charcoal dust and transferred to paper. Then John spends many hours adding color. The results are specular. For the 1^st time in 11years, John and his wife opened up their Gary-Ybor Studio to the public.  

John’s at studio is located in the oldest building in Gary and could easily be the oldest in all of Ybor City.

https://www.costingraphics.com

Tampa PRIDE

Join Tampa Pride in celebrating 2024, coming to a close and a new start in 2025 with our esteemed Mr. and Miss Tampa Pride 2025 , Niomi L Knight and Amari Lavish. We are thrilled to announce a new year of exciting events, including the upcoming 5k Rainbow Run and Family Fun Day on March 8, 2025, and the Tampa Pride Festival and Diversity Parade on March 29, 2025.

Let us usher in the new year together with pride and joy!

We invite you to be part of the festivities as we honor and celebrate the incredible diversity and spirit of the LGBTQ+ community in Tampa. Join us in commemorating the achievements and progress made while looking forward to the promising future ahead. Let us unite in solidarity and joy, embracing every color of the rainbow with love and acceptance. Together, we can create a more inclusive and compassionate world for all.

Information on our website www.tampapride.org  Photo by Morgan Le Shade

Not Your Grandmother’s Hallmark Christmas Movie!

Finally, a Holiday movie for adults!  “Black Doves” lives up to and surpasses the hype.  Why is it that European films, have no problem making characters LGBTQ? This film is a classic example of this.

Southern Nights

Bradley’s on 7^th

Utopia Road Bar & Courtyard