Entertainment in West Coast
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Creative Loafing
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GaYbor District Coalition
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Gay Tampa
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Skipper's Smokehouse
Did this place blow in from the Keys on a hurricane? No, for over 30 years Skipper's has been an unpretentious, beloved Old Florida institution and Tampa's best open-air venue for blues, funk, folk, reggae and gator-swamp rockabilly. Hell, it's so damn friendly you can bring the kids. The attached seafood restaurant is nothing special, but Skipper's certainly is. Take I-275 N to exit 52/Fletcher Ave.
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Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Beautifully sited on a riverside park, this is the largest performing-arts center south of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. With five venues, ranging from the 2600-seat Carol Morsani Hall to a 130-seat black box stage, it hosts the full gamut of fine-arts performances: major pops concerts, the Florida Orchestra, touring Broadway productions, cutting-edge dramas, the Tampa Ballet, Opera Tampa and more.
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Arcade Theatre
The beautifully renovated, intimate 1908 Arcade Theatre is home to the Florida Repertory Theatre, one of the best regional theaters in Florida. It produces popular comedies, musicals and recent Tony winners, like God of Carnage.
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Indigo Room
Landmark, quasi-punk dive bar on Patio de León.
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Red Rock Saloon
Unpretentious, friendly newcomer attracts young tat-and-biker crowd.
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Space 39
An art gallery–hip lounge with live jazz and snazzy cocktails.
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State Media
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American Stage
One of the Tampa Bay area's most highly regarded regional theaters presents American classics and recent Tony winners (like Red). Its 'in the park' series presents Broadway musicals.
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BayWalk
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Davis Art Center
This new-in-2010 performance space downtown produces an eclectic slate of drama, children's theater, dance, music and film. At night, a sculpture splashes the old bank facade with illuminated words.
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Florida Orchestra
The Florida Orchestra's box office is in St Petersburg, but it plays at Tampa's Straz Center as often as at Mahaffey downtown.
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Mahaffey Theater
The gorgeous, 2000-seat Mahaffey Theater hosts a wide range of performing arts, from touring comedy acts to Broadway, dance, orchestra and more.
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Muvico Theater
A 20-screen cinema complex with stadium seating.
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American Stage
The area's oldest professional theater ensemble stages American classics and Broadway shows.
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Progress Energy Park
The Devil Rays play spring-training games at Progress Energy Park in March.
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Boston Red Sox
Baseball's hallowed Boxton Red Sox do spring-training at City of Palms Park (2201 Edison Ave).
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Florida Repertory Theatre/ Arcade Theatre
The best theater company in the area performs in the 1908 Arcade Theatre to sold-out audiences.
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Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Located on the Edison State College campus, this is the main large-gig and venue stage in Lee County.
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Seminole Gulf Railway Dinner Train Theatre
This is fun: a murder-mystery dinner theater set aboard a real classic railroad car. Check the website for more details.
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Arcade Theater
The beautifully renovated 1908 Arcade Theatre hosts popular comedies, dramas, musicals and ever-increasing local productions.
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Tropicana Field
Sports are big in Tampa. Catch Major League Baseball at Tropicana Field with the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Buddha Nightclub
It can get rowdy in here, but past the bikers and the guys on the pool table are some of the edgier acts playing around Fort Myers.
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