The music lineup for the Gaparilla Music Festival may seem intimidating at first.
With acts from all over the country that range from pop and rock to funk and gospel, it’s a wide spectrum of sounds to follow. So to help you manage your trip to Tampa’s first ever Gasparilla Music Festival, we have created this simple lineup cheat sheet.
Tech Data Stage
12:30pm The Groves (Tampa) Rock – For fans of Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys
2:00pm The Lee Boys (Miami) Funky Gospel – For fans of Robert Randolph, The Family Band. Three brothers and three nephews make up “sacred steel” band.
3:45pm Alvin “Youngblood” Hart (Oakland) Country Blues – For Fans of Lenny Kravitz, Bo Diddley. Grammy nominated for Best Traditional Blue Album.
5:15pm Deer Tick (Providence) Alt-Country – For Fans of: Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes. As seen on David Letterman.
7:15pm Lee Fields & the Expressions (Wilson, NC) Funk and Soul – For Fans of Al Green, Wess & The Airdales. Fifteen piece band of pure funk.
9:15pm Ra Ra Riot (Syracuse) Indie Pop – For Fans of: Vampire Weekend, R.E.M. Has worked with Vampire Weekend and Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie.
Amscot Financial Stage at Kiley Gardens Park
11:45am SunsetBridge (Tampa) Alt-Country, Folk Rock. For fans of The Grateful Dead
1:00pm Infinite Groove Orchestra (Tampa) Progressive Jazz/Rock – For fans of Radiohead, Pink Floyd. No singer needed with this saxophone-driven jazz band.
2:15pm Kaleigh Baker (Western New York) Jazzy Blues-Rock – For Fans of Amy Winehouse, Tom Waits. This soulful singer has opened for B.B. King
3:30pm Have Gun, Will Travel (Bradenton) Folk-Pop-Rock-Country Combo – For Fans of The Avett Brothers, John Prine, Bob Dylan. Past winners of “Best of the Bay.”
4:45pm Spam Allstars (Miami) Latin-Funk-Hip Hip Turntables – DJ spam was raised in Toronto, Bogota and London – which all influence his sound.
6:30pm Tortured Soul (Brooklyn) Soul-Dance-Pop – For fans of Moby, Phoenix, Franz Ferdinand. Earned praise from musicians that range from Lenny Kravitz to Barry Manilow.
8:15pm Rebirth Brass Band (New Orleans) Brass Jazz – For fans of Bo Dollis and Monk Boudreaux, Professor Longhair. Recently nominated for the Grammy for Best Regional Grass Roots Music Album.
Amphitheater at Kiley Gardens
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Pickford Sundries (Tampa) Acoustic/Bluegrass – For fans of Mumford and Suns, Hayside Dixie. Because everyone loves a mandolin… or two.
Amber Lynn Nicol (St. Pete) Singer/Songwriter – For fans of Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson. Music motto: peace, love and beach days.
Rebekah Pulley Duo (Tampa) Singer/Songwriter – For fans of Joni Mitchell, Jewel.
Geri X (Tampa) Singer/Songwriter – For fans of Adele, Anna Nalick, Jewel. Has won Best of the Bay “Singer Songwriter” two years in a row.
Rich Whiteley (Tampa) Folk-Country-Rock-Pop. For fans of Ray Lamontagne.
Find the full line up of events for the Gasparilla Music Festival and tickets ($20/person) at the official site.