Tampa Bay Listings Fill April 30-May 6 With Dance, Music and Exhibits
Tampa Bay gets a dense run of arts programming from April 30-May 6, with theater, music, museum openings and festival stops spread across Tampa, St. Petersburg and New Port Richey. The week’s roster ranges from free entries such as Broadway Open Mic Night to ticketed nights at Straz Center for the Performing Arts and the Dalí Museum.
April 30 at Energetic Exotics HQ
Tampa Takeover: LIT starts Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m. at Energetic Exotics HQ in Tampa, with tickets listed at $25. FreeFall Theater’s And Then They Came For Me also appears in the roundup, along with Cinco de Dodgeball, Romantically Ever After Library Lit Fest, Pinellas Pepper Fest and Kentucky Derby afternoon tea.
Friday, May 1 is the busiest night in the lineup, with Patel Theater Ensemble Showcase set for 6:30 p.m. at Teco Theater at Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa for $24, Mind Magic with Joshua Seth at 7 p.m. at Richey Suncoast Theatre in New Port Richey for $29 and up, and The Florida Orchestra at 8 p.m. in Ferguson Hall at Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa for $40.50 and up.
May 2 at Straz and Dalí
Saturday, May 2 opens with The Architecture of The Dalí at 10 a.m. at Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, while Patel Conservatory: Beginning Dance I Recital also begins at 10 a.m. at Teco Theater at Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa for $32. Later that day, Patel Conservatory: Spring Into Dance is set for 12 p.m. in Ferguson Hall for $85, Flower Mandalas lands at 1 p.m. at Paper Seahorse in Tampa for $15, and Patel Conservatory: Breakin’ Out closes the day at 4 p.m. in Ferguson Hall for $21.60 and up.
Sunday, May 3 keeps the week moving with Mamapalooza: Family and Music Festival at 11 a.m. at Warehouse Arts District Association in St. Petersburg, plus Tampa Bay Dance Theatre: Sleeping Beauty Excerpts & Other Contemporary Work at 3 p.m. at Theatre 1 at USF in Tampa. Both give the week a split between no-cost community programming and staged performances that require a ticket.
May 4 and May 6 picks
Monday, May 4 brings Broadway Open Mic Night at 8 p.m. at New Tampa Performing Arts Center in Tampa with no cover charge, and Wednesday, May 6 closes the list with Studio 55: Reductive Printmaking at 12 p.m. at Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa for $40. For readers choosing from the week’s calendar, the practical takeaway is straightforward: the free slots are the easiest way in, but the Straz and museum entries carry the clearest price tags and the widest range of start times.
