Ep 103 | Weekly Round-Up | May 24

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📰 Rick Scott announces run for Senate GOP leader
📰 Tampa’s big building boom pushes west with Rome Yards groundbreaking
📰 Wayward alligator spotted at MacDill Air Force Base for a second time
📰 Fast-food chain Cook Out is coming to Tampa with 2 locations
📰 36 arrested, including minors, after fight outside Brandon’s Astro Skate
📰 Florida Aquarium named one of the best in the country by USA Today

Instrument Petting Zoo With The Florida Orchestra

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 5/25

Plant Hall Music Room, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33635

Cost: Free; ages 5 and up

Ever wonder what it is like to play a violin? A cello? How about a gong?! As part of our programming for "Imperfect Harmony: Man, Machine, and Music at the Tampa Bay Hotel," we invite you to join us in the Plant Hall Music Room for an Instrument Petting Zoo with The Florida Orchestra! There will be 15-20 minute presentations at 12 pm and 1 pm demonstrating various instruments from The Florida Orchestra staff and volunteers. Children and visitors can examine, experience, and play the instruments with Florida Orchestra staff and volunteers on hand to help.

13th Annual Ford International Cuban Sandwich Festival

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM 5/26

Centennial Park, 1800 E 8th Ave, Ybor City, FL 33605

Cost: Free

Enjoy LIVE music and cultural entertainment and the best Cuban Sandwiches in the world; featuring contestants and chefs from all over the world competing for the grand prize: a golden ticket to compete in the World Food Championships! We will be attempting to make a 350 Ft. Cuban Sandwich!

Uptown Music & Arts Festival

4:00 PM - 10:00 PM 5/25-5/26

Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 600 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL 33602

Cost: $90/one day pass $160/both days

The Uptown Music & Arts Festival is a community-focused event highlighting the rich and diverse culture of the Tampa Bay area. Tampa Bay's premier cultural event features works of art from renown visual artists and world-class performances from chart-topping contemporary jazz and R&B musicians.