AAU Gymnastics National Championship 8am to 8:30pm Tampa Convention Center The AAU was founded in 1888 to establish standards and uniformity in amateur sports. The AAU has focused its efforts into providing sports programs for all participants of all ages beginning at the grass roots level. Now that passion for youth sports comes to Downtown Tampa. Some of the top gymnastics athletes in the country will descend upon the Tampa Convention Center to compete for the top spot! AAU Gymnastics National Championship
Menopause The Musical Begins 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Now celebrating 17 years of female empowerment through hilarious musical comedy, this show has evolved as a grassroots movement of women who deal with life adjustments after 40 by embracing each other and the road ahead. The laughter-filled production gets audience members out of their seats and singing along to parodies of classic pop songs of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Menopause The Musical
Dancing at Lughnasa Begins 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. We meet them at the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. Their spare existence is interrupted by brief, colorful bursts of music from the radio, their only link to the romance and hope of the world at large. Dancing at Lughnasa
AAU Gymnastics National Championship 8am to 4:30pm Tampa Convention Center The AAU was founded in 1888 to establish standards and uniformity in amateur sports. The AAU has focused its efforts into providing sports programs for all participants of all ages beginning at the grass roots level. Now that passion for youth sports comes to Downtown Tampa. Some of the top gymnastics athletes in the country will descend upon the Tampa Convention Center to compete for the top spot! AAU Gymnastics National Championship
Summer Specialty Tour Begins 1pm Henry B. Plant Museum Join the Henry B. Plant Museum for four exciting new tours this summer. This series includes in-depth examinations of untold stories from early Tampa and the Tampa Bay Hotel. Look at the Museum in a different light as you learn more about Rough Riders or Theodore Roosevelt, discover how the Tampa Bay Hotel fits into the larger story of Tampa, or bring your little ones for a special tour developed just for children. Summer Specialty Tour
Rocky IV (1985) 10:30pm to Midnight Tampa Theatre Tampa Theatre’s REWIND is proud to present the greatest documentary of America’s struggle with the specter of Russian Communism: Rocky IV, a movie in which Sylvester Stallone punches an entire ideology to death. In this film, Rocky finds himself challenging Russia’s finest (and scariest) athlete to avenge the death of a friend. Rocky IV (1985)
AAU Gymnastics National Championship 9am to 6pm Tampa Convention Center The AAU was founded in 1888 to establish standards and uniformity in amateur sports. The AAU has focused its efforts into providing sports programs for all participants of all ages beginning at the grass roots level. Now that passion for youth sports comes to Downtown Tampa. Some of the top gymnastics athletes in the country will descend upon the Tampa Convention Center to compete for the top spot! AAU Gymnastics National Championship
Hackathon Jr. Begins 10am Glazer Children’s Museum This event is a coding extravaganza for children ages 9-13. This fun experience will include workshops, mentors, and a coding competition. Participants have the chance to win scholarships from $250 – $1,000! Coding experience is not required to participate. Coders will be divided into groups based on experience level. In the morning, each group will participate in a workshop for their appropriate experience level. In the afternoon, teams will compete against others at the same experience level. Hackathon Jr.
Art Spot 11am to 2pm Tampa Museum of Art Let your imagination run free as the Museum’s art facilitators introduce exhibition-specific methods of art making filled with fun and creativity for you and yours. Art Spot
7th Annual Summer Showdown Begins at Noon Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park Join Tampa Bay area restaurants in this annual bragging rights competition and fundraiser, which is now on the hunt for the “Best Sammich in the Bay”! A portion of the proceeds will benefit The VooDoo Chef Foundation and their community efforts through the culinary industry. The event is free to attend and each competitor will sell sample sizes of their burgers, sammies, and sides, so guests can pay as they go. Beer, wine, and drinks will be available for purchase. 7th Annual Summer Showdown
Menopause The Musical Shows at 2pm and 8pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Now celebrating 17 years of female empowerment through hilarious musical comedy, this show has evolved as a grassroots movement of women who deal with life adjustments after 40 by embracing each other and the road ahead. The laughter-filled production gets audience members out of their seats and singing along to parodies of classic pop songs of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Menopause The Musical
Menopause The Musical Begins 2pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts Now celebrating 17 years of female empowerment through hilarious musical comedy, this show has evolved as a grassroots movement of women who deal with life adjustments after 40 by embracing each other and the road ahead. The laughter-filled production gets audience members out of their seats and singing along to parodies of classic pop songs of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Menopause The Musical
Gone With The Wind (1939) 3pm to 7pm Tampa Theatre Gone with the Wind is and epic film in scale, social impact, and artistic influence. Just casting the two lead characters took two years. But the story of Scarlett O’Hara her suitor Rhett Butler and the object of her love, Ashley Wilkes told against the backdrop of the Civil War and Reconstruction, might just have required a movie that big. Starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, and Leslie Howard. Gone With The Wind (1939)
Dancing at Lughnasa Begins 4pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. We meet them at the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. Their spare existence is interrupted by brief, colorful bursts of music from the radio, their only link to the romance and hope of the world at large. Dancing at Lughnasa
Yoga in the Park Begins 6pm Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park In operation since 2010 and brought to you by Tampa Downtown Partnership, Yoga in the Park is a free riverside yoga session led by an instructor from Yoga Downtown Tampa. Yoga in the Park
Bring It! LIVE Begins 7pm Straz Center for the Performing Arts In 2016, the elite world of hip-hop majorette competition was brought to the main stage for the first time with an incomparable energy that took the country by storm. Audiences across the nation were enamored by the fierce, original, high-octane performances that inspired fans of all ages and left them clamoring for more. With hotter-than-ever, never-before-seen performances on deck for the 2018 tour, there has never been a better time for Bring It! fans. Bring It! LIVE
Amalie Arena HOT 101.5 Summer Jam 2018 – June 29 Sam Smith – July 13 The Smashing Pumpkins – July 25 WWE Smackdown Live – July 31 Panic! At the Disco – August 1 Kevin Hart – August 4 Journey & Def Leppard – August 18 Monster Jam – August 25 Paul Simon – September 7 Scorpions – September 14 15th Anniversary Freestyle Explosion Concert – September 15 Game of Thrones – September 21 Joyce Meyer Ministries 2018 Women’s Conference – October 25 to 27 Elton John – November 28 Fleetwood Mac – February 18, 2019 P!nk – March 3, 2019 Shawn Mendes – July 27, 2019
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Anonymous Women: Camouflage and Calamity – Through June 30 Minor League and Best Friends – Through June 30 International Photography Competition 2018 – Through July 23 Beyond the Lense – July 1 to September 30 Tampa Photo Laureates – July 1 to September 30 Framing Places: The Fundamentals of Travel Photography – July 10 Composition Principles: From Basics to Advanced – July 12 Visual Story Telling through Fine Art Photography – July 29
Glazer Children’s Museum Make it Monday – Weekly Toddler Tuesday – Weekly Worldly Wednesday – Weekly Tinker and Tech Thursday – Weekly Fun Fridays – Weekly Summer of STEAM – Through July 31 New! Book Nook – Through August 12 Dino Zone – Through August 12 Grown Up Night – June 22 LEGO Engineer Squad – June 23 Hackathon Jr. – June 30 Children’s Board of Hillsborough Free Tuesday – July 3 Mindfulness with Evolve: Family Yoga – July 14 Back to Cool – August 1 to 31 Sportstember – September 1 to 30 Check the Museum’s website for a full list of weekday programming.
Henry B. Plant Museum First Fridays – First Friday of the Month Blue Star Museums – Through September 2 Imperial Designs – Through December 31
Jobsite Theater Dancing at Lughnasa – Through July 8
The John F. Germany Public Library Tai Chi with Bonnie Birdsall – Tuesdays Walk-In Tech Help – Wednesdays Toddler Time – Wednesdays Crafternoon – Thursdays Baby Sign – Thursdays Lost World Reptiles – June 28 Introduction to Braille: Six Magic Dots – June 28 Recording Studio Open House – June 28 4th of July Floam – July 2 String Arts – Super hero theme – July 3 Holiday Closing – July 4 Sounds Like Science – July 5 How to Clear the Mess On Your Desk – July 7 Sewing at the Library: Apron – July 7 DIY Music Note Wire Pendants – July 8 DIY Crafting: Book Folding – July 11 Tricky Dogs Show – July 12 Movies @ the Library – Despicable Me – July 13 DIY Comic Book Magnets – July 14 Sewing: House Ornament – July 14 DIY Sheet Music Candle – July 15
Patel Conservatory Hello, Dolly! – July 12 to 22 Summer Jazz Intensive – July 20 End-of-Summer Music Blowout – August 1 Showstoppers: Broadway Intensive – August 3 to 5 Summer Evening of Dance – August 10
Stageworks Theatre The Speak! Tank: Spoken Word Sundays – First Sunday of every month Christ Fellowship – Wednesdays Ugly Lies the Bone – August 9 to 19
Straz Center for the Performing Arts Latin Nights – June 21 Bobby Bones Red Hoodie Comedy Tour – June 22 Menopause The Musical – June 27 to July 1 Bring It! Live – July 1 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella – July 5 to 8 Latin Nights – July 12 mad Theatre of Tampa presents It Shoulda Been You – July 12 to 29 Opera Tampa League’s Wonderful Wednesday – July 18 Next Generation Ballet’s Summer Intensive Showcase – July 20 Gilbert & Sullivan Trial by Jury – July 21 and 22 The FUN Show with Cat & Nat – July 22
Tampa Bay History Center Old Glory – Through July 2018 Touchton Map Library Insiders Tour – July 18 Flag Exhibit Tour – July 20
Tampa Museum of Art The Classical World: Selections from the Permanent Collection – Ongoing The Classical World in Focus: Animals in Ancient Art – Ongoing Monday Meditation at the Museum – Mondays Art on the House – Fridays Art Spot – Saturdays Having a Ball – Through July 22 Inspired by Nature – Through July 22 Vapor and Vibration: The Art of Larry Bell And Jesús Rafael Soto – Through September 30 From Muse and Myth to Figure and Gesture – Through August 19 CITY: Fashion+Art+Culture – September 22 Pavilion XXXIII – November 3
Tampa Theatre Gone With The Wind – July 1 Dr. Strangelove – July 8 The Les Brown Experience – July 11 Kings Coast Roast of King Gothalion – July 12 The Perfect Storm – July 13 A Fish Called Wanda – July 15 BeerFest 2018: Hop Gun – July 21 Safety Last – July 22 Sing-Along Mary Poppins – July 28 Rope – August 5 The Manchurian Candidate – August 12 Blazing Saddles – August 19 The Wizard of Oz – August 26 Casablanca – September 2 SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque – September 28 Iron & Wine – November 15
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