No-cover Beats On The Street festival brings Tank and the Bangas to Tampa this weekend

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Tank and the Bangas, which plays Water Street in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 28, 2024. - Photo by Jeremy Tauriac
Photo by Jeremy Tauriac
Tank and the Bangas, which plays Water Street in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 28, 2024.
Fans of local music are getting spoiled—and have tough choices to make—on Saturday.

In Ybor City, Symphonic Distribution is back at Crowbar with its eighth installment of the expertly-curated Vibes of the Bay. A short trolley ride away is Beats On the Street a nascent music festival in Tampa’s fancy-schmancy Water Street District where, in 2024, nearly two dozen artists (including soul-crooner Guy Average, who is playing both Beats and Vibes) take over four main stages, plus a handful of pop-ups on porches, street corners and more.

Americana (Mercy McCoy), jazz (Boho Sideshow, Daniela Soledade), instrumental-rock (Soft Cuff), and fusion (Dionysus) are all represented on this lineup headlined by 2020 Best New Artist Grammy nominee Tank and the Bangas. Tarriona “Tank” Ball, who plays a joyful blend of funk-soul, spoken word and pop, just released the final installment of their spoken word collection, The Soul, last month.

There's no cover to see Beats On the Street at Tampa's Water Street on Saturday, Sept. 28.
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