St. Pete's Girls Rock Camp goes country for its big showcase concert this weekend

Eight bands take the stage at Jannus Live.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 1:07 pm

St. Pete's Girls Rock Camp goes country for its big showcase concert this weekend

Photo by Sandrasonik Creative Photography and Marissa Rafalski via Grcstpete/Facebook

There are some traditions that you’d like to see live for a century or more. This gig is one of them.

While Girls Rock Camp works year round to empower girls, gender-expansive folx and women with programs that are “explicitly feminist and anti-racist, with a focus on uplifting Black and brown young folks and people of non-dominant genders,” the nonprofit’s annual concert always feels like a holiday.

Featuring eight bands formed a week prior, the show finds campers playing original songs—this time focused on country music—on the big stage at Jannus after spending camp breaking down stereotypes and building confidence all in the hopes of sending campers into the world ready to take creative risks, explore their identities and create positive social change. Kids 10 and under get in free, but will need a ticket.

Tickets for the "Stand By Your Band" Girls Rock St. Pete Concert on Saturday, July 20 at Jannus Live are still available and start at $20.

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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