It was a burtiful sight in downtown Tampa last Saturday night. After hosting 3,000 kids for a bounce down the Riverwalk in the morning, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park readied itself for a free concert by GloRilla. In town in celebration of the NCAA Women’s Final Four, the Memphis rapper drew a capacity crowd, forcing fans to watch from outside the fence on Ashley Drive.

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GloRilla plays Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on April 5, 2025. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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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...

Dave Decker is a songwriter and photographer living in Tampa Bay.