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Hey everyone!  Travis back with some important Tampa Bay entertainment news for the holidays!  This comes straight to us from our friends at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

In case you didn't know, the latest show is having its world debut in Tampa in January at the St. Pete Times Forum.  If you haven't heard about the show, just click here!

Well, here's how you can get free tickets:

This Friday, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will be giving away tickets to see the 140th Edition of The Greatest Show On Earth®, Barnum’s FUNundrumSM, a celebration of P. T. Barnum so big, it is an event 200 years in the making.

In exchange, they're asking Bay area residents to donate food to help stock the shelves at Metropolitan Ministries, to feed the needy in the Tampa Bay community this holiday season. 

Friday, November 20 from 11am to 1pm, representatives from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will be collecting nonperishable food items in exchange for tickets to Opening Night of the circus.

A donation of 10 items entitles each consumer to one show ticket, with a limit of four tickets per family, while supplies last. Tickets will be for the Wed. night, Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m. performance only, at the St. Pete Times Forum. 

Donations will be collected in front of the McDonald’s® Box Office at the St. Pete Times Forum, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, 33602, phone: 813-301-6500.

if you want more information about Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey visit www.ringling.com.

And keep checking back for other Tampa Bay area events, and info about other great things to do in Tampa Bay. 

Hey everyone!  Travis here with two upcoming exciting Tampa Bay area events that you don’t wanna  miss!

The Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, November 25 at 7pm and the New York Rangers on Friday, November 27 at 7:30pm.

Fans will have the opportunity to watch all favorite athletes including Vincent Lecavlier, Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos, and Victor Hedman!

Lightning fans should look for regular announcements detailing the upcoming games and events. As always, you are encouraged to check out www.tampabaylightning.com to get more details about each game day for Official Game Notes, the latest stats, stories, game previews, line-ups and more.

Once again, come to support your team. The Deadline to order tickets is the day before the game days at noon or until the tickets are sold out. Don’t forget: “Together We Will”.  these are definitely the best St. Pete Times Forum tickets you can get. 

As always, keep checking back for more great things to do in Tampa Bay!

Hey everyone! Travis here with some great Tampa Bay entertainment for November. We are talking about Smokey Robinson Tribute on Ice today!

Enjoy a special music and skating performance from the legendary American R&B and soul singer/songwriter, record producer, and former record executive at the St. Pete Times Forum on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2009.

For the ones who are looking for the all-time No. 1 purveyor of mainstream romantic soul, Smokey Robinson may well be the man, in the face of some towering competition. Robinson recorded 37 Top-40 hits for Motown between 1960 and 1987. He's also one of pop's best and most prolific songwriters and was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.

You will not only have the opportunity to watch Smokey Robinson’s great performance , but also a cast of Olympic, National and World champions will take to the ice for an inspired evening of fun. Should be a great show! Full details, including the event time is at http://www.sptimesforum.com/event_details.asp?id=64

Ticket Prices: $30.00, $40.00 and $50.00. VIP Packages are available for $150.00, which includes ringside seat, parking pass, food & beverage, and a tour gift.
The show will also be televised nationwide on NBC on November 22 at 4:00p.m. EST.

Hope to see you there and of course, keep checking back for other great things to do in Tampa Bay!
 

Hey everyone! Travis here with the ulitmate in Tampa Bay entertainment.  I bet many of you didn't know that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus makes its World Debut each year in Tampa!!!!! 

That's right...each year there's a new show and the first people who get to see it are in Tampa Bay!  Well, it's getting to be that time of year again, and details are starting to come out, so listen up! 

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is roaring into Tampa January 6-10 with Barnum’s FUNundrum, a celebration of P. T. Barnum so big, it is an event 200 years in the making!

From the moment guests arrive, the momentum explodes as The Greatest Show On Earth comes to life in a way that can only be inspired by the greatest showman who ever lived. 

Hop aboard and go on an unbelievable excursion that brings together performers and characters from exotic countries all over the world - even from places for which there are no geographic borders.

Thrill-seekers may pay for the entire seat, but will only need its edge as a rip-roaring motorcycle troupe braves fear and physics in the 16-foot Spherical Miracle. 

Height-seeking high-wire artists perform 40 feet in the air, all while at a 45 degree angle.  Masters of Musculature use their bodies in the ultimate test to see how far the human body can be pushed in a mind-blowing world of distortion and contortion. 

Just as the Ringling Bros. train keeps traveling from city to city, Barnum’s FUNundrum keeps the energy going as each extraordinary act blends thrills and contemporary spectacle to overdeliver a heart-racing experience that, until now, was beyond imagination! 

Beginning 90 minutes before show time, families can get up close with some of their favorite animal performers in the free Animal Open House.  And then, starting one hour before the show, guests can join on the arena floor for the All Access Pre-show, free to all ticket holders.

Here are the show times:
Wednesday, January 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 9 at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 10 at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

It's all at the St. Pete Times Forum in downtown Tampa.  Ticket Prices start at $15 and go up.  All seats are reserved, and tickets go on sale November 20 at 10:00 a.m. at any Ticketmaster outlet, the McDonald’s® Box Office at the St. Pete Times Forum, or by phone at 813-287-8844 in Hillsborough or 727-898-2100 in Pinellas. 

And there you have it.  But I'll be back with more info as the show gets closer, and maybe even some tickets giveaways! 

Until then, keep checking back for more great things to do in Tampa Bay and other Tampa Bay area events!
 

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Greetings! It's Lisa, and I am back to tell you all about this weekend's fun and exciting Labor Day events!

Start your long weekend off early - tonight - at the Tropicana Field by supporting the Tampa Bay Rays as they face the Boston Red Sox in the third game of the 3-day series. Game time is 7:08 p.m. If you miss this game, no worries, you have all weekend to go out and support the Rays as they have another 3-day series against the Detroit Tigers. The game to go to - Saturday night! Why, because you'll get a FREE concert afterwards from the Beach Boys! GO RAYS!

If you can't make it out to the Rays game, stop by MOSI with your family to experience the IMAX film Van Gogh: Brush with Genius. Here, you'll see the extraordinary colors and passionate brushwork of Vincent van Gogh take on new life in the dazzling giant screen film. Audiences will re-live Van Gogh's life journey through his letters, visit the landscapes that inspired him, and discover a Van Gogh they never knew before.


In more of an outdoor mood? Ok, we can work with that! Head over to the Ford Amphitheatre on either Friday or Saturday to experience an outdoor concert. Your choices: Friday night - Depeche Mode. Saturday night - Lil' Wayne. Variety....that's one thing Tampa has a lot of!

Feely artsy? Ok! The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center presents "My Children! My Africa!" by Athol Fugard on Friday at 8 p.m. The story examines the power of learning and the potency of words, ideas and hope in a time of heightened political and social unrest. Mr. M., a dedicated black teacher in a segregated township, is determined to pair his most gifted student with an enthusiastic white schoolgirl in an English literature competition.

Need a little more action...? Check out Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) – the southeast’s largest independent Mixed Martial Arts promotion and the top-drawing promotion in the history of Florida MMA. They are returning to the St. Pete Times Forum in downtown Tampa on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Don’t miss the action!
 

If this isn’t enough, log on to www.VisitTampaBay.com for more things to do in Tampa Bay and Tampa Bay area events. Enjoy your holiday weekend!

~Cheers!

Hey everyone!  It's giveaway time...on the slate, 2 family 4-pack of tickets to see Disney on Ice presents Princess Classics at the St. Pete Times Forum!  Very exciting right??!! 

We will be doing the giveaway on the Visit Tampa Bay facebook fan page on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 11am both days!  As always, we'll be posing one trivia question each day, and the first 10 people to respond with the correct answer have a chance to win the tickets (we'll have a random drawing after that). 

The show is Thursday, Sept. 10, so be prepared to go!!!!

But, you have to be a fan of the Visit Tampa Bay facebook page, so log on now and become a fan - www.facebook.com/visittampabay.  Here's a description of the show -

Disney On Ice presents Princess Classics, produced by Feld Entertainment, features Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Mulan and Snow White showcasing their stories on the ice. This awe-inspiring performance combines the greatest moments of Disney’s Cinderella, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

All ages will be amazed by these classic heart-warming tales, sparkling sets, and exceptional artistic quality on the ice. Families will share moments of laughter, wonder, romance, struggle and triumph as each Disney princess has her dreams come true. To learn more about Disney On Ice, please visit www.disneyonice.com

I can honestly tell you that I've been to several Disney on Ice shows, and they are AMAZING!  So, no matter how old you are, or aren't, this is some Tampa Bay entertainment you have to see! 

So, become a fan of the Visit Tampa Bay facebook page (www.facebook.com/visittampabay), be there on Tues., Sept. 8 at 11am and get ready to have some fun. 

And as always, keep checking back for more great things to do in Tampa Bay!