The 29th Annual WMNF Tropical Heatwave

Saturday May 15 5:00PM Add to Calendar
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Advanced sales are NOW OVER at WMNF * Check the OUTLETS!! ~ All orders placed on-line or by phone will be at WILL-CALL (open at 4pm) ~ There are ONLY Adult Tickets are at outlets, if you want them in hand...

$12 YOUTH TIX (ages 12-20) are only sold BY PHONE, IN THE LOBBY or AT THE DOOR; Call or stop by WMNF 10am - 2pm, Saturday!!

Late Night tickets will ONLY BE AVAILABLE at the DOOR, after 10:45pm ($16)

$40 ticket available at 4pm, when the BOX OFFICE opens ~ Music starts at 5pm...

WMNF TAKES OVER YBOR CITY...AGAIN! TROPICAL HEATWAVE IS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER!

Click for the Heatwave schedule

For complete artist lists and descriptions, click here

For excellent coverage of Heatwave by Reax Magazine, click here

The Cuban Club (Ballroom, Cantina & Courtyard); El Pasaje Plaza; The Crowbar; The Orpheum; New World Brewery; HCC Ybor Room

Eight stages of eclectic entertainment. Regular Event ticket ($32 advance) gets you into all the Heatwave venues or purchase individual location tickets ($10) at the door for New World Brewery, The Crowbar, HCC Ybor Room, and the Orpheum.
Alejandro Escovedo (eclectic rock)
Ruthie Foster (blues-folk-R&B)
Mitch Woods and the Rocket 88s (jump blues and boogie)
Mark Levine and Latin Tinge (Latin jazz)
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz (piano boogie and humor)
Luminescent Orchestrii (gypsy swing)
Jason Ricci (scorching harmonica blues)
BoomBox (electronic/jamband)
Rachel Goodrich (vaudeville-inspired indie-pop, swing-jazz, and country-folk)
Stone River Band (Dave Gonzales new roots band)
Tornado Rider (cello-driven rock)
Hamell on Trial (one man punk rock band)
The Ettes (girl group punk rock)
Black Blondie ( alternative /experimental/R&B)
Kevin So (folk-pop-R&B)
Alex Meixner (polka-world music)
Christabel and the Johns (vintage jazz swing with female vocals)
Tomas Delamnoy and Somos Musica (thirteeen-piece salsa and merengue)
Ever So Klever (rockabilly, ska and swing)
The Movement (reggae-alternative-jamband)
Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights (soulful rock)
Soulphonics & Ruby Velle (R&B)
Two Man Gentlemen Band (retro vaudevillian duo)
Nervous Turkey(harp blues and rock)
Sleepy Vikings (the new incarnation of Giddyup!Helicopter)
Sons of Hippies (psychedelic space-rock)
B.C. (hip hop)
Hip Abduction (world-rock-soul-reggae)
The Semis (punk, pop and beach rock)
The Chicken Chasers (Klezmer mixed with pop, swing and other old-fashioned genres)
Have Gun Will Travel (folk and roots rock)
Lauris Vidal (banjo-driven alt-folk)
GreyMarket(electronic rock)
Johnny Cakes and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypso (punk ska)
Peter Baldwin Band (alt-soul)
Dynasty (female hip-hop)
Jim Morey Band (swing jazz)
Unkempt(metal)
Grant Peeples (Florida folk)
The Pauses(alternative-electronic)
Black & Tenn (traditional reggae)
Sista Otis (urban singe-songwriter)
The Equines (alternative).