Creative Loafing To Celebrate Tampa Bay Area's Best With Annual Best Of The Bay
By: Julie Musbach
For the 28th consecutive year, Creative Loafing will celebrate the Tampa Bay area's best local businesses, people, and places during the Best of the Bay with their annual Best of the Bay party, print issue, and web listings.
Voting is open now through midnight on Wednesday, August 29th, in a variety of categories featuring local businesses, people, places, and more. Categories are broken up into: People, Places & Politics; Food & Drink; Arts & Entertainment; and Goods & Services. To vote, visit cltampa.com/botb2018Winners will be announced at Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay Awards Party at The Mahaffey Theater on Wednesday, September 26th, and in the annual Best of the Bay issue in print and online on Thursday, September 27th. Winners will be notified in advance with an invitation to the party. Early bird tickets for the Best of the Bay Awards Party end at midnight on Friday, August 24th. This year's Best of the Bay Awards Party will allow this year's winners to pick up their awards, as well as give attendees a unique opportunity to sample food and drink by the Tampa Bay area's best while mixing and mingling with some of the area's key players. This event is open to the general public. Stay tuned for more details on the party, including sampling information. For more information on Best of the Bay Awards Party, visit botbtampabay.comCreative Loafing is an award-winning alternative, weekly newspaper and website committed to providing Tampa Bay with an independent perspective, up-to-the-minute local news, and a comprehensive listing of local happenings. Creative Loafing offers readers' unique monthly events and CL Deals, a locally focused platform featuring dining and event experiences at half-off their regular price. For more information about Creative Loafing, visit cltampa.com and cldeals.com.
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Schoolhouse Rock Live! Carrollwood Cultural Center (7/17-7/26) |
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The Gods of Comedy Carrollwood Players Theatre (8/14-8/30) |
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A Divine, Divine Comedy, Comedy TheatreFor (8/21-9/06) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Ruth Eckerd Hall (10/24-10/24) |
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War Virgin TheatreFor (6/19-7/12) |
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South of the Border: A Tribute to Tijuana Brass Carrollwood Cultural Center (9/12-9/12) |
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R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) Carrollwood Cultural Center (8/22-8/23) |
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Penelope Jobsite Theater (8/19-9/06) |
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American Idiot Jobsite Theater (7/15-8/09) |
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The Music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie Carrollwood Cultural Center (8/08-8/08) |