Ray Roa is the Editor-In-Chief at CL Tampa. He covers a diverse range of topics within the arts and entertainment sector, including celebrities, comedy, concerts and festivals, and fine art, while also focusing on regional interests and world news. Ray's work has been featured in Orlando Weekly, NewsBreak, WMNF Community Radio, and Creative Loafing Tampa.
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Ray Roa's coverage primarily focuses on local entertainment news, specifically music events and concerts in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Given this focus, he would likely be responsive to pitches related to upcoming music events, concerts, or local artist spotlights within Tampa Bay.
As his coverage heavily emphasizes event and seasonal content related to entertainment news, consider providing information about unique or standout elements of upcoming musical performances or interviews with local artists performing at these events.
Additionally, highlighting any special collaborations between local musicians or exclusive behind-the-scenes insights into the preparation for these events may also catch Ray's attention.
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There's no shortage of haunted places across the Tampa Bay area. Here are five you can visit before Halloween.
By: Ray Roa
The Hillsborough County Fair, opening in Dover, Florida on Nov. 5, 2026 and running 11 days, includes affordable family activities.
Protestors outside St. Petersburg Police Headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan. 11, 2026. The Bay area, especially Tampa, was built on the backs
By: Ray Roa
Doom Gong, a genre-blurring psych-rock and jazz band, plays a Tampa concert on Nov. 5, 2026.
By: Ray Roa
Nick Shoulders, the new-gen country songwriter from Arkansas, brings a new LP, 'Refugia Blues,' to Tampa for a concert on Nov. 1, 2026.
By: Ray Roa
Meek Mill is part of a 'Nightmare on Channelside' concert happening in Tampa on Oct. 31, 2026.
By: Ray Roa
The beloved Emo Night Tampa series stages its annual Halloween concert on Oct. 31, 2026, this time featuring. bands covering Paramore and Amyl and the Sniffers.
By: Ray Roa
Daikaiju returns to Tampa where it'll play a special brand of surf-rock on Oct. 31, 2026.
By: Ray Roa
Peace Cult's 'Zombie Prom' tops a list of Halloween concerts happening from Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2026 across Tampa Bay.
By: Ray Roa
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 'Music Week' is a recurring listing collecting the best concerts and live music coming to the Bay area, this time covering Oct. 29-Nov. 5, 2026.
