Role: Marketing Partner & Talent Buyer

Gasparilla Music Festival is an annual three-day festival held every spring in downtown Tampa, Florida, now staged at the new Meridian Fields site near Water Street Tampa and the Channel District. Founded in 2011 by the Gasparilla Music Foundation, it pairs a genre-spanning lineup of indie rock, hip hop, electronic, Americana, and funk with regional food and a dedicated Kids Fest, drawing close to 10,000 fans a day. The 2026 edition ran April 10 through 12 with more than 40 acts across multiple stages, headlined by Mt. Joy, Gov’t Mule, and Two Friends alongside names like Shakey Graves, Drive-By Truckers, and GZA.