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Scott Hopkins, Author at MUSICFESTNEWS • Page 3 of 177

By Scott Hopkins

Fox Fam Jam: Photo Gallery!

Posted on April 23, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

The inaugural Fox Fam Jam provided a wonderful weekend of music, friendship, and love at Florida Sand Music Park April 10–12. We are grateful to … Continued

Dunedin Brewery Spring Beer Jam: the Punkadelick variations

Posted on April 22, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

[All photographs courtesy of Hunter Nicole Bryant] This year’s annual Spring Beer Jam marked the 30th time Dunedin Brewery hosted a weekend chock-full of great … Continued

Add Mr. Whiskers and The Nine Lives to your list of great funk & jam big bands

Posted on April 16, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

Multi-instrumentalist Kyle Sareyani first surfaced for us in 2016 playing keyboards and flute with The Reality. Shortly after that he launched his Mr. Whiskers one-man … Continued

The Joyous Reunion of Custard Pie at Fox Fam Jam

Posted on April 12, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

OK, to be fair, this was actually Custard Pie’s second show back after a six-year hiatus. Irrelevant. This trio came roaring back with a joyous … Continued

The Evolution of Sauce Pocket: Improvisational Perfection

Posted on April 11, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

Charles Griffin and I were talking evolution. Musical evolution. We were listening to Sauce Pocket headlining the first night of the inaugural Fox Fam Jam … Continued

“There’s been no good music since the ’60s and ’70s.”

Posted on April 4, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

TELL ME YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ANY NEW MUSIC (OTHER THAN TERRESTRIAL RADIO) WITHOUT TELLING ME YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ANY NEW MUSIC: “There’s just something comforting … Continued

Fox Fam Jam… with the stress on FAMily… April 10–12

Posted on March 28, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

The Tampa Bay area regularly sports an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music, and the weekend of April 10–12 is absolutely overflowing with … Continued

On the Road to Resonate for psychedelic spacemen Sauce Pocket

Posted on March 26, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

Psychedelic spacemen Sauce Pocket are based in Jacksonville but spend plenty of time throwing down killer shows in theTampa area. They are fixtures at Florida … Continued

RJ Howson, Berry Duane Oakley & Garrett Dawson: PURE MAGIC

Posted on March 21, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

With apologies to the screenwriters of Forrest Gump: “MUSIC is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you will get.” Venues schedule shows, … Continued

Whippersnap Festival (a.k.a. Sooza Festival) was TOTALLY LIT!

Posted on March 19, 2026

By Scott Hopkins

The third iteration of Whippersnap Music & Arts Festival, Florida edition, was a non-stop dance party with incredible performances over the space of four days … Continued

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