Tampa, Florida

===Arts and entertainment===

Tampa is home to a variety of stage and performing arts venues and theaters, including the [[Straz Center for the Performing Arts|David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Tampa Theatre]], [[Gorilla Theatre (venue)|Gorilla Theatre]], and the [[MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre]] next to the [[Florida State Fairgrounds]].
[[File:Channelside Bay Plaza in Tampa, FL.jpg|thumb|Tampa's [[Channel District]]]]

Performing arts companies and organizations which call Tampa home include [[the Florida Orchestra]], [[Opera Tampa]], [[Jobsite Theater]], the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, the [[Heralds of Harmony]], [[Stageworks Theatre]], Spanish Lyric Theater, Tampa Bay Opera, and the Tampa Bay Symphony.

Current popular nightlife districts include [[Channel District|Channelside]], [[Ybor City]], [[Soho (Tampa)|SoHo]], [[International Plaza and Bay Street]], and [[Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa|Seminole Hard Rock]]. [[Downtown Tampa]] also contains some nightlife, and there are more clubs/bars to be found in other areas of the city. Tampa is rated sixth on [[Maxim (magazine)|''Maxim'' magazine]]'s list of top party cities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maximonline.com/AmericasTop10PartyCities/articles/8046.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003113808/http://www.maximonline.com/AmericasTop10PartyCities/articles/8046.aspx|url-status=dead|title=America's Top 10 Party Cities|archivedate=October 3, 2008}}</ref>

The area has become a "de facto" headquarters of [[professional wrestling]], with many pros living and training in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/famed-tampa-wrestler-jack-brisco-dies-at-68/1069959 |title=Famed Tampa wrestler Jack Brisco dies at 68&nbsp;– St. Petersburg Times |work=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=April 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824163815/http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/famed-tampa-wrestler-jack-brisco-dies-at-68/1069959 |archive-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/14/141147/former-wrestling-champ-found-dead-tampa/ |title=Former Wrestling Champ Found Dead in Tampa |publisher=.tbo.com |date=March 14, 2009 |access-date=April 17, 2011 |archive-date=May 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515150123/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/14/141147/former-wrestling-champ-found-dead-tampa/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/21/TampaBay/Now_that_s_rasslin_.shtml |title=Tampabay: Now that's rasslin' |work=St Petersburg Times |access-date=April 17, 2011 |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224122303/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/21/TampaBay/Now_that_s_rasslin_.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://plantcity2.tbo.com/content/2010/mar/18/181723/hulk-hogan-bubba-love-sponge-help-raise-70000-plan/ |title=Hulk Hogan, Bubba the Love Sponge, help raise $70,000 for Plant City charity |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=March 18, 2010 |access-date=April 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331125923/http://plantcity2.tbo.com/content/2010/mar/18/181723/hulk-hogan-bubba-love-sponge-help-raise-70000-plan/ |archive-date=March 31, 2010}}</ref> [[WWE]]'s former developmental territory, [[Florida Championship Wrestling]], was also based in Tampa.

Tampa is home to several [[death metal]] bands, an extreme form of [[heavy metal music]] that evolved from [[thrash metal]] in the mid-late 1980s. Many of the genre's pioneers and foremost figures are based in and around the city. Chief among these are [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]], [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]], [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]], [[Death (metal band)|Death]] and [[Morbid Angel]]. The Tampa scene grew with the birth of [[Morrisound Recording]], which established itself as an international recording destination for metal bands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/the-way-the-music-died-the-earliest-days-of-tampa-death-metal/1046088 |title=The Way the Music Died: The Earliest Days of Tampa Death Metal |work=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=April 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606154639/http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/the-way-the-music-died-the-earliest-days-of-tampa-death-metal/1046088 |archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref>

The rock band [[Underoath]] is based in Tampa.

In 2009, the new [[Frank Wildhorn]] musical ''[[Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure]]'' hosted its world premiere at the Straz Center.