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Iconic live music venue Ringside Café closes down for good

Iconic live music venue Ringside Café closes down for good

The interior of a live music venue
Photo courtesy Ringside Cafe

One of downtown’s most treasured hosts of live music is calling it a career. Ringside Café, the longtime host for live local music, has closed down for good, management announced this week. It had been operating in its current location adjacent to Williams Park since July of 2022.

Going back to the days that Ringside Cafe first came to prominence on 4th Street, the beloved home for live shows and great drinks (and even food, when they first opened) grew in many ways alongside the city it called home. As St. Pete became more and more popular, so too did Ringside, eventually becoming one of the catalysts for the revitalization of downtown when it moved to the Jannus Block.

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Ringside left that location at 16 2nd Street North at the end of its previous lease in January of 2022. Six months later – almost to the day – it opened at 350 1st Avenue North, sparking hope that the iconic venue would continue to thrive. Unfortunately, New Year’s Eve of 2023 – a fitting date – turned out to be the final day, marking the end of not only that chapter, but the genre-spanning book of Ringside Cafe.

While longtime fans have expressed their dismay, management has expressed an appreciation for all the years of great music and supportive community. We’ll miss Ringside Cafe, but we are certainly grateful for the massive role they played in fostering the live local music scene in St. Pete.

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