Five years ago, I got to go to my first ever Freestyle Explosion in Tampa. I’d always wanted to go to one. The crazy thing is the first time I would get to see Freestyle Explosion, I would be HOSTING it. The 2019 Freestyle Explosion in Tampa was at USF and the place was rockin’. It was such an incredible night of legendary dance club acts from the 80s. These were all the artists I would make mix tapes on cassettes with… like Stevie B, Expose, Lisa Lisa and the Jets.
5 years later I still get to host Freestyle Explosion. Now it’s called Throwback Jam and we’re two weeks away. The 2024 Freestyle Explosion in Tampa happens Saturday, August 10… this time at Amalie Arena so we can fit more friends in. Floor seats are pretty much gone, but there are still great tickets left in the lower level. The great thing about this show is they don’t sell nosebleeds so you’re sure to have a good view of the stage. Plus you get like a dozen acts for one ticket price that starts under $50… that’s pretty rare in 2024.
But let me take you back to that night when I got to step on stage to introduce some of my all time favorites at the Yuengling Center. It was CHAOS as I was hosting the Q105 Saturday Night Dance Party, going on stage to introduce acts every 10 or 15 minutes, and dealing with some drama between the artists that I didn’t even know was happening at the time.
Let’s go back to September 14, 2019. No one had even heard of COVID yet. Little did we know this would be one of the last concerts we’d be able to see for a while. Check out my backstage pics and stories from Freestyle Explosion in Tampa five years ago.
