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Plan your weekend

By Sharon Kennedy Wynne, tbt* staff writer
In print: Thursday, May 8, 2008

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ADVERTISEMENT [Getty Images] Sure, Kid Rock has the popularity, but you might want to stay away from Waffle House if he’s there.

Plan your weekend

Party >>

98 Rockfest 2008 You better carbo load for this 10-hour rock bacchanal featuring Kid Rock, 3 Doors Down, Serj Tankian, Shinedown, Filter, Theory of a Deadman, Ashes Divide, Five Finger Death Punch, Saving Abel and Skratch 'N Sniff. Things will get sweaty, angry, keggy and loud from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday on the grounds at Raymond James Stadium, 4201 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa. $45 advance, $60 day of show. (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100; www.98rock.com.

Music

tbt* Ultimate Local Music Showcase After a six-week text-voting contest, the bay area's buzziest bands hit the Skipperdome Saturday night for a show that kicks off at 5 p.m. with sets by longtime local bluesman Blind Buddy Moody, garage-rock duo November Foxtrot Whiskey and folk heroes Rebekah Pulley and the Reluctant Prophets. Clearwater's Win Win Winter, current leader of the texting contest, takes the stage next, then things get wild when local rapper Aych and funk masters Bird Street Players do their thing. Admission is $5 advance, $10 at the door. Skipper's Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa. For more information, call toll-free 1-800-594-8499 or go to events.tampabay.com/ulmg2008.

Comedy

Bill Maher Having just completed another successful season of pot-stirring on Real Time with Bill Maher, the smirking political firebrand brings his views to Ruth Eckerd Hall at 8 p.m. Saturday. 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $60-$90. (727) 791-7400; rutheckerdhall.com.

Java & art

Coffee Break Get a midday pick-me-up Saturday when Craftsman House Gallery & Cafe in St. Petersburg hosts an international "coffee break," sponsored by World Fair Trade Day, from 3 to 5 p.m. Then stick around for the opening reception of the gallery's second annual Invitational Teapot Show, featuring more than 75 teapots on display and for sale from 5 to 9 p.m. The show runs through June 29 at Craftsman House, 2955 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. (727) 323-2787, craftsmanhousegallery.com.

Hey, Mom

Mother's Day You didn't forget did you? Take mom on a free ride on the TECO streetcar on Sunday to Tampa's Channelside district and she can also get free admission to the Florida Aquarium. You can also get her in free at the Lowry Park Zoo or take her to the afternoon concert by Grammy winner Yolanda Adams at the USF Sun Dome. Tickets for the 3:30 p.m. show are $25-$50. (813) 974-3002.

— Sharon Kennedy Wynne wynne@tampabay.com