St. Pete weekend events: Girls Rock, comedy show and romance book fair

🎸 Girls Rock Concert 2026, St. Pete: Catch 10 bands made up of girls and gender-expansive youth who formed bands, wrote original songs and practiced in just the last week.

• This year's theme, Lilith Returns, is a nod to the 90s-era all-female music festival Lilith Fair.
• Saturday, 6pm, at Jannus Live. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for kids 14 and under.

😂 Popcorn & Punchlines, St. Pete Beach: Tampa Bay's best stand-up comedians will keep the laughs going at this comedy night.

• Friday, 8pm, a the Beach Theatre. Tickets are $15.

❤️‍🔥 Romance on Central, St. Pete: This free "mini book fair" will feature mingling and book-signings with 20 romance and romantasy authors. Find the full line-up here.

• Saturday, noon-3pm, The Book Lounge.