{"id":671318,"date":"2026-04-09T02:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:06:23","slug":"rays-bring-back-postgame-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671318\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays bring back postgame concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Country music stars Chase Rice, Cole Swindell and Johnny Davis are booked for postgame concerts after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/tags\/tampa-bay-rays\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>&#8216; Saturday contests at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>The performances, announced on Wednesday, are part of the Rays\u2019 Postgame Concert Series, which was nixed last season while the team was playing at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the concert schedule:<\/p>\n<p>May 2: Rice, after the San Francisco Giants game, first pitch at 6:10 p.m.May 30: Swindell, after the Los Angeles Anges game, first pitch at 4:10 p.m.Aug. 15: Davis, after the Baltimore Orioles game, first pitch at 6:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Fans who buy game tickets can stick around after the final out for the concerts. Field access is available by purchasing a wristband for an additional $35.10.<\/p>\n<p>Rice, a North Carolina native and former college football player, scored a massive 2018 crossover hit with \u201cEyes on You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/sports\/2026-02-10\/rays-set-longoria-jersey-retirement-team-hall-fame-induction-july\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays set Longoria&#8217;s jersey retirement and team Hall of Fame induction for July<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Davis won Song of the Year at the 2022 Country Music Association Awards for \u201cBuy Dirt,\u201d with Luke Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>Swindell has won multiple Academy of Country Music Awards, including Song of the Year and Single of the Year for \u201cShe Had Me at Heads Carolina\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Rays played in Tampa in 2025 because Tropicana Field was damaged during Hurricane Milton in 2024. The venue was repaired and renovated in time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/sports\/2026-04-06\/a-full-house-welcomes-baseball-back-to-the-trop-and-the-rays-respond-with-a-6-4-win\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monday&#8217;s home opener<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Country music stars Chase Rice, Cole Swindell and Johnny Davis are booked for postgame concerts after Tampa Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,4,297,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-671318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rays","11":"tag-tampa-bay","12":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","13":"tag-tampabay","14":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116372306931015040","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}