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JAMES HYPE w/ Tita Lau LIVE
· The Cuban Club Courtyard
Get tickets for JAMES HYPE w/ Tita Lau LIVE on Posh (opens in a new tab)For more than twenty years we've thrown Tampa Bay's big nights, from New Year's Eve countdowns and pool parties to headline DJs and the Halloween parties that grew into a carnival.
Our story
Pied Piper Productions has been throwing some of Tampa's biggest parties since 2004, combining fun people with the atmosphere, events and experiences they enjoy.
Our Halloween and New Year's Eve parties at Jackson's on Harbour Island became Tampa traditions. By 2014 the New Year's Eve countdown was in its tenth year, and a year later more than 4,000 people rang in 2016 with us. Mario Lopez hosted two years running, and the fireworks kept getting bigger.
The pandemic put everything on hold in 2020. When Tampa was ready to come back together, we built something bigger. Pied Piper's Haunted Carnival opened at Armature Works in 2021 as our first large-scale event since the shutdown, with rides and a Kid Zone by day and headline DJs after dark.
From there the calendar kept growing, with headline shows at the historic Cuban Club in Ybor City, pool parties at WTR, the XOXO Art & Music Fest and New Year's Eve on the pier at Armature Works. We're a Tampa team led by owner Mike Piper, and we sweat every detail, from the venue and the lineup to how you feel walking out at the end of the night.
2004 to today
From a countdown on Harbour Island to a four-day carnival by the river. Scroll, swipe or pick a year.
Day one
Pied Piper Productions is born in Tampa, throwing Halloween and New Year's Eve parties that become local traditions.

New Year's Eve at Jackson's on Harbour Island reaches its tenth year, with DJ Magic Mike. A year later, more than 4,000 people ring in 2016 with us.

Mario Lopez hosts our New Year's Eve, then comes back in 2018 for a party at WTR at The Godfrey with the city's only dual-barge fireworks display.
The pandemic stops live events across Tampa Bay, ours included. We'd been planning six months to a year out.
“We went from that to not knowing what's happening next weekend.”

Four days of rides, costumes and headline DJs on the field at Armature Works, and our first large-scale event after the pandemic.
“Is it a carnival? Is it a DJ thing? Is it a Halloween party? Well, it's really all of those, and it's all ages.”

XOXO Carnival brings DJ Snake, deadmau5, Lil Jon and Shaggy to Armature Works in May. In October the Haunted Carnival returns with Steve Aoki and DJ Diesel.

Diplo, Quavo and Above & Beyond headline the third Haunted Carnival, and Marshmello closes the year on the pier at Armature Works.

XOXO comes back as an art and music festival with more than 80 artists. Pool season heats up at WTR, hurricane damage cancels the carnival, and Shaq's DJ Diesel headlines New Year's Eve.

Steve Aoki, Rick Ross and Galantis headline the fourth Haunted Carnival, with part of the proceeds going to ForHearts Worldwide. Sofi Tukker and Austin Millz ring in 2026 with AW Live.
Today

Bob Moses plays Together As One at Curtis Hixon Park with One Of Us Events, and headline DJs keep filling The Cuban Club.
“This event has always been about evolution and community.”
Halloween parties grew into a four-day carnival, and XOXO went from a carnival to an art and music festival. We keep changing the format so no night feels like a rerun.
We're a Tampa team working with Tampa partners, from Armature Works and The Cuban Club to AW Live and One Of Us Events. And we give back. Part of the 2025 carnival's proceeds went to ForHearts Worldwide.
The venue, the lineup, the production and how you feel walking out the gate. More than twenty years in, we still sweat every one of them.
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