Pink Guitars, Swag and Rock & Roll:
Pinktober Concert Series featuring
Natalie Claro
The PINKTOBER® Concert Series continued Friday, October 16 at in the Hard Rock
Cafe with Tampa Bay Acoustic Music Festival alum and Hard Rock Energy Brand
Ambassador, Natalie Claro.
Natalie sang her heart out for the cause during two “Pinktacular” sets filled with a
mix of original and cover tunes. Natalie opened the set with audience favorite “No
Diggity” by Blackstreet, wowed the crowd with an especially heartfelt rendition of
“Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas, and shared a few originals including “Daisy”,
“Own the Night” and “Worth It In The End”.
She opened the second set with her original song “Baby Bug” followed by Michael
Jackson’s “Billy Jean”, “Cough Syrup” by Young the Giant, “Secrets” by Mary Lambert
and additional original songs including “Here I Stand”, “Close Your Eyes” and “This Is
My Lie”.
She wrapped up the concert by autographing a hot PINK electric guitar custom made
by Dean Guitars for auction, making one lucky fan very happy and raising $200 that
will directly benefit breast cancer research.
Pinktober Concert Series Grand Finale with
Francesca Giorgianni
The PINKTOBER® Concert Series concluded Friday, October 23rd in the Hard Rock
Cafe Tampa with local singing sensation Francesca Giorgianni. Every October, the
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa hosts a series of events to raise money for
breast cancer awareness and research. This year, Hard Rock Cafe Tampa introduced
a weekly PINKTOBER® concert series featuring four local female artists to raise
proceeds and awareness for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Foundation
#Pinktober campaign.
Although Francesca is only 16 years old, she is no stranger to the spotlight. She
recently placed first in Wild 94.1’s Tampa Bay Talent Search, a local effort to find the
most talented singer/songwriter in the Tampa Bay area and plays at various venues
around the Tampa Bay area. Giorgianni started playing piano when she was 6 and
in addition to singing and playing the guitar she also plays the ukulele, bass, clarinet
and violin. She wants to play music “the rest of her life” because “I love people, I love
playing for people, I don’t want to do this for me, I want to share my music with
people and make them feel something” said Giorgianni.