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The best live music coming to Tampa Bay from September 20-26

Including Big Sad, Squeeze and Warren Haynes.

By Ray Roa and Josh Bradley

Sep 20, 2024

Tampa Bay's live music weekend is coming in hot once again with a nice dose of hip-hop, pop, Southern rock and a big album release show from Tampa rock band Big Sad. This listing of Tampa Bay's best concerts happening Sept. 20-26 is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplements with select gigs pulled from CL's user-driven Tampa Bay concert calendar...

Big Sad, which plays Microgroove in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 21, 2024.

Mysterious soul-folk crooner Ray LaMontagne returns to St. Pete

he Secret Sisters which opens the latest of LaMontagne’s pilgrimages to the Bay area.

By Ray Roa
Sep 19, 2024
New York rock band Quarters of Change brings 'Portraits' to Ybor City

The Hails and Rohna open the show.

By Josh Bradley
Sep 19, 2024
Collective Soul is back in Tampa, this time to open for Hootie and the Blowfish

The band supports in latest album, 'Here To Eternity.'

By Josh Bradley
Sep 19, 2024
Q&A: Before Clearwater concert, Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook talks setlist dilemmas, favorite pop songs and more

The band plays with Boy George on Friday.

By Gabe Echazabal
Sep 19, 2024
Metalica will bring M72 World Tour to Tampa's Raymond James Stadium next summer

The Tampa stops are the only Florida shows on the tour.

By Colin Wolf
Sep 19, 2024
Trump-supporting rappers Sexyy Red and Kodak Black come to Tampa

Hunxho opens at Amalie Arena this month.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
The Interrupters break from Sum 41 tour to play headlining show in St. Pete

It's the band's second local show in a year.

By Josh Bradley
Sep 17, 2024
California rock trio The Red Pears brings the spirit of early-2000s rock to Tampa

The El Monte outfit is for fans of Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Strokes.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
Cairokee brings the sounds of the Arab Spring to Tampa this weekend

You might get to hear the 'Voice Of Freedom' at The Ritz Ybor.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
Yung Gravy is the latest rapper with a country album, and he brings it to Tampa this weekend

The Minnesotan serves it up at the Yuengling Center.

By Josh Bradley
Sep 17, 2024
Puerto Rican rapper and doctor PJ Sin Suela plays Ybor City this weekend

He's not a lumberjack though.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
New Zealand producer K+Lab brings poppy wubs to St. Pete

Side Trakd opens at Bayboro Brewing Co. this weekend.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
Tampa rock band Big Sad puts life's bruises on tape for new album, 'Black Umbrellas'

It plays the record at a release show in Seminole Heights this weekend.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
Wale's 'Every Blue Moon' show in St. Pete is also a pre-birthday concert

He turns 40 years old on Saturday.

By Josh Bradley
Sep 17, 2024
South Carolina surf-rock band Easy Honey blows into Tampa this weekend

And the boys actually surf.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
Creed wants to take you higher in Tampa this weekend

It's 1999 all over again.

By Josh Bradley
Sep 17, 2024
Ahead of St. Pete solo concert, Warren Haynes reveals the best gig he ever saw

Haynes is at Mahaffey Theater this weekend.

By Josh Bradley
Sep 17, 2024
With two new albums in tow, Conway The Machine heads back to Tampa

The New York rapper is in Ybor City this weekend.

By Ray Roa
Sep 17, 2024
Pony Bradshaw to headline Tampa Oyster Fest this winter

The Georgia songwriter is fresh off the release of a new album, Thus Spoke The Fool.

By Ray Roa
Sep 16, 2024
Interview: Before Clearwater concert, Adrian Belew discusses how he put ‘Beat’ together

Indeed, a 21st century schizoid man.

By Paul Catala
Sep 11, 2024

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