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✔️=Critic's Pick

✔️ Reckless Kelly w/Nikki Lane/Dale Watson and his Lone Stars/Jason D. Williams/Oak Hill Drifters Ah, the fruits of the sold-out Outlaw Country Cruise leaving from Port Tampa are falling all over the Bay area during the next week or so, and this bill put together by community radio station WMNF 88.5-FM is definitely a beneficiary. Orlando outfit the Oak Hill Drifters is the only band on this bill not setting sail, and while Idaho country-rock (Reckless Kelly), Arkansas-born boogie (Jason D. Williams) and Texas “Ameripolitan” (Dale Watson) are all intriguing, we’re most hyped up about the arrival of Nashville songwriter Nikki Lane. The 35-year-old technically debuted at downtown Tampa’s Pig Jig in 2015, but her Bay area coming-out party happened one year ago at Gasparilla Music Festival. It’ll be a treat to get up close and personal with the honky-tonk highway queen under the lights of the Skipperdome. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO

The Florida Orchestra: Star Wars Live In Concert The Florida Orchestra is in tribute mode this weekend with a Friday-night show dedicated to Tom Petty and this Saturday, one night only, gig where Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back will play in the background while TFO plays John Williams’ iconic score live. Most definitely wear a costume if you have it. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater) INFO

Garden Club w/Danny & Alex CL was hyped to see these two bands on one bill back in December, but then Danny & Alex went and broke our hearts by having to cancel their appearance. Fingers crossed this time around as two of Tampa Bay’s most promising, young pop and jazz bands team up for this art show and concert at the very cozy Black Crow coffee. (Black Crow Coffee Co., St. Petersburg) INFO

Houseparilla w/Doc Martin/Lisa Shaw/Jask/Chang/Coro/Alvaro/DJ Kiko/more If you’re a Gasparilla reveler reading this trying to find some good live music, then you obviously haven’t had enough to drink. Anyone searching for some good house music happening at a block party built around Tampa’s annual day of debauchery, however, is in luck. A genre legend (Doc Martin) is set to spin at Hyde Park Café along with a local heavyweight (Jask), and there’ll even be a live set from Toronto house, funk and soul star Lisa Shaw. (Hyde Park Café, Tampa) INFO

Shipwrecked Music Festival w/Green Velvet/Dateless/The Gallows/Bleep Bloop/um…/more Hyde Park Cafés “Houseparilla” block party isn’t the only electronic music shindig happening on Saturday. “Shipwrecked” will be much wubbier and more expansive that the aforementioned South Tampa get-down thanks to a menagerie of outer space bass (Bleep Bloop), techno (Green Velvet), tumba (Dateless) and dubstep (um…) that’s set to take over two stages while a Silent Disco quietly rages on a third. (Circulo Cubano de Tampa, Ybor City) INFO

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✔️ Jim Lauderdale w/Bryan Elijah Smith Another splash of Outlaw Country Cruise spillover happens when Nashville elder Jim Lauderdale plays an intimate listening room set in Ybor. The 61-year-old just gave fans an unreleased late-’70s album he made with Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee Roland White, and fans know all about the songs he’s written for the likes of some Georges (Strait, Jones), Patty Loveless and Vince Gill, so there’s really no telling what Lauderdale will pull out of the hat for anyone lucky enough to get a ticket to this gig where Shenandoah Valley songwriter Bryan Elijah Smith opens the show. (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City) INFO

Melanie This Safety Harbor venue’s second sold-out show of the weekend features Emmy award-winning 70s folk and pop star Melanie. You should probably bookmark SHAMc’s website if you’re sick of missing out on shows. (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor) SOLD OUT

✔️ Pete Yorn Pete Yorn’s surprisingly spare, 18-year-old discography features just seven studio albums, but the songs within it (literally) strike all the right chords. The output is also packed with lyrical matter that turns the mundane details of life into meaningful reflections on what our existences might mean. Yorn, 44, promises to play stuff from all of his records at this solo show, which is part of his first visit to Florida since 2011. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO

Gaither Vocal Band CL loves local, but this has nothing to do with a high school chorus from Tampa. Southern gospel icon Bill Gaither reunited with past members of his vocal band last year, and some of that energy from the one-off reunion weekend should spill over into this gig where the 82-year-old brings some young guys to help him work through a life’s worth of God-fearing, Grammy and Dove award-winning material. (First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, Indian Rocks Beach) INFO

Robert “Freightrain” Parker w/Sarah Parker Last weekend saw the nation reckon with video of a MAGA-hat wearing Kentucky Catholic school boy taunting a Native American elder and veteran in Washington D.C. Here’s a reminder that America’s original citizens have been contributing to all facets of ancient and modern American life for years. Robert “Freightrain” Parker has a 2018 Indigenous Music Awards for The Best Blues Album under his belt, and he’s bringing it — along with his Native American heritage — to the ‘burbs this weekend. (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa) INFO

9 Lives Art Show w/DJ Gabe Echazabal Cat lovers, it’s time to get out of the house. You won’t be able to bring your leashed feline friends (Shuffle serves food), but you will be able to enjoy the work of nine Bay area artists at the 9 Lives all-cat themed art show. Cory Robinson and Scumrag (Heights Walls on Franklin) will be there along with Krystal Ralph (some of the best tats in town), Chris Preston, Megasupremo, MilliMisa, Counttrillions and more. Free to attend, and CL's very own Gabe Echazabal plays DJ. (Shuffle, Tampa) INFO

ALSO PLAYING
*See a list of venues hosting residencies and tribute or cover bands at the bottom of this post.

Nick & Tone Birthday Bash (The Blue Note, Tampa) INFO

Bobaflex w/Didges Christ Superdrum/SubterFusion/Cunningham Wake/Deviate the Plan/Rising Up Angry/M99/Tampa Taiko (Ferg’s, St. Petersburg) INFO

Kane Brown w/Raelynn (Amway Center, Orlando) INFO

The Zmed Brothers (Every Bros. Tribute) (Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center, Pinellas Park) INFO

Rebekah Pulley w/Matt Walker/Have Spirit (Paper Crane, Tampa) INFO

UNFUN (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO

Air Supply (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO

Ellisa Sun w/ Jordan Esker & Greg Milo (Green Light Bar, St. Petersburg) INFO

Sunset Saturdays: Bad Boy Bill & Richard Vission – Vinyl vs Digital Tour (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO

The Hails w/Flipturn/Youth Antics (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO

Blackbird Morning (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO

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Below is a list of clubs and restaurants that either regularly book both original music acts as well as tribute and cover bands or feature a concert calendar stocked with higher-quality residents. Follow the links to see more.

Residencies

c. 1949 Florida Beer Garden 6905 N Orleans Ave., Tampa
Hideaway Café 1756 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
Jazz House Supper Club 9331 East Adamo Dr., Tampa
The Landing at Jannus 200 First Ave N., St. Petersburg
The Living Room 487 Main St., Dunedin
The Mandarin Hide 231 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
Ringside Café 16 2nd St N., St. Petersburg
Ruby's Elixir 15 3rd St. N., St. Petersburg
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 5223 Orient Rd, Tampa
Tampa Armature Works 1910 N Ola Ave., Tampa
The Vinoy Renaissance 501 5th Ave NE, St. Petersburg

Tribute/Cover/Open Mics

3 Daughters Brewing 222 22nd St., St. Petersburg
Barefoot Billy's Friendly Tavern 3120 W. Gandy Blvd, Tampa
Buckets Grill & Tap 4535 Gunn Hwy., Tampa
Captain Jack’s On The Water 21 Oscar Hill Rd., Tarpon Springs
Caddy's On The Beach 9000 W Gulf Blvd, Treasure Island
Café Hey 1540 N Franklin St., Tampa
Gator's 12754 Kingfish Dr., Treasure Island
Green Iguana 4029 S. Westshore Blvd., Tampa
Ferg's Live 490 Channelside Dr., Tampa
JD's Restaurant & Lounge 125 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach
Hula Bay Club 5210 W Tyson Ave., Tampa
O'Briens Irish Pub Multiple Locations, Tampa
Rick's On The River 2305 N Willow Ave., Tampa
Smokin' 19 3080-3090 34th St N., St. Petersburg
Two Buks 1915 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater
Yeoman Cask & Lion (two locations: 202 N. Morgan St., Tampa; 200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg)