Tampa Bay’s best concerts from Jan. 12-19 include a DIY backyard jam in Ybor City, the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, Bobby Rush’s sold-out Safety Harbor show, the Ingold Audio launch party, and a whole lot of jazz plus the Dexter Gordon tribute matinee.
The follow list of the best concerts coming to Tampa Bay this week is curated from selections by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors, plus hand-picked events from the user-submitted CL events calendar.
Thursday, Jan. 12
- Jeremy Gloff and the Power Bottoms w/Navin Ave/Direwood/Jeff Brawer/Melissa Grady/Christopher Knolton/Deb Ruby/$tephmoney (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Friday, Jan. 13
- Antagonizers w/Switchblade Villain/more (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
- Arts Legacy Remix: Let Freedom Ring w/Alumni Singers of St. Petersburg (Teco Theater at David A. Straz Center for the performing Arts, Tampa)
- Geoff Tate w/Mark Daly (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Ingold Audio Launch Party: Roxx Revolt & the Velvets w/Gullwing/Former Contenders/Lauris Vidal (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Marcia Ball w/Reverend Billy C Wirtz (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- The Mavericks (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Nellie McKay (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Dru Hill w/Siobhan Monique/DJ Grandmaster Dee/more (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
- Winter Jam 2023: We The Kingdom w/Jeremy Camp/Andy Mineo/Anne Wilson/Disciple/Austin French/more (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Saturday, Jan. 14
- Barry Manilow (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- Eric Rachmany (Orpheum, Tampa)
- The Manhattan Transfer w/The Diva Jazz Orchestra(Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Palomino Blond w/Smelter/Háros (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Silent Party: Big Energy R&B vs. Hip-Hop (Aloft Downtown, Tampa)
- Sunroom Sessions (Nana’s, Ybor City)
- Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Jazz Funk Soul/Nathan Mitchell/DJ Spaceship/more (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Sunday, Jan. 15
- Dirty Janes w/Osceola Brothers/Johnny Mile & the Kilometers/489XY (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Jack Wilkins: A Centennial Tribute to Dexter Gordon (Mainstage Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City)
- John Summit (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- Shelly Berg and Laurence Hobgood (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Thursday, Jan. 19
- Bobby Rush w/Selwyn Birchwood (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
- John Oates w/Guthrie Trapp (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Mishka (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Tesla (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2023.
