Jimmy Eat World, which plays Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 27, 2024. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone

Tampa Bay’s live music weekend has arrived, and this week it’s got a handful of gigs headlined by bands featured in our new list of the best homegrown instrumental acts in Tampa, Clearwater and St. Pete—from Rugawd’s boba house set to Fil Pate at Cage Brewing, and even La Lucha’s sold-out show in St. Pete,

This listing of the best live music happening in Tampa Bay from July 26-Aug. 1 is complied by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented with select gigs from CLs user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar.

There’s also an extended “Also Playing” listing at the bottom.

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The best Tampa Bay instrumental bands to listen to right now

Friday, July 26

Apashe (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Beartoe w/John Lee/Patrick Hagerman/Derek Engstrom (Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg)
Emo Social St. Petersburg: Chris Kamrada (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
La Lucha (freeFall Theatre, St. Petersburg)
Music For Joe: Suburban Wasteland w/The Losing Game/Colours (Oscura, Bradenton)
Dr. Zachary Bartholomew (album release) (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

Saturday, July 27

Barely Pink w/Tremolords/Pretty Voices (The Hub, Tampa)
Beats & Boba: Knux w/Rugawd/Ogxloop/Xzstnce/more (Boba House, Tampa)
Enox w/Thirst/Fiends/Fatal Frame/No Please (American Legion Seminole Post 111, Tampa)
Fuerza Regida (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Gaza Rising: Lilith Black w/Mister E/Black Clash/Mwiza/Of Men & Manatees/Maude (Jackettes)/Black Incorporated (Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg)
Johnstock: Abortion Twins w/Big Sad/The Brainiacs/Crash Mitchell/Send All/more (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
The Killakee House w/Spanish Needles/Shae Krispinsky/Adam Turkel (The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Company, St. Petersburg)
Lost Kings (WTR Pool, Tampa)
Mave’s Arcade w/Samuel Wolter/Amateur Taxidermy (Bananas Music, St. Petersburg)
O Som Do Jazz (Museum of American Arts and Crafts Movement, St. Petersburg)
Sad Summer Fest: Mayday Parade w/The Maine/The Wonder Years/We the Kings/Real Friends/Knuckle Puck/more (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)—Suzanne Townsend
Sam Williams (Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Tampa Bay Rays Concert Series: Jimmy Eat World (Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg)
Technics DMC: Da Odd Couple (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Virginia Sweet w/Last Resort/The Hand of Reason Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
VooDood wrap party: The Sh-Booms (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Sunday, July 28

Devil’s Cut w/Taken By Tides/Omen of Dust/Kalus/Velvet Sky/Smile Deadly/The Hand of Reason (Brass Mug, Tampa)
Ian Asher (WTR Pool, Tampa)
Ol’ Dirty Sundays: Immortal (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Punk Rock Flea in the AC: Dissentors w/Pet Lizard/Baseline/more (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg)
Seranation w/Trevor Bystrom/The Sub (Oscura, Bradenton)

Tuesday, July 30

Rhythmic Exhibits feat. Elizabeth Glushko (Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg)
The Remix: BC (Shuffle, Tampa)

Wednesday, July 31

As I Lay Dying w/Chelsea Grin/Entheos (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
The Jonas Brothers (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Lindsey Stirling w/Walk Off The Earth (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)

Thursday, Aug. 1

1st Annual Fin Fest: Jimmy Buffett Celebrations w/Bluffett (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
Fil Pate Trio (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg)
Halestorm w/I Prevail/Hollywood Undead/Fit For a King (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Pusha Preme & Friends Back-To-School Book Bag Drive (Tempus Projects, Ybor City)
Rock the Park Tampa: Persephone’s Choice w/Swamp Poney/Mwiza Trio (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Musical Riot: Zero Context (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)

Also playing

Captain Midnight Band Friday, July 26. 8 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Cold Steel w/Drawn Out/Forever’s Horizon/Gator Bait/Plague Spitter/Spit Truth Friday, July 26. 7 p.m. No cover. Deviant Libation, Tampa

DJ Cub Friday, July 26. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

The Family Funk Friday, July 26. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Friday Night Jazz Friday, July 26. 7:30 p.m. No cover. DI Coffee Bar, Tampa

Grace Dickerson Duo Friday, July 26. 7 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

The Left Coast Collective Friday, July 26. 7 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse and Kitchen, Gulfport

Peter Neumer Friday, July 26. 6 p.m. No cover. Crown & Bull, Dunedin

Sugar Vibe Friday, July 26. 8 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Tropical Avenue Friday, July 26. 8 p.m. No cover. Hard Rock Cafe, Tampa

Zach Short Friday, July 26. 7 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, Clearwater

Ajeva w/Antelope Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. $15. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

BBQueer: DJ Gabe Saturday, July 27. 6 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

The Beast Coast Campaign: Reminitions w/Cultist/Death Of A Deity/Goonlord/Fatal Frames Saturday, July 27. 7 p.m. $10. Brass Mug, Tampa

Bill Wharton (Sauce Boss) Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. $12. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

The Black Honkeys Saturday, July 27. 7:30 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Damon Fowler Saturday, July 27. 4:30 p.m. Sold out. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Groovehive Market Summer Squeeze Night Flea: Wyatt Norton w/Don’t Pet The Dinosaur/Truth Value/Spanish Bombs/Blonde Gentlemen Saturday, July 27. 5 p.m. No cover. Oscura, Bradenton

John Kyle Rhode Saturday, July 27. 7 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

Julie Black & Her Band Saturday, July 27. 5 p.m. No cover. H’ours Creole Smokehouse, Tarpon Springs

Lauris Vidal Friday, July 26. 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Nightbreakers Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Sculpted Air w/Don’t Elaborate Saturday, July 27. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

Shrek Rave Saturday, July 27. 9 p.m. $15 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

Someday Honey Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. $30 & up. Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Stick & Ditty Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Wyatt Edmondson Saturday, July 27. 8 p.m. No cover. Hard Rock Cafe, Tampa

The Freecoasters Sunday, July 28. 2 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Hot Freaks w/Dante Elephante Sunday, July 28. 7 p.m. $18. Orpheum, Tampa

It’s Too Hot: Soul Circus Cowboys w/Scream Machine/Magnum Opus Sunday, July 28. 4 p.m. $20. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Joshua James Sunday, July 28. 1 p.m. No cover. Grand Central Brewhouse, St. Petersburg

Kristopher James Extravaganza: Matt Burke w/Matt Woods Sunday, July 28. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

Psychedelic EDM Night: Brighton w/Morningstar/Zero Wolf/more Sunday, July 28. 9 p.m. $15-$20. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Natalie Jordan-Nixon w/S.Y.T.E./A. Renee/more Sunday, July 28. 5 p.m. $20-$25. Bethel Community Baptist Church, St. Petersburg

Psychedelic EDM Night Sunday, July 28. 9 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Rene Schlegel Sunday, July 28. 3 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

Ryan Marchand Sunday, July 28. 1 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, Clearwater

Sunday Jazz in the Lounge: Boho Sideshow Sunday, July 28. 2 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Sunday Jazz Project: Sandi Grecco w/James Suggs/Mark Moultrup Sunday, July 28. 3 p.m. No cover. The Studio Public House, St. Petersburg

Sunday Jazz with The Crew Sunday, July 28. 6 p.m. No cover with RSVP. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Sunday Sessions in the Gallery: Josh Nelms w/Matthew Frost Sunday, July 28. 4:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Supply & Demand Sunday, July 28. 2 p.m. No cover. Hard Rock Cafe, Tampa

Motown Monday feat. A.J. Hall Monday, July 29. 7 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Peggy Morris Monday, July 29. 6 p.m. No cover. The Fenway, Dunedin

Scott Murley w/John Tschirhart/Greg Cannella Monday, July 29. 6 p.m. No cover. Treble Makers Dueling Piano Bar & Restaurant, Wesley Chapel

Kyle Schroeder Tuesday, July 30. 6 p.m. No cover. The Fenway, Dunedin

Dead Set Trio Wednesday, July 31. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg