Tampa Bay’s best live music happening February 20-27

Tampa Bay’s live music weekend, and it’s hot, boy, thanks to the Hot Boyz, who’re bringing the best of Louisiana hip-hop to Tampa. The concerts stretch all the way to Plant City this month, too, thanks to the Florida Strawberry Festival, but there are plenty of great shows peppered in between.

This listing is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplements with select shows from CL’s user-submitted event calendar. Thanks to all the bands, promoters, and venues for self-submitting your events in time for inclusion in this listing.

Thursday, Feb. 20

• Agent Orange (Brass Mug, Tampa)
• Arbour Season w/CJ Rislove/Seth Menne (Music Gallery, New Port Richey)
• The Band Feel (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Jazz Ensemble 1 w/Chuck Owen/Sara Caswell/LaRue Nickelson/more (Barness Recital Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa)
• Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (The Moon Tower, Dunedin)
• Midland w/Pug Johnson (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Tampa)
• The Robert Cray Band (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) 

Friday, Feb. 21

• Bandit w/Ramtha/Drosera/Loach/Shiv (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
• Jeff Rosenstock w/Soul Glo/Bad Operation (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Lil Weezyana: Lil Wayne & Hot Boys (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

Saturday, Feb. 22

• Florida w/Beach Terror (Shuffle, Tampa)
• Bay of Fire Black Metal and Arts Festival: Promethean Horde w/Saturnine/Pontifex/Voidrium/Claux/Sacrilous/Tunnels of Set/Vorn/Nefarious Grime (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
• Kelsea Ballerini w/MaRynn Taylor/Ashe (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• Malignancy (The Brass Mug, Tampa)
• Mxmtoon (The Ritz, Ybor City
• Of The Trees w/Detox Unit/Saka b2b Fly/Freddy Todd (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
• Pink It Up 16: Victims of Circumstance w/Saganaki Bomb Squad/Chubby Tuff/Bargain Bin Heroes/Chilled Monkey Brains/Over Wait Mammal/DJ Interceder (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Saturday Sounds: DJ Cub (Independent Bar & Café, Tampa)

Sunday, Feb. 23

• Forest Sounds Presents: Leisure Chief w/Ella Jet (The Far Forest, Tampa)
• Church Sessions: DJ Spaceship (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Pale Gold w/Floating Boy/Last Disaster/No. 9 (The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Co., St. Petersburg)
• Sunday Service: Joshua Reilley and Dan Padilla (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
• Sunday Brunch at Azure: DJ Knox (Tampa Edition, Tampa)
• Rehab Sundays: Sam Williams (Shuffle, Tampa)
• Robin Trower w/Damon Fowler (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Wallows (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
• Winter Pride: Pew Pew! Feat. Victor Rosado w/Austen van der Bleek/Jubilee (Suite E Studios, St. Petersburg)

Monday, Feb. 24

• Count Basie Orchestra (St.Petersburg College Gibbs Campus Music Center, St. Petersburg)

Tuesday, Feb. 25

• Alcest w/Mono/Kælan Mikla (Orpheum, Tampa)
• David Muñoz (Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg)

Wednesday, Feb. 26

• Funk N Ting: DJ Mike Blenda & DJ Shafiq (New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Kate Pierson (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
• Little Feat w/Jim Lauderdale (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
• Rod Stewart (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Tampa)

Thursday, Feb. 27

• Elvis Crespo (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Tampa)
• Florida Strawberry Festival: Jimmy Sturr & his Orchestra (Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City)
• Florida Strawberry Festival: Tommy James & the Shondells (Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City)
• Florida Strawberry Festival: Nate Smith (Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City)
• Kröna w/Knives/God Damn S.O.B (The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Co, St Petersburg)
• Tom Rush (Jaeb Theater at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)

Also playing

Satisfaction (Rolling Stones tribute) Thursday, Feb. 20. 8 p.m. $15 & up. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

The Chaunces Trio Thursday, Feb. 20. 8 p.m. No cover. Oscura, Bradenton

CJ Field Thursday, Feb. 20. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Ella & The Bossa Beat Thursday, Feb. 20. 7:30 p.m. $30 & up. Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Luxe: Latin Night Thursday, Feb. 20. 6 p.m. $10. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Mania: The Abba Tribute Thursday, Feb. 20. 7:30 p.m. $17 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg

Matt Zitwer Thursday, Feb. 20. 6 p.m. No cover. Grand Central Brewhouse, St. Petersburg

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Thursday, Feb. 20. 7 p.m $20-$25. Fogartyville Community Media Arts Center Sarasota

Scotty McCreery w/Spencer Crandall Thursday, Feb. 20. 8 p.m. $38.25 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Sean Delong Thursday, Feb. 20. 6 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Tropidelic w/Bikini Trill/Beach Fly Thursday, Feb. 20. 7 p.m. $22. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Uncle John’s Band Thursday, Feb. 20. 8 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Experience
Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. $25 & up. Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Adam and the Testifiers Friday, Feb. 21. 8 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

A.J. Croce Saturday, Feb. 22. 7:30 p.m. $39.50 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Beartoe w/Midnight Howl/Derek Engstrom/John Lee Wyatt
Friday, Feb. 21. 6 p.m. $20. Jack Kerouac House, St. Petersburg (canceled)

Brandon Fields Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. No cover. Woodwright Brewing Co., Dunedin

​​Braxton Keith Friday, Feb. 21. 10 p.m. $20. Dallas Bull, Tampa

Christian Lopez Friday, Feb. 21. 7:30 p.m. $30 & up. Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater

Delta Heavy Friday, Feb. 21. 10 p.m. No cover with RSVP, $10 for guaranteed entry. The Ritz, Ybor City

Fleatwood Mac (Fleetwood Mac tribute) Friday, Feb. 21. 8 p.m. $20 & up. New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa

Flo-Raw Friday, Feb. 21. 9:30 p.m. No cover. Hard Rock Cafe, Tampa

Florida International Audio Expo Friday-Sunday, Feb. 21-23. 10 a.m. $25-$35. Sheraton Tampa Brandon Hotel, Tampa

Gaijin w/Eyes Wide Shut/No Truth/Jezter Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. $15 at the door. Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa

Gene Field Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

Hot Tonic Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. No cover. Grand Central Brewhouse, St. Petersburg

Jonathan Scales Fourchestra Saturday, Feb. 22. 4:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

JT Curtis and the Florida Scoundrels Friday, Feb. 21. 8 p.m. $10 at door. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

K-Pop Rave Friday, Feb. 21. 9 p.m. $20. Orpheum, Tampa

Landon Conrath Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City

Neverless w/Dial Drive/Fuakata!/Penny Fountain Friday, Feb. 21. 7:30 p.m. $10. Oscura, Bradenton

#NoFilter Friday, Feb. 21. 8 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Ryan Montbleau w/Tanner Boyle Friday, Feb. 21. 7:30 p.m. $25. Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor

Salsa Sounds at the Tampa Edition Rooftop Friday, Feb.21. 8 p.m. No cover, RSVP suggested (813) 221-4600 Tampa Edition, Tampa

The String Rays Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Swim In Salt w/Blind Dumb Luck Friday, Feb. 21. 7 p.m. $10. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Taylor Gilchrist w/Tucker Sody/Alex Malkovich Friday, Feb. 21. 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Union Black (Depeche Mode tribute) Friday, Feb. 21. 8 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Zach Short Friday-Saturday, Feb. 21-22. 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, Clearwater

Astari Nite w/Obsidian/L.U.S.T./DJ Maus Saturday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Bee Gees Now! Saturday Feb. 22. 7-9 p.m. $25 and up. Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Brek Milo Saturday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

The Cadillac Cowboys Saturday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

Chill Grooves with DJ Sammy Muto at the Tampa Edition Rooftop Saturday, Feb 22. 8 p.m. No cover, RSVP suggested (813) 221-4600 Tampa Edition, Tampa

Dirk Quinn Band Saturday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Emo Night Brooklyn Saturday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m. $17. Orpheum, Tampa

Good Luck Kings Saturday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Jah Movement Saturday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m. $15. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Justin Rice Saturday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, Clearwater

Kuumba Dancers and Drummers: Sankofa Saturday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m. $15 & up. New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa

The Lee Boys Saturday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Matt Brown Saturday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. $35 & up. Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater

Memphis Lightning Saturday, Feb. 22. 9:30 p.m. No cover. Hard Rock Cafe, Tampa

Mike and Pat of Creative Differences Saturday, Feb. 22. 3 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Razor & the Boogie Men w/GDSOB/Chulismo/Las Nadas/Sir Sympathy
Saturday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. $10-$15. Oscura, Bradenton

The Florida Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 w/Olga Kern
Saturday, Feb. 22 (8 p.m.) & Sunday, Feb. 23 (2 p.m.) Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg

Saint Sophia Greek Festival 2025 Sat. Feb 22 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. through Sun. Feb 23 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church Winter Haven, Florida

Southern Avenue Saturday, Feb. 22. 7:30 p.m. $30. Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor

Stedfast w/Remote Control/Wasted Life/Narcan/Blockade Saturday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. $10 at the door. Skatepark of Tampa, Tampa

The Nth Power w/Road To Nowhere Saturday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m. $18. Bayboro Brewing Co., St. Petersburg

Tinlicker Saturday, Feb. 22. 10 p.m. $30 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

Undercover Rasta Saturday, Feb. 22. 1 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Acoustic Sunday Brunch: JT Curtis Sunday, Feb. 23. 1 p.m. No cover. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Ariella & Nicolaas Sunday, Feb. 23. 5:30 p.m. $25. Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor

A Coldplay Experience feat. The Royal Symphony Orchestra Sunday, Feb. 23. 7:30 p.m. $63.88 & up. Morsani Hall at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa

Hub City Stompers w/The Brainiacs/Misadventure Sunday, Feb. 23. 5 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Jamie Thomas Sunday, Feb. 23. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

Keegan Ritz Sunday, Feb. 23. 2 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

Light the Wire Sunday, Feb. 23. 4 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Listening Room Festival Showcase: Ben Gage w/Dirty Cello/Goldpine/Julian Taylor Sunday, Feb. 23. 3 p.m. $20 & up. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Marianne & the Professor Sunday, Feb. 23. 4 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Olde Rage w/Boney Fiend/The Inhalers Sunday, Feb. 23. 2 p.m. No cover. Bauser’s, Dunedin

Palaye Royale w/Johnnie Guilbert/Rock and Skate Sunday, Feb. 23. 7 p.m. $27.50. Orpheum, Tampa

Phoenix 5 Sunday, Feb. 23. 2 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Sunday Service: Tasty Vibrations Sunday, Feb. 23. 2 p.m.-5 p.m. No cover. The Moon Tower, Dunedin

Valentino & Barry Sunday, Feb. 23. 2 p.m. No cover. Woodwright Brewing Co., Dunedin

Kuumba Dancers and Drummers: Journey to Africa Monday, Feb. 24. 10:30 a.m. $10. New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa

Alexandra Kay w/Logan Crosby Tuesday, Feb. 25. 8 p.m. $29.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Paul Anka Tuesday, Feb. 25. 7 p.m. $59 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Matt Corman and Ollie Joseph Tuesday, Feb. 25. 8 p.m. $17.67 & up. Crowbar, Ybor City

Hot Tonic Wednesday, Feb. 26. 6:30. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Pouya w/Freddie Dredd/Cursed Wednesday, Feb. 26. 7 p.m. $30.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Asleep At The Wheel Thursday, Feb. 27. 8 p.m. $35 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Dirtwire w/Moontricks Thursday, Feb. 27. 8 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Hyperglow Thursday, Feb. 27. 9 p.m. $25. The Ritz, Ybor City

René Schlegel Thursday, Feb. 27. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Six String Social Club: Lesa Silvermore w/Matt Live/Caleb Neff/Joey Wit/Dan Shafer Thursday, Feb. 27. 7 p.m. No cover. Oscura, Bradenton

Nate Smith Thursday, Feb. 27. 7:30 p.m. $45. Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City

Jimmy Sturr & his Orchestra Thursday, Feb. 27. 10:30 a.m. No cover with admission. Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City

Kimi Tortuga Thursday, Feb. 27. 6 p.m. No cover. Grand Central Brewhouse, St. Petersburg

Zack Fletcher Thursday, Feb. 27. 6:30 p.m. No cover. The North-End Taphouse, Gulfport

Weekly events

Matt Frost Band Every other Wednesday. 8 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

XO: Love In Stereo Friday, Feb. 14. 8 p.m. $20. 7th+Grove, Tampa

Hot Tonic Sundays. 6 p.m. No cover. Tiki Bar & Grill at 56th & Shore, Gulfport

Skyline Sounds at The Tampa Edition Rooftop Saturdays, through Feb. 23. Reservations recommended (813) 221-4600. Tampa Edition, Tampa

Jazz DaddyOs Trio Sundays. 7 p.m. No cover. Marriott Suites on Sand Key, Clearwater Beach

Le Jazz Sundays. 11:30 a.m. No cover. Boulevard Burgers & Tap House, St. Petersburg

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

Peggy Morris Mondays. 6 p.m. No cover. The Fenway, Dunedin

Kyle Schroeder Tuesdays. 6 p.m. No cover. The Fenway, Dunedin

Live Bluegrass Jam hosted by Fil Pate Wednesdays. 7 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

CageGrass: Fil Pate Trio Thursdays. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Pickin’ Splinters (Bluegrass jam) Every other Thursday. 7 p.m. No cover. Woodwright Brewing Co., Dunedin

Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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This article appears in Feb 13-19, 2025.