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Best Band (Original): Black Honkeys

Winner: Black Honkeys

Runners-Up: Kind Villain, Derrick Williams & The Gospel Voice Band

Best Bluegrass Band: Applebutter Express

Winner: Applebutter Express

Runners-Up: Have Gun, Will Travel, Betty Fox Band

Best Classical Musician: Melissa Grady

Winner: Melissa Grady

Runners-Up: Jeffrey Multer, Nick Ewing

Best Club DJ: DJ Sandman

Winner: DJ Sandman

Runners-Up: DJ Fresh, DJ Lady Shay

See all winners from Best of the Bay 2021.

Best Concert in the Last 12 Months: Sunset Music Festival

Winner: Sunset Music Festival

Runners-Up: Brad Paisley at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre , Kind Villain at Union Hall

Best Concert Promoter: No Clubs

Winner: No Clubs

Runners-Up: Live Nation, Brokenmold

Best Cover Band: Black Honkeys

Winner: Black Honkeys

Runners-Up: Pitbull Toddler, Uncle John's Band

Best Experimental Act: Bangarang

Winner: Bangarang

Runners-Up: Violinist Andrew Michael Polo , Drag Me to Hell

Best Hip-Hop Act: Pusha Preme

Winner: Pusha Preme

Runners-Up: Stick Martin and Jon Ditty , Kezra Leon

Best Instrumentalist: Derrick Williams

Winner: Derrick Williams

Runners-Up: Hot Tonic , Gisselle Quinones

Best of the Bay Slideshows

Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2023 photo booth

Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2023 photo booth

Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 2023 Best of the Bay party

Photos from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's 2023 Best of the Bay party

Best Distillery
St. Pete Distillery
Finalists: Tarpon Springs Distillery, The Urban Stillhouse

Tampa Bay's best restaurants, food and drink of 2023, according to our readers

Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth

Everyone who stepped into Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay 2022 photo booth