Papadosio @ Jannus Live Credit: Photo by Dave Decker

New Year’s Eve is here, but you’re got no plans to stop seeing concerts in 2024, so why not be in a music venue when the clock strikes midnight. Here are some of the best New Year’s Eve concerts happening in Tampa Bay this Sunday.

A full list of Tampa Bay New Year’s Eve concerts is available on Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s user-submitted concert calendar.

Donna the Buffalo What are you doing with your life if you’ve never celebrated the end of a wretched year with Donna The Buffalo at Skipper’s Smokehouse? The New York-based jam band—members of which have actually backed up members of the Grateful Dead in the past—does a two-night stint in Tampa this year, and as usual, tickets to the NYE show will include a midnight toast, a breakfast buffet, and all the groovy party favors you need to send 2023 to hell, where it belongs. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

Jimkata Despite a vocal minority that regularly complains about sound, Dunedin Brewery has enjoyed quite the year, and the Pinellas brewery with impeccable taste in music brings analog synth-driven electro-rock band Jimkata to its sister venue, The Moon Tower. As always, this show is free, but there are VIP tickets available for an acoustic performance and happy hour. (Moon Tower at Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)

Kool & the Gang It won’t be cheap to get into Tampa Edition on New Year’s eve, but the hospitality and entertainment at the Bay area’s only five-star hotel is unrivaled. Expect a primo open bar, top-notch food, champagne and a ballroom concert from funk legend Kool & the Gang. Last year’s party was a luxurious affair without the pretense, and don’t expect the Edition team to mess with the formula too much when it rings in 2024. (Tampa Edition, Tampa)

Marshmello w/DJ Tay James You don’t really need a reason to hang out at Armature Works, but this New Year’s Eve just might be the Tampa Heights multipurpose space’s biggest one yet. The 31-year-old DJ who has long rocked a marshmallow helmet (but recently revealed his face to the public) and hasn’t been to Tampa since the 2018 iterations of Sunset Music Festival and later, the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball. Now he’s toying around with Latin music, having released his first album of the sort, Sugar Papi, in September. (Pier at Armature Works, Tampa)

NYE Galactic Rodeo: Cosmic New Year’s Bash w/Jask/Brian Busto/more There are DJs galore working hard on New Year’s Eve, but you won’t find a more solid collective of them in one place. This “Galactic Rodeo” taking over St. Pete arts collective Mad Monk finds Bay area house music royalty (Jask, Brian Busto and friends) joining forces with more than a dozen other producers and bands ranging from rock and downtempo. Cosmic creatures (aliens) and live performers will roam the grounds and two stages which host more than nine hours of music on what promises to be a trippy night in St. Petersburg. (The Mad Monk, St. Petersburg)

Papadosio After spending the year promoting its new, extremely experimental album To Live A Making, Papadosio ends the year with a plethora of DJs on the stage that hosted Lettuce last NYE. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Also playing

Alex Antle w/DJ Dempsey/more 8 p.m. $40. WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa
The Lights Festival: Boyce Avenue 4 p.m. $49. Little Everglades Ranch, Dade City
Peace Of Woodstock ’69 tribute 7 p.m. $25. Wild Rover Brewing Company, Tampa
Tampa Nights: Vibe N’ Color New Years Bash 8 p.m. $30 & up. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa