16 live music concerts and events happening in Tampa Bay over the Christmas holiday

Live concert listings are always a little skinny around the Christmas holiday, but the scene came through with more than a dozen concerts and live music events happening in Tampa Bay from Dec. 22-29.

Thursday, Dec. 22

• Andy Brey’s Holiday Hootenanny (Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Anthill Cinema w/Brock Butler  (The Blueberry Patch, Gulfport)
• Dean Spunt w/Alien House/mtvh1n1/Afterworld (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• Kristopher James  (Arts Room at Tampa Edition, Tampa)

Friday, Dec. 23

• Brokenmold Annual Holiday Party: Liam Bauman w/SoftBite/Madelaine & The Southern Gypsy Band (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• Cage Brewing Holiday Special: Casey Stineman/Manna/Wyatt Norton (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg)
• Crowbar Christmas: Mortal Sons/The Dirty Janes/Mason Pace/Giorgi (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Dignitary Merryjuana Christmas Party: TRC (Dignitary Tea & Kava House, Tampa)
• Guianna (Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa)

Sunday, Dec. 25

• New Granada Annual Xmas Extravaganza: Meatwound/Prescribed Fire/Bad Bad Things (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Tuesday, Dec. 27

• Shawn Brown (Pete’s Place South, Tampa)

Thursday, Dec. 29

• A Drag Queen Christmas: Nina West/more (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
• Elevate Thursday: Sidetrakd x JDub (M. Bird, Tampa)
• The Grapes w/The Grecian Urns/Chaunces/Philip Charos (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
• Have Gun, Will Travel (The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg)
• Magic City Hippies w/Cannibal Kids (Orpheum, Tampa)

This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2022.