Credit: Dave Decker

Ybor City’s infamous Hot Dog Party eating competition and rock and roll throwdown leads the live music calendar, but there’s a lot more going on in the Bay area this week.

Have a look below, and see more on Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s event calendar.

Thursday, June 30

Friday, July 1

Saturday, July 2

Sunday, July 3

Monday, July 4

Thursday, July 7

Also playing

Excision w/Kompany/Effin/more Friday, July 1, 10 p.m. Sold out. The Ritz, Ybor City
Freedom Rings: Shaun Hopper w/Chris Barbosa & Sam Williams Friday, July 1, 8 p.m. $7-$10. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
Wowlin’ Woof Friday, July 1. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
BK Davis Steinway International Artist Live in Concert Saturday, July 2. 3 p.m. No cover. The Music Gallery of Clearwater, Clearwater
Edge of Reality Tour feat. JL B.Hood/Roksta/The High Children/TBA Saturday, July 2. 7 p.m. $25. Pegasus Lounge, Tampa
In the Pocket w/Speakeasy/Wyatt Norton Friends Saturday, July 2, 7 p.m. $12. Crowbar, Ybor City
Johnny G. Lyon w/LC Williams and the Driver/Otis Velt/The Wallace Hartley Quartet Saturday, July 2, 7 p.m. $10-$15. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

This article appears in Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...