25 live music events and concerts happening in Tampa Bay this weekend

Between the Sam E Hues album release, Shock G birthday celebration and Lil Blue Room showcase, it’s a great weekend for hip-hop in Tampa Bay. Rap’s not the only thing going down, however, so check out this rundown of the best live music options in Tampa Bay happening from Aug. 26-Sept.1.

See even more live music events at Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s user-submitted events calendar (and submit your own event, too).

Friday, Aug. 26

• Champagne Drip (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• Damien Escobar (Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
• Hotel Fiction w/Rohna/MAK (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• Joe Buck Yourself w/Twisty Chris and the Puddin’ Packs/Jack Sprouse (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Lauren Flax w/Brian Busto/Mayan Cxllective (The Dungeon at The Castle, Ybor City)
• The O’Jays farewell tour (Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
• Planet Booty w/Swell Rell/Symphonic Pheenix Force (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Whamo Night feat. Nate Lundy/Pilot Waves/Bisganye/King Bee (Sligh Station, Tampa)

Saturday, Aug. 27

• Groovefest 2022 feat. Road To Nowhere/The Snozzberries/The Battered Chicken Band (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
• The Final Blue House Show feat. Access Granted/Ortrotasce/Tetanus Junior/Chaunces/Chlorinefields/Sports Mode/Charlie/Spoiled Rat/Sangin/Alex Homan (The Blue House, St. Petersburg)
• It Will Flood w/Will Quinlan/Movie Props (The Nest at St. Pete Brewing Co., St. Petersburg)
• Lil Blue Room: NDO w/Tilde/Coach Tev/Jordan Patrick/DeCarlo Tatum Jr./more (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• Rosé All Day: Deux Twins (WTR Pool, Tampa)
• Santana w/Earth, Wind, and Fire (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
• Trick Daddy w/CeeLo Green/Juvenile/Trina/Plies (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

Sunday, Aug. 28

• Brett Staska Band w/Zack Hoag (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
• Colleen Orender (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
• Pool Party Sundays: Nervo (WTR Pool, Tampa)
• ShockNation Present: DooWutChyaLike Jam – The Life and Legacy of Shock G w/Money-B/more (Bastet Brewing, Tampa)

Tuesday, Aug. 30

• Health w/Perturbator/Secret Sects (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• UB40 w/The Original Wailers featuring Al Anderson/Maxi Priest/Big Mountain (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Wednesday, Aug. 31

• Oliver Tree w/Jawny and Huddy (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• $uicideboy$ w/Ski Mask The Slump God/$not/Maxo Kream/DJ Scheme (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

Thursday, Sept. 1

• Jordan Esker & The Hundred Percent w/Mason Pace/Discord Theory/Pandapaws (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
• Michael Franti and Spearhead (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

This article appears in Aug 18-24, 2022.