Slothrust, which plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Dec. 1, 2022. Credit: Photo by Lindsey Barnes via slothrust/Facebook

Your family is in town for Thanksgiving weekend, and you might be looking for a concert to give you some reprieve. Here are some of the best live music events happening in Tampa Bay, Nov. 24-Dec. 1, as chosen by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors with select events pulled from CL’s user-submitted Tampa Bay events calendar.

Thursday, Nov. 24

Tom G & Friends (Club Skye, Ybor City)

Friday, Nov. 25

DJ Paul (The Moon Tower, Dunedin)
Have Gun, Will Travel w/Jeff Brawer/Dave Decker (Shuffle, Tampa)
Hip-Hop Explored: DJ Dfaz w/Kay Three/Alec Burnright CLP/Sir.Perf!/Sintell Terry (Crowbar, Ybor City)
I Prevail w/Pierce The Veil/Fit For A King/Yours Truly (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
John Kelly Band (Kozuba & Sons Distillery, St. Petersburg)
Tvboo (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Vagabond Tweed w/The Kyle Shaw Band/Al Torchia & The Tattered Saints (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)

Saturday, Nov. 26

Art Department (PTL, Ybor City)
Damon Fowler & Friends (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
The Hip Abduction (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Mountain Holler & the New Dawn w/Swimm/Oxford Noland/J.T. Brown (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
Patterson Hood (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City)
Sidepiece (The Ritz, Ybor City)

Sunday, Nov. 27

Acme Jazz Garage (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
Allman Family Revival: The Devon Allman Project w/Duane Betts/Donavon Frankenreiter/Maggie Rose/Larry McCray/Jimmy Hall/Alex Orbison/more (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
Patterson Hood (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City)

Monday, Nov. 28

Mischief Mondays: DJ Paul (The Ritz, Ybor City)

Tuesday, Nov. 29

Lindsey Stirling (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Wednesday, Nov. 30

Keaton Simons & Matt Ferranti (Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater)

Thursday, Dec. 1

Brett Young (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Moonchild (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
Rock the Park Tampa: Mak w/Sintell Terry/Evan Koteles (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Slothrust (Orpheum, Tampa)
Tab Benoit and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Tampa Theatre, Tampa)

This article appears in Nov 17-23, 2022.