The shows below are curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented with select user-submitted concerts from CL’s event calendar. To have your show considered, please visit CL’s Tampa Bay events calendar, then hit “Submit An Event.”
Thursday, Dec. 15
- Kenny Loggins (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- #Pound Friday: Riot Ten (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- 93.3 Jingle Ball: Backstreet Boys/Black Eyed Peas/Big Time Rush/Cheat Codes/Tate McRae/Ava Max/Jax/Nicky Youre (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- Gene Farris (PTL, Ybor City)
- Guavatron w/Tropico Blvd./Minim (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
- Jake Blount (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City)
- Memphis Lightning w/Dockta D/more (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Roxx Revolt & The Velvets w/Summer Hoop/Discord Theory/Pandapaws (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Rusty Wright (Hard Rock Cafe at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- Bowzer’s Holiday Party: Peter Noone/Gary U.S. Bonds/more (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Dean Johanesen & Mark Pezzo (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Goodie Mob w/Sam E Hues/DJ Casper (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Mike 2wice w/T.O/Keezie Free/BME Quiz/Telicia Da Poet/DJ Spaceship (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- The Lee Boys w/Melody Trucks (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City)
- Pusha Preme (Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel, Tampa)
- Thievery Corporation w/Emancipator (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Xscape w/Bell Biv DeVoe/Dru Hill/Tamar Braxton/112/H-Town/Next (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- A Day To Remember w/Wage War (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Florida Holiday Brass (7venth Sun Brewery, Tampa)
- Dunedin Concert Band (Dunedin Community Center, Dunedin)
- Jadakiss w/Cris Streetz/Pusha Preme/Heavy Lyrics/Famous Kid Brick/Crazy DJ Bazarro/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Malachi Gagnon (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- 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 Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
Rob Osenton Band w/Adam Randall Friday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Two-Piece w/Pieced Up/Head High/Summoned Skulls/Art Of Defeat Friday, Dec, 16, 7 p.m. $12. Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa
Writers In the Round: Blake Daniels w/Joshua Reilly/Mercy McCoy/Daniel Dean Friday, 6:30 p.m. $10-$15. Creative Grape, St. Petersburg
Holiday Rock and Roll Supershow feat. Car Bomb Driver w/Honeyrider/Human Error/Thee Influencers/The Inhalers (Record Release Party)/Pretty Voices Saturday, Dec. 17. 5 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2022.