Another strong week of Tampa Bay live music is anchored by local shows, plus 97X’s Next Big Thing happening over two days at Tampa’s old Gary amphitheatre.

Have a look at some of the best live music options happening in Tampa Bay from Friday-Thursday, Dec. 3-8, as curated by Creative Loafing. Tampa Bay staffers and contributors. Select events from CL’s user-submitted events calendar are included below as well—submit your event to be considered for the listing.

Friday, Dec. 2

Bear Grillz (The Ritz, Ybor City)
ChootyB w/The Black Ace/Biishop The Artist/Johnny Champagne/Jst Ray (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Danny Tenaglia (PTL, Ybor City)
Jobsite Rocks (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Live & Local on the Tampa Riverwalk: Rev RC (Riverwalk Stage at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
Moonchild (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
Peter Kater (Unity of Tampa, Tampa)
Ryan Griffin w/Greylan James (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Saturday, Dec. 3

97X Next Big Thing: Machine Gun Kelly w/All Time Low/Giovannie and the Hired Guns/Gayle (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Emo Night Tampa: Snowmoon w/Hovercar/Samara/Turkey Boy (American Legion Seminole Post 111, Tampa)
Shrek rave (Orpheum, Tampa)
Soen w/Oceans of Slumber (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Tropical Meats Wave II: Pangaea Plus w/Andy and the Argonauts/Sculpted Air/Navin Ave./The Holy Terror/Same Day Delivery Orchestra/more (Shuffle, Tampa)
Whiskey Country (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Uke It Out 7: Applebutter Express Duo/Jct 27/more (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg)

Sunday, Dec. 4

97X Next Big Thing: Jack White w/Phoenix/Dirty Heads feat. Rome/Lovelytheband/Yungblud/more (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Cliff Eberhardt (Craftsman House, St. Petersburg)
Microgroove 11th Anniversary: Rahim Samad w/Bill. (Microgroove, Tampa)
Ol’ Dirty Sundays: DJ MetroGnome (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Rod Wave w/Toosii/Mariah The Scientist (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
She Wants Revenge w/D’Arcy (Orpheum, Tampa)

Monday, Dec. 5

11th Annual Holiday Spectadular w/Second Winds Symphony/St. Petersburg College jazz band/more (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

Tuesday, Dec. 6

Loathe w/Static Dress/Omerta/Unity TX (Orpheum, Tampa)

Wednesday, Dec. 7

Banshee Tree w/Gracie Grieshop (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Covet (Orpheum, Tampa)
Chris Isaak (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Godseyes w/Terror Cell/Shining Wizard/Dead Mirrors (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
Selwyn Birchwood and Damon Fowler (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

Thursday, Oct. 8