Here are nearly 100 Tampa Bay concerts that’ll help you explore every corner of the Bay area music scene, from the giant stages to coziest backyards. Click the name of the show to get more info. Follow @CL_music on Twitter.

David Crosby & Friends at Capitol Theatre May 23 CL loves talking to Croz. We like watching the ‘60s folk icon play tunes, too. Photo by Anna Webber
Rascal Flatts at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre May 24 Photo by Green Room PR
Amigo Tattoo Tropical Impressions Art Show w/Twisty Chris and the Puddin’ Packs/The Wrenchers at The Bricks May 25 Tattoo parlors are illegal in Cuba. This art show and concert wants to help our Cuban comrades make art on people safely. Photo via Facebook/Amigo Tattoo
Teen Divorce w/Snacking/DieAlps!/Planet Loser/more at Lucky You Tattoo May 25 Photo via Bandcamp/Teen Divorce
Rule No. 7 Beer Release w/Betty Fox Band at Crooked Thumb Brewery May 25 Betty Fox is a Bay area blues scene must-see, and Crooked Thumb is one of the coziest small town breweries in the area, too. Press Photo
The Clearwater Music and Arts Festival w/Jacob Bryant and more at Coachman Park May 25-26 Nashville songwriter Jacob Bryant headlines a two-day party that’ll give you a chance to check out the laid-back, soon-to-be renovated Coachman Park bandshell. Photo via Facebook/JacobBryantFans
Babefest w/Chastity Belt/Broom Closet/The Young Dead at Crowbar May 25 As of right now, it looks like the only Florida date on Chastity Belt’s itinerary is happening on May 25 at Crowbar in Ybor City. The Seattle quartet’s appearance comes as a part of Love Your Rebellion’s BabeFest, which is moving the party from St. Petersburg to Tampa in 2019. Photo by Carley Solether
Sunset Music Festival at Raymond James Stadium May 25-26 Sunset Music Festival brings dozens of EDM’s biggest names (including Dog Blood, Liquid Stranger, Illenium and Zedd) to the north lot of Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. Photo via Instagram (@smftampa)
Spit Album Release w/Shitstorm/Insolent Wretch at Tampa City Boxing May 25 A Bay area powerviolence trio stages an album release show alongside a Florida favorite (Miami grindcore band Shitstorm) and inside of a never-utilized venue. Photo by Zach Maxon
Tampa Bay Margarita Festival w/Nelly/Cold War Kids/Soul Asylum at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park May 25 It’s a really weird lineup featuring some of the bigger names in hip-hop, indie-rock and grunge. You’ll also get really fucked up on tequila. Photo via Facebook/Nelly
Joe Jackson at Tampa Theatre May 25 His 2017 Clearwater debut was sold-out, top-class affair, and we expect nothing less from the distinguished songwriter when he plays one of Tampa’s prettiest rooms. Press photo
Revenge of Wild Island w/Babyteeth/Human Error/The INhalers/Laser Mouth/Pretty Voices/Switchblade Villain/more at CJ’s On The Island May 26 What’s that? You don’t like rock and punk at a beachside bar? We can’t be friends. Photo via Facebook/Babyteeth
Ol’ Dirty Sundays 8-year Anniversary w/Statik Selektah at Crowbar May 26 Ybor City’s longest-running hip-hop, soul, funk and R&B party is no longer free-to-attend, but it’s still the best excuse to go to work hungover on a Monday. Massachusetts DJ and producer Statik Selektah rocks Ol’ Dirty Sundays’ 8-year anniversary. Photo by Brian Mahar
The Fantasy Ranch Reunion at Hyde Park Café May 26 Old school breaks spun by some of the Bay area’s tried and true house music DJs all playing at a long-running local club scene staple. Photo via Facebook/djpaulsantana
Trey Anastasio at Jannus Live May 28 Trey Anastasio Band has announced a rare Tampa Bay date, which should make Phish fans somewhat happy… if they managed to get a ticket. This one is sold-out. Photocredit
Ariana Grande at Amalie Arena May 28 By the time she gets here, it’ll have been four long years since Ariana Grande was in Tampa. That won’t make the 25-year-old’s May 28 date with the Bay area any less sweet, however. The dangerous woman will kick off a three-show run through Florida at Amalie Arena before concerts in Orlando (May 29 at Amway Center) and Miami (May 31 at American Airlines Arena). Photo via Republic Records
Rutterkin w/The Problem Addicts/Resistors/The New Brutarians at VFW Post 39 May 30 A chance to not just see some Bay area punk bands, but see them play a venue that your grandparents probably used to hang out in. Photo by Brian Mahar
Blackbear w/Gashi/Harry Hudson atJannus Live May 31 Photo by Camren Meier
Emo Night Tampa 4-year anniversary weekend w/Sales/Millionyoung/Boston Marriage/Expert Timing/more May 31-June 2 Emo Night Tampa is going big for its fourth anniversary and throwing an art show and concert at The Bricks before pivoting to Pep Rally’s NoHo studio for a free, but ticketed, show headlined by Orlando indie-pop band Sales. Press photo
Lassyu w/Vetnough/Jon Ditty at Cage Brewing May 31 Another small local venue that told CL it was planning on booking more local bands after the closure of Fubar. So far, Cage has put its money where its mouth is. Photo by Max Bianco
Happy Together Tour w/Turtles/Chuck Negron/Gary Puckett and the Union Gap/uckinghams/Classic IV at Ruth Eckerd Hall June 1 Photo via Paradise Artists
Nate Najar Trio at Independent Bar and Café June 1 Guitarist Nate Najar is one of the Bay area jazz scene’s best exports, and this is a chance to see him at the Indie in Tampa, which is a not-to-be-overlooked spot to catch a free concert. Photo by Kevin Thige
Ronnie James Dio hologram w/Love/Hate feat. Jizzy Pearl (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater June 2 Ronnie James Dio would’ve turned 77 years old next month, and while it’s been almost a decade since stomach cancer killed him in 2010, a hologram of the heavy-metal icon will tour the U.S. in his stead. Diehard Dio fans will be happy to know that this tour features members of his longtime backing band — Craig Goldy, Simon Wright, Scott Warren, and Bjorn Englen — plus Judas Priest and Yngwie Malmsteen singer Tim “Ripper” Owens and Lynch Mob vocalist Oni Logan. Photo via .:-Badulake-:. [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]
“Weird Al” Yankovic at Ruth Eckerd Hall June 5 Weird Al backed by a 40-piece orchestra? Yeah! Press photo
Rock the Park Tampa w/Kristopher James/Garden Club/Clair Vandiver at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park June 6 You can’t call yourself a local if you haven’t experienced downtown Tampa’s free, nine-year’s running concert series. Photo via Haniah Griffith c/o Gasparilla Music Festival
Changer/Broken Things split EP release w/Friendly Fire at Emerald Bar June 7 Two Bay area rock band — Changer and Broken Things — celebrate the release of a split EP at a classic downtown St. Petersburg dive. Photo by Brian Mahar
Tampa Bay Beat Weekend in Ybor City June 7-9 After tapping Orlando producer Henry Daher (G-Eazy) and Grammy-winning music maker Chase N. Cashe (Drake) for talks in 2017 and 2018, respectively, the producers summit is returning, bigger than ever, for yet another run in historic Ybor City. Beat Week 2019 will take place from June 7-9 when organizers welcome producers from across the region for free and paid admission masterclasses, beat battles and concerts featuring both local stars and names that liner notes nerds adore. Photo via Instagram (@chasethemoneychasethemoney)
Nightmarer w/Dark Funeral/Belphegor/Incantation/Hate/Vale of Pnath at Orpheum June 7 Tampa metal band gone big, Nightmarer, returns to Orpheum for a homecoming show. Photo by Justin Villenueva
Steve Earle and the Dukes at Capitol Theatre June 8 Photo via New West Records
Mosquito Teeth w/Reality Asylum/CBD/Laser Mouth at VFW Post 39 June 8 A local scene favorite, Cassandra Bradshaw, celebrates a birthday with one of the wildest punk bands in the area (Mosquito Teeth) — the VFW is not gonna know what hit it. Photo by Brian Mahar
Barenaked Ladies w/Hootie and the Blowfish at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre June 9 Photo by Brian Mahar
Frank Iero and the Future Violents @ St. Vitus Credit: Todd Fixler
The Heavy Pets w/Roosevelt Collier at Crowbar June 14 Photo via Facebook/theheavypets
Galantis at The Ritz June 14 Photo via Big Beat Press
Ether w/Horsewhip/Control System/Pipe Dreamer at Lucky You Tattoo June 14 Take your kid sibling to see a hard-rock show at the neighborhood, all-ages, tattoo shop and D.I.Y. venue. Photo by Matt Valler
Oceana at Orpheum June 14 Oceana, a Tampa Bay band featuring members of Polyenso, reunites to play its breakout album, Tides, in full. Photo via Kickstarter
The Spears Reunion Show w/Prescribed Fire/Black Valley Moon at The Bends June 15 Old-school Tampa Bay punk band The Spears (feat. Chris Barrows) is back with a new album during this no-cover show. Photo of Chris Barrows Band by Brian Mahar
The Venus w/Ortrotasce/They Hate Change for “Moniker” Premiere at The Bricks June 15 A potent mix of space-rock, forward-thinking hip-hop, and electro comes together for a the premiere of the Moniker skate film. No cover. Photo by Brian Mahar
Gringo Star at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café June 30 Go catch an Atlanta psych-rock favorite, for free, at this hip Seminole Heights restaurant. Photo by Brian Mahar
Sleep w/Big Business at The Ritz June 17 Photo by James Rexroad
Bowling for Soup w/Reel Big Fish at Jannus Live June 20 Your punk-rock summer just got hit in the head with some ska. Another old-school geek rock act, Santa Barbara’s Nerf Herder, will open the Bay area date. Photo by JodieCunningham
O.A.R. w/American Authors at Mahaffey Theater June 19 Photo via Red Light Management
Todd Rundgren at Mahaffey Theater June 20 The show is being billed as a “career-spanning evening,” but there’s still no telling which version of Rundgren we’ll get. Fans, however, seem to love getting out to see what the enigmatic songwriter has been cooking up in the studio. Photo by Rod Millington c/o Mahaffey Theater
Cavetown w/Chloe Moriondo atCrowbar June 21 Sorry if you wanted to see this viral sensation. This show sold-out the hour it went on sale. Photo via Facebook/cavetownband
Sam E Hues Album Release w/Mike Mass/Louis Junior/Young 40/Stoney Hoop/Ty Walker/J Roc Jones/Hype Cuz/Jon Boyd at Skipper’s Smokehouse June 21 When a visionary hip-hop artists books his album release show at a place known for hosting jam, blues and rock acts, you go, and you see what the hell Sam E Hues has up his sleeve. Photo by Daryl Bowen
FL Rules Fest 2019 + a href=”https://elevatedbooking.bigcartel.com/product/fl-rules-fest-pre-show-6-21-19″ target=”_blank”>FL Rules Pre-Show June 21-22 A weekend of hardcore and pop-punk happening at the Brass Mug in Tampa and Noise Box in Brandon, which gives newcomers a chance to experience a nightclub built for heavy music and a D.I.Y. stronghold in the suburbs. Photo by Brian Mahar
Community Couch (Final Show) w/Boston Marriage/Snacking at Lucky You Tattoo June 22 A beloved uke-folk punk project says goodbye at the venue that’s been its home base since the beginning. Photo by Ray Roa
Reconciler w/Debt Neglector/Rutterkin/Old Vices at The Dog House June 22 A D.I.Y. punk show that gets you in front of Atlanta band Reconciler and into the St. Petersburg house show scene. Don’t be a dick when you get there. Photo via Bandcamp/Reconciler
Insane Clown Posse w/Mushroomhead/Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul at Ferg’s Sports Bar & Grille June 22 Bring your own Faygo. Press photo
Guerilla Radio: A Tribute to Rage Against the Machine at Crowbar June 22 Your chances of seeing Rage Against The Machine live in 2019 are pretty much zero, but Bay area promoter Bungalow Entertainment has emerged as one of the area’s best tribute concert curators, so expect this lineup (featuring Bangarang’s Senyo Fugar) to satiate the thirst for Rage and the urge to run around crazy like bull on parade. Photo by Chris Spires c / o Gasparilla Music Festival
Luis Miguel at Amalie Arena One of the most a successful artists in Latin music history is bringing at 18-date tour to Tampa. The 48-year-old has been at it for 37 years and sold more than 100 million albums that span a wide breadth of the Latin music spectrum. June 25 Photo by Omar Cruz
Disrupt Festival at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre June 26 It’s not quite Warped Tour, but Disrupt Festival sure will sound like that old, summertime punk-rock circus. On its website, Rockstar Energy Drink’s traveling festival promises a “new music festival experience” where “unlike most other festivals, there will only be one band performing at a time, avoiding conflicting set times and allowing fans to experience the full lineup in one rock-filled day.” Tampa’s turn to camp out (figuratively, it’s a one-day affair, folks) comes on Wednesday, June 26 when The Used, Thrice, The Story So Far and Sleeping With Sirens join Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack (performing as Andy Black), Four Year Strong, Trophy Eyes, Hyro the Hero and Bay area export Juliet Simms at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre. Photo via Facebook/Juliet Simms
Lauren Daigle at Yuengling Center June 28 Spiritual people: Sing “hallelujah.” Lauren Daigle — whose 2019 album Look Up Child took home a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album — is playing Tampa’s Yuengling Center. Photo via Centricity Press
Love and Theft at Dallas Bull June 28 Photo via Facebook/loveandtheft
Tedeschi Trucks Band w/Blackberry Smoke/Shovels & Rope at Al Lang Field June 30 St. Petersburg’s Sunshine Music Festival is not coming back to Tampa Bay, but its perennial headliners — Tedeschi-Trucks Band — are. Photo by ShervinLainez
Staycation: A Trippy Squad Pool Party at Hollander Hotel June 30 A collective of young, occasionally wubby DJs takes over this downtown hotel for a pool party. Photo via Facebook/Trippy-Squad
Hot Dog Party 13: The Unlucky Inch at Crowbar July 3 Crowbar’s Hot Dog Party is, hands down, the most insane Fourth of July throwdown happening in Tampa Bay. Tampa rock and roll trio Johnny Mile & the Kilometers leads the musical lineup. Photo by Daryl Bowen c / o Gasparilla Music Festival
Hugh Jackman at Amalie Arena July 5 The concert — dubbed “The Man. The Music. The Show” — will find the Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-and-Tony-Award-winning stud muffin joined by a live orchestra and performing hit songs from The Greatest Showman, Les Miserable and more from Broadway and film. Photo by Lauria Sparham/Universal Pictures
Stephen Marley at Jannus Live July 7 Photo via DickClarkMises [Public domain]
Jeff Lynne’s ELO w/Dhani Harrison July 7 If you’ve been watching The Case Against Adnan Syed, then you’ve been enjoying the work of Dhani Harrison. The UK songwriter, and only child of George and Olivia Harrison, scored HBO’s four-part documentary series, and on July 7 he’ll be in Tampa supporting Jeff Lynne during a show celebrating the music of ELO. Photo by Josh Giroux
Train w/Goo Goo Dolls/Train (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre July 7 Press photo
Ambrosia w/Glenn Shorrock of Little River Band/Stephen Bishop/Robbie Dupree/John Ford Coley/Player’s Peter Beckett/Looking Glass/Walter Egan at Ruth Eckerd Hall July 10 It’s a cotdamn yacht-rock wet dream, people. Photo via Jusdafax [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Xuitcasecity City Limits Tour at Crowbar July 12 A Tampa hip-pop export comes home. Photo via Facebook/xuitcasecity
Nas w/Mary J. Blige at Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheater July 13 Bay area hip-hop fans just watched Nas do a concert on the big screen, but they’ll get to see the Illmaticmaestro in real life this summer when he and R&B icon Mary J. Blige bring a summer tour to the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on July 13. Photo by Phil DeSimone
Summer Salt w/Dante Elephante/Motel Radio at Orpheum July 17 Not sure how Summer Salt ended up making its brand of “coral reef rock” by living in Texas, but the band built around high school friends Matt Terry and Eugene Chung is finally coming back to Florida. Press photo
Long Beach Dub All-Stars w/the Aggrolites/Mike Pinto at State Theatre July 18 If this goes to plan, then it’ll be the first show in over a year at the still-under-renovation State Theatre. Photo via Facebook/LongBeachDubAllstars
Young the Giant w/Fitz and the Tantrums/Coin at The Cuban Club Courtyard July 18 Indie-pop titans Young the Giant (which just played 97X’s Next Big Thing) and Fitz and the Tantrums have announced a massive joint summer tour spanning June through August, and the historic Ybor City is one of the confirmed shows. You can bet the CL team will be watching the show from our patio. Photo by Marlo Miller
Butch Queen & the Bad Habits w/Dead Cat Lounge/The Curse at Blue Note July 20 Yes, we like when Lakeland visits Tampa, especially when it’s queer-punk band Butch Queen & the Bad Habits. Here’s a chance to look inside a just-out-of-Ybor venue that os oft-overlooked. Press photo
Dierks Bentley w/Jon Pardi/Tenille Townes at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre July 20 Photo via UMG Nashville
Anuel AA at Amalie Arena July 21 The charts will have you know that the 26-year-old Puerto Rican rapper who helped bring Latin Trap music into the mainstream had his latest single (“Secreto,” with Karol G), collect more than 100 million views in just 10 days (the song broke into the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. upon its debut in January 2019, according to a press release). Photo via Facebook/PaginaOficialAnuel
Howard Jones w/Men Without Hats/All Hail The Silence feta. BT at Ferg’s Sports Bar and Entertainment Complex July 21 Did you know that 1980s hitmaker and new wave hero Howard Jones is still going strong? Most Florida fans last saw him open for OMD and Barenaked Ladies in St. Augustine a couple of years ago, but Tampa Bay also got a closer look when Jones played the Cuban Club in 2016. Now, local ’80s kids get to see Jones live and in person at a venue that’s been flexing on the live music tip as of late. Photo via Facebook/Howard Jones
Dave Matthews Band at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre July 24 Photo by Caesar Carbajal
Torche at Crowbar July 26 Photo by Janette Valentine
Shawn Mendes W/Alessia Cara at Amalie Arena July 27 Photo by Kamran Malik
Geri X w/Shawn Kyle at Independent Bar and Café July 28 Two of the Bay area’s longest-running and most-revered songwriters — Geri X and The Beauvilles’ Shawn Kyle — team up for one hell of a no-cover one-two. Photo by Brian Mahar
Lionel Richie at Amalie Arena July 28 Hello? Are you ready to dance on the ceiling again, Tampa? Photo by Kamran Malik
Luke Bryan at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre August 2 Photo via UMG Nashville
311 w/Dirty Heads at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre August 3 Photo by Phil DeSimone
Baroness at Orpheum August 6 Tampa Bay missed out on Baroness’ co-headlining tour with Deafheaven, but the area will get to slam with half of that bill when the Georgia heavy metal band supports its forthcoming Gold & Grey album (due June 14 via Abraxan Hymns). Photo by Pam Strohm Credit: Pam Strohm
Oona Dahl at SubCentral at Iberian Rooster August 9 There’s a swanky basement underneath Central Avenue’s Iberian Rooster, and here’s your chance to go all night with a house music favorite. Photo via Liaison Artists
Jonas Brothers at Amalie Arena August 10 The Jonas Brothers’ comeback will start in Florida two months after the release of the band’s fifth album, and its first in 10 years. Press photo
WMNF Twist In the Dark w/Sleeping Pills/Aeon Rings/DJ Mike Carlton at Crowbar August 10 The night programming on WMNF is always out-of-the-box, and this is a chance to connect with programmers in real life during a darkwave concert in Ybor City. Photo by Ash Mulholland
Umphrey’s McGee w/Magic City Hippies at Jannus Live August 15 Miami jam-pop favorite Magic City Hippies plays opener alongside a jam scene staple. Photo by Yvonne Gougelet
Young the Giant w/Fitz and the Tantrums/Coin at The Cuban Club Courtyard July 18 Indie-pop titans Young the Giant (which just played 97X’s Next Big Thing) and Fitz and the Tantrums have announced a massive joint summer tour spanning June through August, and the historic Ybor City is one of the confirmed shows. You can bet the CL team will be watching the show from our patio. Photo by Marlo Miller
Pedro the Lion w/mewithoutou at The Ritz August 17 David Bazan is bringing a new Pedro the Lion album to Tampa for an August 17 show at The Ritz in Ybor City. The gig is one of just two Florida shows for Pedro the Lion, which plays Revolution in Fort Lauderdale on August 16. Photo via Facebook/Pedro the Lion
Heart/Joan Jett/Elle King at MidFlorida Amphitheatre August 17 Photo by Caesar Carbajal
Rebelution w/Protoje and Collie Buddz at Vinoy Park August 18 Vinoy Park just played host to a three-day reggae-rock orgy (aka Reggae Rise Up), but the St. Petersburg greenspace is already thinking about getting irie again. Photo by Chris Rodriguez
Queen w/Adam Lambert at Amalie Arena August 18 The world got pretty busy fawning over Rami Malik’s big screen portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, and the band has officially decided to capitalize on the success of Bohemian Rhapsody by getting back on the road. Photo by Tracy May
Ted Nugent at Ruth Eckerd Hall August 20 Um, it’s pretty much fuck-this-raging, probably-racist lunatic, but he is playing one of the Bay area’s bigger venues, so bring a MAGA-hat. Photo By: Lance Cpl. Danielle Prentice/USMC