Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 – The Florida Orchestra w/Master Chorale of Tampa Bay You won’t have to stray too far from home if you want to catch a powerful performance of what’s arguably Beethoven’s most popular composition. The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay joins Florida Orchestra conductor Michael Francis for these three performances, which kick off on Friday at Tampa’s Straz Center and close with a matinee at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater. Details are available at floridaorchestra.org. (Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa; Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg; Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater) INFO

The Only Daddys The Only Daddy’s play both kinds of music: country and western. Seriously though, while there aren’t a shortage of opportunities to see this TJ Weger and SG Wood fronted classic country outfit, getting to experience them with the smell of Ella’s chimichangas floating in the air promises to be sublime. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa) INFO

The Woolly Bushmen w/The Pretty Voices/The Xandras Let’s give it up for Best of The Bay winners The Pretty Voices. If you’re reading this before Friday, then give yourself a big hug because you’ve just earned the chance to see a jungle rock manifesto when the St. Pete quartet hits New World Brewery. What’s more is that the headliner on this bill is pretty great, too. If the Beatles would’ve kept taking acid and never moved into their black suit & tie Epstein-era, then they might sound like the 1960s boogie woogie The Woolly Bushmen create onstage. Need proof? Watch this video of them working through “Blue Powder” live on Rollins College’s WPRK because it’s literally three-minutes of organ driving, organ-arousing acip pop. (New World Brewery, Ybor City) INFO

Sister Hazel w/All The Answers/DJ Ray The big, fast, noisy boats are coming to Clearwater Beach for the Super Boat National Championship. Also coming? Gainesville soft-rock heroes Sister Hazel. It’s been almost two decades since the guys hit it big with “All For You,” and all but their most hardcore fans probably missed the news that Sister Hazel released a brand new album, Lighter in the Dark, in April where they go full country in the hopes of a career revival. This concert is the anchor of the Shepard’s Super Boat championship kickoff part, which includes activities across multiple venues near the beach. Details are available via clearwterflorida.org/events. (Shephard’s, Clearwater Beach) INFO

Black Uhuru Bob Marley is obviously a reggae music giant and the perfect gateway into the genre, but even the most casual fan should be familiar with Black Uhuru, who’ve endured multiple personnel changes since first arriving on the scene with their 1977 debut album, Love Crisis. Where Marley was mostly easy to digest, Black Uhuru’s approach was far more progressive thanks to the hints of synth and electro they mixed in with their speaker shaking dub tendencies. In 1985, that bravery earned them the first ever Grammy award for Best Reggae Album when Black Uhuru’s Anthem beat out Jimmy Cliff, Steel Pulse, Peter Tosh and Yellowman to take home the golden gramophone. Expect the band to work through material from a forthcoming 2017 LP, As the World Turns, at this show. (District 3, Tampa) INFO

Instruments in the Round w/Ries Brothers/J. Klein/Samantha Leigh/Reverist Sometimes you’ve got to recognize how much you’ve got and give a little back. One hundred of you philanthropic souls will get that chance when sibling duo The Ries Brothers (pronounced “rees”) lead this artists in the round showcase along with 2015 SSA Songwriter of the Year J. Klein, Orlando pop outfit Reverist and former Mary. J. Blige and Josh Groban backup singer Samantha Leigh. Seats are limited, and proceeds will benefit Instruments for Change, which is a 501(c)3 that has a primary mission of impacting the lives of disadvantaged children through musical instrument donations. Even if you can’t make it to the show (or miss out on getting tickets as it could sell out), a trip to instrumentsofchange.com is still something worth doing. (Hideaway Cafe, St. Petersburg) INFO

Vivian K w/Permanent Makeup/Big Brother/Ethical Trash Lately, we’ve been writing a lot about shows that we can’t exactly list on our events calendar (cops, while tasked with protecting the citizenry, aren’t always fans of unofficial rock shows). These events are more than worth the ink though because they’re often where new Tampa Bay bands can find their identities. Travelling outfits not keen on traditional club structures can also get a show on the itinerary with like-minded outfits. This show is headlined by Chicago, Illinois’ Vivian K who comes to Doghouse bringing softy mathcore jams like “Petty,” “Torture” and “Success is the Best Revenge” from a sold out March 2016 cassette Vivisections. Bay area favorites Permanent Makeup, Big Brother and Ethical Trash open this show, which won’t be tolerant of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or asshole-types in general. (Doghouse, ask somebody) INFO

The Sh-Booms w/Little Sheba & the Shamans/Johnny Mike and the Kilometers At this point, Tampa Bay is becoming kind of like BFFs with Orlando soul-pop collective The Sh-Booms. Ringleaders Mizz Bren & Al Ruiz bring their posse — Kevin "The Skin Blaster" Connolly, Davis "Twinkle Toes" Schleicher, Mike "The Slush Pump" Ortiz and Nick "The Licks" Walsh — to St. Pete’s classiest dive The Bends (also a perennial Best of the Bay winner) for a set in support of their latest EP, Usage Fee. You’ll definitely get a chance to see The Sh-Booms in town again, but you shouldn’t take advantage of the opportunity to get your ear holes tickled by the band’s big brassy horns. (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO

George Acosta w/Richard Hunt/Martire & Khaos/Lurk City The Castle keeps giving us reasons to venture into the strangeness, and this time it’s longtime Miami producer George Acosta at the top of the bill. Born in Cuba, Acosta was raised in the Magic City where he developed a love of techno and house before a trip to Germany really ignited the composer bug. Casual fans know Acosta’s work if they’ve ever done the get down to Planet Soul’s “Set You Free,” where the producer teamed up with late singer Nadine Renee on the track which not only cracked the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at no. 26. (The Castle, Ybor City) INFO

Nandkishor Muley w/Eluv/MIchael Rutherford/Ben Tiptonford There has been some very positive response to the Indian music blurbage in Music Week, so here’s another one. This time it is Grammy-winning santur savant Nandkishor Muley (Americans call him “Nandu”) who is also an adjunct professor of Indian Music at Stetson University. For the uninformed (in this case that’s like 99-percent of us), the santur is essentially a hammered dulcimer which originated in Iran. For the really uninformed (you know who you are), Iran is not India. Anyway, Nandu slays at this the instrument which is used in ancient meditation exercises, and he’ll be accompanied by crystal singing bowl player and singer Eluv on this bill which will feature back up instrumentation by sitar, world percussion, tabla, angels harps and more. We’re not telling you to share your space cake with us before this show, but maybe we can link up in the parking lot. (Palladium Theatre, St. Petersburg) INFO

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