See our contributors picks for best concerts coming to Tampa Bay between Oct. 20-27—plus selections from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s user-submitted events calendar.
Thursday, Oct. 20
- Charlie w/Sub*T (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Goodie Mob w/Sam E Hues (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- New Year’s Day w/Kamenar/Red Calling (Brass Mug, Tampa)
- Sabrina Claudio w/Black Party (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Taylor Swift Night (Midnights album release party) (Orpheum, Ybor City)
- Amos Lee w/Slimdan (Hard Rock Event Center, Tampa)
- Anthill Cinema (album release) w/Oxford Noland (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Charlie w/Sub*T (Union Hall, Lakeland)
- Dirtt (OCC Roadhouse and Museum, Clearwater)
- Fangsgiving 2022: Urbane Cowboys w/Same Day Delivery Orchestra/Navin Avenue/Have Gun, Will Travel/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Genitorturers w/Living Dead Girl/Darling Dead (Brass Mug, Tampa)
- Max and Iggor Cavalera (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Me First And The Gimme Gimmes w/Surfbort/The Black Tones (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Phase One (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Ronny Elliott w/Rebekah Pulley & Rob Pastore/Steve Connelly/Walt Bucklin (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
- The Red Elvises (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- John Petrucci w/Meanstreak (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Just Do Me Like That: A Tribute to Tom Petty w/Anarkitty/Michael Beardsley/Mark Carufel/Deb Ruby/Sunset Bridge Band/Matt Burke/more (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Monufest: Strikeforce Diablo w/In Like Flynn/Thunderclap/HiGH/State Drugs/Telepathic Lines/Pricked/Minimum Rage/Curtains/The Hamiltons/more (Ordinance One, New Port Richey)
- L8 Night Flights: Mat Zo (PTL, Ybor City)
- Mother Mother w/Vundabar/Transviolet (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Frankie and the Witch Fingers w/Kairos Creature Club (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Tampa Pig Jig: Sam Hunt w/X Ambassadors/Bahamas/Kip Moore (Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa)
- The Stylistics (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
- W.I.T.C.H. w/Paint (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
- Daikaiju w/Prince Midnight/Prescribed Fire (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Stevie Nicks w/Vanessa Carlton (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
- Fiona Joy w/Ren McLean/Anika Sky (Seven C Music, St. Petersburg)
- Greta Van Fleet w/Durand Jones & The Indications/Crown Lands (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- Hoobastank and Lit w/Alien Ant Farm/Kristopher Roe (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Pre-Fest 666: Tiltwheel w/Lone Wolf/Reconciler/City Mouse/Trophy Jump/more (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Iron Maiden w/Within Temptation (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- NoCap (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Pre-Fest 666: Dead Bars/Talking Props/I Like Allie/Neckscars/more (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Gypsy Star Saturday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. $12. Music Gallery, New Port Richey
The Darling Fire w/Slap of Reality/In Transit Saturday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. $10. Oscura, Sarasota
David Dondero Saturday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. $20. House show, Tampa
Wolf-Face Saturday, Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Free. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Cochise Sunday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. $32. Crowbar, Ybor City
Myriam Hernandez Sunday, Oct. 23. 8 p.m. $52.13 Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa
USF Jazztet Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Barness Recital Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa.
Alaska Thunderfuck Wednesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. $45. Crowbar, Ybor City
Shadow Of Intent Thursday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa
Signals w/Bob Nanna Thursday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. $15. Microgroove, Tampa
WMNF Halloween Ball: Layne Lyre w/Scary Black/more Thursday, Oct. 27, 9 p.m. $18-$20. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
This article appears in Oct 13-19, 2022.