Dave Matthews Band plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on July 25, 2018. Credit: Caesar Carbajal
Before his festival even opened for the first time in Tampa, Innings founder Tim Sweetwood had plans to come back. “We can already say that we’ll be giving it a go again in ‘23,” he told CL.

Today, Sweetwood, who works with C3 and Live Nation to stage the baseball-centric music festival, made good on his promise.

Imagine Dragons and Dave Matthews Band are headlining Saturday and Sunday, respectively, as part of Tampa’s Innings Festival 2023 happening March 18-19 outside Raymond James Stadium. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. and start at $110 for single day admission. Kids under seven get in free with a ticketed adult.
Other bands on the lineup include Weezer, Pitbull, The Avett Brothers, Marcus Mumford, Grouplove, Japanese Breakfast, Third Eye Blind, The Breeders, The Revivalists, Faye Webster and more.

Hometown boys done good, The Ries Brothers, are also on the bill.

Per usual, baseball and spring training will play a big part in the Innings experience, which includes activations with stars like John Kruk, Tampa native Wade Boggs, Edwin Encarnacion, Jake Peavy and more.

See the full lineup below.

This article appears in Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2022.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...