Fitz and the Tantrums plays the NHL All-Star Friday free concert at Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa, Florida on January 26, 2018. Credit: Nicole Abbett
Fitz and the Tantrumsโ€”one of L.Aโ€™s best-known indie groupsโ€”has made an stop in Tampa Bay on a practically annual basis, excluding last year and 2020 under obvious circumstances. The band gets back on track this weekend when Fitz brings it to Tampa’s Hard Rock Event Center on Sunday, July 31.

Besides the sextet behind โ€œMoneygrabberโ€ recently releasing โ€œSway,โ€ its first post-COVID project, band namesake Michael Fitzpatrick did give fans a solo debut, Head Up High, last year, featuring the same upbeat, and oftentimes overproduced sound his bandโ€™s fans have come to know and love.
Andy Grammer, also high off of a new EP release, opens this third date of a summer run of shows kicking off in Key West.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...