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✔️ = Critic's Pick
✔️ Mad Beach Block Party w/The Hip Abduction/Ries Bros./Resinated/NoNeed/Seranation/Of Good Nature/Oogee Wawa/Sowflo/Badda Skat/Ted Bowne/Signal Fire/more More than 15 bands will be on the beach this weekend when the second-ever Mad Beach Block Party parks itself at Infinite Descent scuba shop for two days of reggae-rock vibes. The Ries Brothers are sneaking a show in after opening for G. Love in St. Pete, and we’re extra-hyped for a hometown gig by The Hip Abduction, a St. Pete-based collective which seems to be able to bring even more party to its already rollicking world-pop sound for these shows closer to home. Gates are at noon each day, and the daily schedule is available via Instagram (@madbeachblockparty). (Infinite Descent, Madeira Beach) INFO
COME ALIVE
Tampa director Dylan Melcher ditches all rules of filmmaking on The Hip Abduction's new video
✔️ Direct Hit! w/NMBRS/Sandspur City/Sketchie Lovable Milwaukee punk-pop group Direct Hit! escapes the beastly cold of Mil-town for this Sunshine City stop alongside Operation Ivy-inspired SRQ punks Sketchie, Dave Decker and Richie Lawler-led Sandspur City and No Clear Records’ post-punk weirdos NMBRS. This one’s a little pricier than most Lucky You shows, but watching Direct Hit! (one of the most fun bands on an outrageously talented Fat Wreck Chords roster) will be well worth the $12. (Lucky You Tattoo, St. Petersburg) INFO
Tampa for Puerto Rico Music Festival and Car Show w/Fat Joe/Dave East/Royce da 5'9"/Roberto Blades/Luisito Carrión/Tonio Skits/Aramis Sol Caribe/DJ Speedy Jr./Joey Franchise/DJ Christion/DJ Nano Unfortunately, news of this festival didn't hit us until Wednesday, which is a bummer because it looks like organizers have tapped one of the most famous Boriquas to ever rock the mic to headline a music and car festival that aims to provide more aid to Puerto Rico, which, in case you forgot, is still trying to pick itself up after Hurricane Maria. (Raymond James Stadium North Lot, Tampa) INFO
✔️ ‘80s Valentines Dance w/Doll Parts/Pretty Voices/Wolf-Face Pink paper hearts and glitter probably aren’t the first things that come to mind when you think of Planet Retro’s Rob Sexton, but the outspoken, sometimes-surly record shop owner is doling out feelings and opening his shop for this show, for which the space will transformed into a full-on Valentine’s Day dance complete with tacky decor, disco balls, contests and punch that someone is bound to spike. All ’80s tunes from the DJs and live music from Doll Parts, Pretty Voices and Wolf-Face. (Planet Retro Records, St. Petersburg) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Rock
The Wilson Van (3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg) SOLD OUT
Danfield (Ruby’s Elixir, St. Petersburg) INFO
Natalie Claro w/Treis/Sick Hot (The Blue Note, Tampa) INFO
Second Saturday Art Walk w/The Young Ones/more (EDGE District, St. Petersburg) INFO
Brutalfest Round 2 (Brass Mug, Tampa) INFO
Tribute/Cover
Iron Maidens (State Theatre, St. Petersburg) INFO
RAIN – Tribute to the Beatles (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater) INFO
Nirvanna: A Tribute to Nirvana (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg) INFO
Elvis My Way w/Brandon Bennett (Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, Tarpon Springs) INFO
Grateful Dead Night w/Dead Set (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
February 10, Show Biz Kids (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo) CANCELLED
No Filter (Ferg’s Live, Tampa) INFO
Jazz/Classical/Chorale
The Florida Orchestra Presents The Music of Star Trek & Star Wars (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO
Carrollwood Jukebox Big Band (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa) INFO
Hip-hop
Marcel P.Black w/Infinite Skillz/Genolexis/Hagan Lee (Fubar, St. Petersburg) INFO
For The Love of Hip-Hop w/J Rock Jones/Theo Lane/Crunkaleat/Aja Lorraine/HYFA (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
DJ/EDM
Dr. Fresch (The DrYnk Soho, Tampa) INFO
80s Video Night w/DJ Hural Knight (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO
DJ Shafiq (First Chance Last Chance Bar, Ybor City) INFO
So What’Cha Want? w/DJ Fader (Orbit 19 Lounge, Holiday) INFO
Amp!d Saturdays (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Singer-songwriter
Helena Kletch (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Leon Majcen (c.1949 Florida Beer Garden, Tampa) INFO
Blues
Johnny G Lyon Band w/Star & Jamie and The Fabulous Horn Dogs (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
Betty Fox Band (The Wild Rover Brewery, Tampa) INFO
Musical
Under the Streetlamp (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
Americana
The Pine Hill Saints w/Serious Sam Barrett/Slow Motion Cowboys (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO
This article appears in Feb 8-15, 2018.