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✔️= Critic’s Pick
HCC Ybor City Visual And Performing Arts series presents: “L’Histoire du Soldat” One of the most important and influential chamber works of the early 20th century gets some Friday-night shine with an ensemble under the direction of John Bannon that’ll bring Stravinsky’s piece to life while Giles Davies narrates the original text by French-Swiss novelist and poet Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. (Performing Arts Building at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City) INFO
Hanson String Theory Zac, Taylor and Isaac Hanson team up with local orchestra members to play songs from String Theory, the brothers’ new, 22-track symphonic album. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO
MMM-SYMPH BOP
Interview: Hanson’s St. Petersburg show will feature a symphony, and Zac is really excited about it
✔️ Lindsey Buckingham Oh boy. If you love classic-rock drama, then there may not be a better show than this sold-out Clearwater gig where recently fired Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham headlines the very intimate Capitol Theatre. There may be lawyers involved in the spat between him and his old band, but we’re hoping to hear the hits (and get the juicy bits) at this show. (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
✔️ The Venus Album Release w/Blestian/ Ortrostasce/B|_ank The Venus — a freaky, ’60s-inspired psychedelic space-rock band — releases a long-awaited full-length and invites a glorious lineup of oddball local acts (coldwave-electro outfit Ortrotasce, amazing St. Petersburg electro-pop duo Blestian) to play along. Nashville experimental songwriter William Passionfruit Hicks brings his solo breakcore and noise project B|_ank to open the show. (Paper Crane, St. Petersburg) INFO
Art Raffle w/Ari Chi/Mother Lurk/Vern Sr./The Electric Jacket Ari Chi’s art raffle series returns to downtown Tampa, and this one finds the mega-talented Bay area uke strummer and songwriter joined by trap-rapper Mother Lurk plus another CL fave (and writer for Bay area culture blog Mieux), Vern Sr. (The Attic Café, Tampa) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Singer-songwriter
Fil Pate (c.1949 Florida Beer Garden, Tampa) INFO
Geri X w/HoneyWhat/Taylor Reed (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Fourth Friday (David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
Jeff Jensen Band (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg) INFO
Daniel Childs (The Pesky Pelican Brew Pub, Saint Petersburg) INFO
EDM
#Pound Friday D3V Birthday Show (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Nightmare On Franklin w/Cheat Codes (Franklin Manor, Tampa) INFO
RAVE w/Chris Craze/Santana/Truk (Pegasus Night Club, Tampa) INFO
Rock
WSTR w/Pvmnts/Hold Close (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Stick Martin & the Lower Middle Class (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg) INFO
Chase Atlantic (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO
Didges Christ Superdrum (The Neptune Lounge, Tarpon Springs) INFO
Riptoberfest 666 (Brass Mug, Tampa) INFO
American Supermodel w/Blake Daniels/Acho Brother (The Blue Note, Tampa) INFO
39th Annual Freaker’s Ball – Speak Easy of the Dead w/Ari & the Alibis(Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
World
Mustafa’s Birthday Drum Jam (The Bricks, Ybor City) INFO
Americana
The Urbane Cowboys (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa) INFO
DJ
Paradise Halloween House Party w/Oscar P/Jask (Hyde Park Café, Tampa) INFO
Taking Back Fridays Halloween Party w/DJ Heathen (Orbit 19, Holiday) INFO
Ghouls Gone Wild Costume & Dance Party w/Crate Bros/DJ SugarBear(The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO
Classical/Chorale
Florida Orchestra Masterworks: Evening at Bach’s Coffeehouse(Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
Country
Tyler Farr (Dallas Bull, Tampa) INFO
Jazz
Jack Edison Jazz Band (United Methodist Church of Sun City Center, Sun City Center) INFO
Koko & Karma (Zydeco Brew Werks, Ybor City) INFO
Tribute/Cover
Smooth D & the Boys (Ka’Tiki, Treasure Island) INFO
Swipe Right (Buckets Grill & Tap, Tampa) INFO
The Cowboy Mafia (Red Star Rock Bar, Tampa) INFO
Southern Express Halloween Bash (Smokin’ 19, St. Petersburg) INFO
Dueling Pianos w/Emilia Mele/Nate Rodriguez/Jimmy James (Hard Rock Café at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa) INFO
Sidewinder (Two Buks, Clearwater) INFO
This article appears in Oct 25 – Nov 1, 2018.
