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✔️ = Critic's Pick
✔️ Terroir004: mothertongue Terroir New Music group is on a tear, and on Sunday the group collects an all-female lineup to help execute six string quartet works which aim to highlight “a demographic that is often underrepresented or overlooked in programming by many music organizations.” Extra points since each piece will be paired with sweet and savory desserts from Bake’n Babes alongside tea provided by Foundation Coffee Co. It might get tight over at Tampa Heights’ CAVU event space, so check out terroirnewmusic.org to get a jumpstart on tickets. (CAVU, Tampa) INFO
ASK CHICK
Q&A: Chick Corea on his regrets, Grammys, future plans and more
✔️ Fred Johnson w/Michael Ross Quartet Longtime fans of the Bay area jazz scene recognize Fred Johnson’s name. The charismatic and soulful singer used to tour with Aretha Franklin, Chick Corea and Miles Davis, but rarely plays out these days. That’s why it’s even cooler to see him alongside Sarasota’s Michael Ross Quintet for this dream gig. (Mainstage Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City) INFO
GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL GUIDE (2018)
Nikki Lane, The GMF Chart, Sked and more
✔️ Gasparilla Music Festival Everything you need to know about the 7th annual Gasparilla Music Festival in on p. 36, ya dingus. Read more interviews and listen to music from GMF artists by clicking here. (Curtis Hixon Park and Kiley Garden, Tampa) INFO
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Producer/EDM/DJ
[BEATSNCHILL] (The Bricks, Ybor City) INFO
Reggae Madness w/DJ Speedy/DJ Steel (State Theatre, St. Petersburg) INFO
Hip-hop
SonReal W/Davie (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Funk/Blues
Apollo Beach Manatee Festival of the Arts w/Selwyn Birchwood (EG Simmons Park, Ruskin) INFO
Mama's Batch (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Dukes of Juke w/Blue Dice (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
Country
Southern Uprising Tour w/Travis Tritt/Marshall Tucker Band and the Outlaws (Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival, Tampa) INFO
Florida Strawberry Festival w/Brad Paisley/Chase Bryant (Plant City) INFO
Crystal Bowersox (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City) INFO
Jazz/Classical/Vocal
Sunday Jazz Project (Independent Bar, St. Petersburg) INFO
Klaissika (SubCentral at Iberian Rooster, St. Petersburg) INFO
The Texas Tenors: Rise (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
Tampa Bay Symphony (East Meets West) (Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center For Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
Tribute/Cover
Pig Floyd: A Tribute to Pink Floyd (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO
The Reality (3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
Frank & Dean (Two Buks, Clearwater) INFO
Here For You Benefit w/Christy’s Angels (Quaker Steak and Lube, Clearwater) INFO
Music from the Silver Screen w/Rhythm Kings (Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at City Hall, Tarpon Springs) INFO
Rock
Gang of Thieves (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO
Americana/Folk/Bluegrass
Stillhouse Shakers Old Time String Band (Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa) INFO
Experimental/Ambient
Sounds@620 Music Series w/Infinite Third (Studio@620, St. Petersburg) INFO
This article appears in Mar 8-15, 2018.