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✔️ Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park Grand Opening w/Third Eye Blind/Distinguished Men of Brass/Three Sheets To The Wind/Jah Movement/C-Rena It’s been less than a year since Third Eye Blind played to its longtime and new fans during a Clearwater concert, but the ‘90s rock band is headed back to the Bay area just in time (not “10 Days Late”) to play a free show as part of the grand opening of the new Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in downtown Tampa. Also playing on Saturday are OG Tampa R&B singer C-Rena, the Distinguished Men of Brass ensemble, Three Sheets to the Wind and Skipper’s regulars Jah Movement. The second day of the two-day celebration will feature performances by The Florida Orchestra and U.S. Navy Band. (Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa) INFO
The Stockyard One-Year Anniversary Party A headliner hasn’t been announced, but here’s a tip of the hat to The Stockyard, which has been giving Pinellas an alternative to Tampa’s Dallas Bull for a year now. This burgeoning Holiday hotspot has a ways to go before catching up to the Bull, but past shows from names like Tyler Farr, Michael Ray and Carly Pearce are a good place to start. (The Stockyard, Holiday) INFO
Wolf-Face & Friends Jawbreaker and At The Drive-In Tribute Changer’s Ryan Metcalf is one of the Bay area’s most undersung rock guitarists, and he’ll take the floor twice on Saturday when two of his bands play covers sets at The Bends. The night will be headlined by Wolf-Face playing songs by pioneering emo group Jawbreaker, and the first part of the evening will feature Metcalf and others playing cuts composed by proggy alt-rock heros At The Drive-In, which made a special brand of art-punk up until 2001, when two of its members — Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodríguez — went on to form The Mars Volta (At The Drive-In reunited in 2011 and even recorded an album, but we’re willing to bet that the covers set will lean on old stuff). This show, like each one at The Bends, is free to attend. (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO
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Always & Forever: An Evening of Luther Vandross starring Ruben Studdard Luther Vandross has been gone for more than a decade now, but one of the most soulful American Idol contestants ever (Ruben Studdard, Season Two) is coming to bring some life back to songs from the late soul and R&B singer. Studdard, 39, was dubbed the “next Luther” during his run on the show and was even nominated for a “Best Male R&B Vocal Performance” Grammy in 2003 — an award which Vandross, who was also nominated, ended up taking home that year. (Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
✔️ James Taylor Music fans are thinking about Bonnie Raitt, who had to drop off this tour with James Taylor due to an unspecified medical condition that will require surgery (the prognosis is good, and full recovery is expected, according to Raitt’s camp). And while Sheryl Crow was added to dates in Phoenix and L.A., fans attending the first leg of this tour will now be treated to two sets from Taylor and his band with a brief intermission. That news should bode well for the 70-year-old’s superfans, who’ll be pleased when Taylor breaks out rarely heard songs for the extended concert. (Amalie Arena, Tampa) INFO
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ALSO PLAYING
Singer-songwriter
Marc Cohn (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
Ray Gurka (c. 1949 Florida Beer Garden, Tampa) INFO
Living Room Sessions Presents The Joe Milligan Project (House Show, Pasadena) INFO
Amber Lynn Nicol (St. Pete Artworks, St. Petersburg) INFO
Reggae/World
A Night Of Feeling Good To Live Reggae Music w/Jahfari Reggae/Mr. Errol/DJ Kirky C (Thirsty First, St. Petersburg) INFO
Legacy Orchestra Collective (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO
Blues
Sugar and Spice Revue & Diedra and the Ruff Pro Band (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
Tribute/Cover
Fauxthentics (Wild Rover Brewery, Tampa) INFO
No Need (early) w/Flyte Band (late) (3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
Grateful Dead Night w/Dead Set (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
Michael Jackson Tribute w/Justin Bean (Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center, Pinellas Park) SOLD OUT
Strut (Buckets Grill & Tap, Tampa) INFO
Hot Mess (Callaloo at the Manhattan Casino, St. Petersburg) INFO
Handsome Devil (Two Buks, St. Petersburg) INFO
Karyn Denham and BLB (Ruby’s Elixir, St. Petersburg) INFO
DJ
So What’cha Want w/DJ Fader (Orbit 19, Holiday) INFO
DJ Sugar Bear (SubCentral at Iberian Rooster, St. Petersburg) INFO
DJ Hekler w/Intoxic/Brthrs Of !ll/Odysee/Bxnes/Smit Sanity (Pegasus Lounge, Tampa) INFO
Rockabilly
The Hot Rod Hornets (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg) INFO
Classical/Chorale
Darci Lynne and Friends Live (Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
Pinellas Youth Symphony Orchestra Finale Concert (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO
Florida Orchestra: Family Concerts From Rags to Mozart (St. Petersburg College Clearwater Campus Arts Auditorium, Clearwater) INFO
EDM
Amp!d Saturday w/Christian Alexander/Lizzy Jane/Heavyset/Heist/more (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Rock
Landon Korabek OneLove JamFest w/The Horny Toads/Shenanigans/Hope Darling/Danielle Mohr (Thirsty Marlin, Palm Harbor) INFO
Radarmen w/Marc Ganancias/Kaleb Stewart (The Hub, Tampa) INFO
Halfway To Halloween (Brass Mug, Tampa) INFO
Soul/R&B
Evolution of J’Nelle Benefit Concert (Inkwell Centre, Tampa) INFO
Americana/Folk
Block Party w/The Hummingbirds (Seminole Heights United Methodist Church, Tampa) INFO
Have Gun Will Travel (Ka’Tiki, Treasure Island) INFO
Hip-hop
2nd Saturday Monthly Hip Hop night (Fubar, St. Petersburg) INFO
MC Chris w/Bitforce/Peter Pepper (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Country
The Bearded Brothers w/Who Is More/DJ MP Soup (Ferg’s Live, Tampa) INFO
Jazz
Valerie Gillespie Jazz Ensemble (Firehouse Cultural Center, Ruskin) INFO
Zydeco
Wayne Toups and the Zydecajun Band (Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, Tarpon Springs) INFO
Experimental
Toasty_rye w/Revenger/Str3ss/Gay Saint Pete Housewives/unlockable lowchop (Paper Crane, St. Petersburg) INFO
This article appears in May 10-17, 2018.