Michael W. Smith, who plays Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida on December 10, 2018. Credit: Facebook/Michael W. Smith

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Michael W. Smith Christmas w/Melinda Doolittle There’s always a section of the concert listings that’s a little debauched and punctuated by a dick joke, but this isn’t that blurb, honey. Michael W. Smith is a contemporary Christian hitmaker who’s bringing all the joy of Jesus’s birthday to downtown Clearwater on Monday. American Idol alum Melinda Doolittle opens the show. (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO

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America’s Got Talent Tryouts (Tampa Convention Center, Tampa) INFO

A Holiday Spectacular w/Dunedin Music Society (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO

Mischief Mondays w/DJ Ku (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO

This article appears in Dec 6-13, 2018.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...