✔️= Critic's Pick

✔️ Swimm w/The Jackettes/Jordan Esker & The Hundred Percent Swimm’s sound has always had a polish that we never expected to see within the gritty walls of Fubar. But it looks like the once-Florida-based band wants to say goodbye to a venue that inadvertently played a hand in the outfit’s development (Swimm played the 2013 edition of the now-defunct Antiwarpt party, which featured Fubar as a host venue). The L.A. band’s debut LP, Sentimental Porno, is a gorgeous hunk of shimmery psych-rock, and we’re hoping to hear driving bonus single “Weekend” from a recent reissue of 2015’s Beverly Hells EP, too. Bay area bands The Jackettes and Jordan Esker & The Hundred Percent — which both released impressive 2018 albums — play support as this 9-year-old 600 Block live music staple enters its last week of existence. (Fubar, St. Petersburg) INFO

✔️Holiday Strum Punk Extravaganza Jack Sprouse’s songwriter series had a pretty great inaugural run. In celebration, the metalhead-turned-outlaw country songwriter is welcoming no less than 18 Bay area strummers to Ella’s for an all-day concert that kicks off at 2 p.m. before shutting down seven hours later. Highlights on the stacked bill include 2018 CL Music Issue artist Blake Daniels, Have Gun Will Travel’s Matt Burke, Navin Ave.’s Shae Krispinsky and our very own editor-in-chief, Scott Harrell, but you’re not really going to be disappointed with any act on the lineup. Free to attend; bring money for food and booze. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa) INFO

✔️ Holiday Instrument Drive w/Safewaters/Geri X/Kerry Courtney/Kristopher James/Nijah feat. Katie Talbert/Noisemakers students Noisemakers provides music education at a low cost (sometimes waiving fees completely), and Operation Coexist hosts and sponsor concerts and music festivals to raise money that provides funding to music education programs for children in the local foster care system. The groups — in conjunction with Ruby’s Elixir — have been collecting musical instruments all week and celebrate the drive with an early afternoon concert featuring Noisemakers kids playing alongside some of the finest songwriters the region has to offer. The show is free to attend. (Ruby’s Elixir, St. Petersburg) INFO

Boots N Catz Presents: Boots N Catzmas w/Kyle Kinch/Nerd Rage/Plsma/Innocent Victims/Nigel Von Pitman/Miss Bhayve Kyle Kinch shows up a lot on this week’s live music menu, and the gig finds the Tampa producer headlining yet another dance music party taking over the patio at Carmine’s. Kinch’s Manchester EP may be just two songs long, but it’s a good entry point to his obsession with jazz, disco and techno. Nerd Rage brings dubby wubs to the market stage, and a handful of other locals play support. (Carmine’s, Ybor City) INFO

✔️ Ol’ Dirty Sundays w/Kaotic Blaze/MyVerse Deacon might have a crowd control challenge on his hands when Rock Steady Crew’s Margie Nuñez (AKA Kaotic Blaze) and Natalia Pitti (an Orlando songwriter, poet, battle rapper and alum from Season 13 of MTV’s Wild ‘n Out better known as MyVerse) join the Ol’ Dirty Sundays team for the series’ penultimate patio party of 2018. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO

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ALSO PLAYING
*See a list of venues hosting residencies and tribute or cover bands at the bottom of this post.

DJ 45Revolver (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO

Patty Kenoly (Mermaid Tavern, Tampa) INFO

Row Jomah (Mandarin Hide, St. Petersburg) INFO

Serenity Now! The Bartenders Christmas w/Betty Dawl (The Bricks, Ybor City) INFO

Live & Local w/Jariah Higgins (Jaeb Courtyard at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO

SHAMc Holiday Party w/mystery guest (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor) INFO

James Suggs w/Sandi Grecco/Jeremy Douglass (Independent Bar, St.Petersburg) INFO

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Below is a list of clubs and restaurants that either regularly book both original music acts as well as tribute and cover bands or feature a concert calendar stocked with higher-quality residents. Follow the links to the see more.

Residencies

c. 1949 Florida Beer Garden, 6905 N Orleans Ave., Tampa
Hideaway Café 1756 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
Jazz House Supper Club 9331 East Adamo Dr., Tampa
The Landing at Jannus 200 First Ave N., St. Petersburg
The Mandarin Hide 231 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
Ringside Café 16 2nd St N., St. Petersburg
Ruby's Elixir 15 3rd St. N., St. Petersburg
Seminole Hard Rock Café 5223 Orient Rd, Tampa
Tampa Armature Works 1910 N Ola Ave., Tampa

Tribute/Cover/Open Mics

3 Daughters Brewing 222 22nd St., St. Petersburg
Buckets Grill & Tap 4535 Gunn Hwy., Tampa
Captain Jack’s On The Water 21 Oscar Hill Rd., Tarpon Springs
Caddy's On The Beach 9000 W Gulf Blvd, Treasure Island
Café Hey 1540 N Franklin St., Tampa
Gator's 12754 Kingfish Dr., Treasure Island
Green Iguana 4029 S. Westshore Blvd., Tampa
Ferg's Live 490 Channelside Dr., Tampa
JD's Restaurant & Lounge 125 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach
Hula Bay Club 5210 W Tyson Ave., Tampa
O'Briens Irish Pub Multiple Locations, Tampa
Rick's On The River 2305 N Willow Ave., Tampa
Smokin' 19 3080-3090 34th St N., St. Petersburg
Two Buks 1915 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater
Yeoman Cask & Lion (two locations: 202 N. Morgan St., Tampa; 200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg)