Tampa Bay’s best live music and concerts happening May 1-8

Tampa Bay’s live music weekend has come around again, and it’s wicked good thanks in part to a Florida Orchestra gig with Cynthia Erivo. Tall Juan is back in town, too, along with municipal festivals in Tampa and Temple Terrace and a big country throwdown outside Raymond James Stadium.

This listing of Tampa Bay’s best concerts and live music happening May 1-8 is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors then supplemented with select shows from CL’s user-submitted events calendar.

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Thursday, May 1

• Amigo The Devil w/Tele Novella (Orpheum, Tampa)
• Bôa w/Dream, Ivory (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• Remi Wolf w/Dana and Alden (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
• Rock the Park: Jupiter Bloom w/Idle Moves/Mic Deluxx (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
• Rüfüs Du Sol w/Neil Frances (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

Friday, May 2

• Country Thunder: Jelly Roll w/Blake Shelton/Riley Green/more (Raymond James Stadium Grounds, Tampa)
• Cynthia Erivo (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Ducky Neptune w/Jupiter Bloom/Moss Heads (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Leslie Mendelson (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
• St. Petersburg Sax Quartet (Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg)
• Tall Juan (Microgroove, Tampa)
• Tom Jones (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)

Saturday, May 3

• Big Sad w/Choking On The Revelry/Navin Ave. (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
• Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival: Third Eye Blind (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa)
• Mahaffey Theater 60th anniversary: Cheap Trick (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Cousin Curtiss (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
• Goth Dyke Nite: Sir Gorgeous w/Pup Star/DJ Spur/Prject Pluto/Meghan Lee/Taína (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Liquid Stranger w/Inzo/TVBoo b2b Jantsen/Shlump/Gardella (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
• Locust Parade three-year anniversary: Spoil w/Cold Steel/Drawn Out/Common Bond/more (Magnanimous Brewing, Tampa)
• The Losing Game w/The Venus/Cherish This/Gabe Hernandez/Freeloader (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Pop Punk Night: Right On Time w/Run The Riot/High Press/If I’m Lucky/Bad Lungs (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Riverfest: Sister Hazel (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
• River Jam: Soul Circus Cowboys w/Moonberry/Danny Moody (Riverhills Park, Temple Terrace)
• Sound Waves: Mark Farina w/Austen van der Bleek/Jask (Pier 60 Park, Clearwater Beach)
• Stand Up for the First Amendment: Live music, comedy, history and distinguished guest speakers (Shuffle, Tampa)

Sunday, May 4

• Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (The Hindu Temple of Florida, Tampa)
• Memory Well (EP release) w/Amani Minott/Mirror Parts/Sciutto (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Rehab Sundays: The Wandering Hours (Shuffle, Tampa)

Wednesday, May 7

• Funk N Ting: DJ Mike Blenda & DJ Shafiq (Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Grentperez (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Joe Nichols w/Annie Bosko (Dallas Bull, Tampa)

Thursday, May 8

• Celebrate Synia!: Bryan J. Hughes & The Crew w/La Lucha/John Lamb/Belinda Womack/Theo Valentin/Jeremy Carter/James Suggs/Simon Lasky (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Noah Reid (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
• Sessanta 2.0: Primus w/Puscifer/A Perfect Circle (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
• Tongue Tied w/Lily of the Valley/Spanish Bombs/Mossheads (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)

Also playing

CageGrass: Fil Pate Trio Thursdays. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

The Chaunces Trio Thursday, May 1. 7 p.m. No cover. Oscura, Bradenton

Mark Moultrup Thursday, May 1. 7:30 p.m. $15 & up. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Mystery Concert Thursday, May 1. 7:30 p.m. Sold out, but waitlist open. Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor

Pickin’ Splinters (Bluegrass jam) Thursdays. 7 p.m. No cover. Woodwright Brewing Co., Dunedin

Skillet Thursday, May 1. 8 p.m. $35. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Tom Jones Thursday, May 1. 7 p.m. $62.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater JB

Uncle John’s Band Thursdays. 8 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Alleycvt Friday, May 2. 10 p.m. $15. The Ritz, Ybor City

Aweminus w/Deucez/Smiley B2B Solo/Phntom B2B Sorix/Special K B2B Vanirz Friday, May 2. 8 p.m. $27.17 & up. Oscura, Bradenton

Blood Brothers Friday, May 2. 8 p.m. $20. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Brother Jukebox Friday, May 2. 7 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Classic Rock Night ft. Ultra Vinyl Friday, May 2. 8 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Crownz Friday, May 2. 8 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Dean Johanesen Friday, May 2. 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Faith Kelly and Caswyn Moon Friday, May 2. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Hyfa’s Birthday Bash Friday, May 2. 9 p.m. $10. Crowbar, Ybor City

Red Leather Friday, May 2. 7 p.m. $20. Orpheum, Tampa

Samantha Jane and Eddie Kinder Friday, May 2. 7 p.m. No cover. Ulmer Park, Largo

Shaun Hopper Friday, May 2. 7 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

St. Pete Latin Friday Night Friday, May 2. 9 p.m. $12. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Titans Of Rock (Journey and Bon Jovi tribute) Friday, May 2. 8 p.m. No cover. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Wowlin’ Hoof Friday, May 2. 7:17 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

Brek Milo Saturday, May 3. 7 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Bryan Smith Saturday, May 3. 1 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, Clearwater

Cosmic Jenkins Saturday, May 3. 1 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Dead Set Florida Saturday, May 3. 8 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Greg Woodruff Saturday, May 3. 3 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Kshmr Saturday, May 3. 10 p.m. $30 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

Matthew Frost Band Saturday, May 3. 7 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

The Motet w/Dizgo Saturday, May 3. 7 p.m. $27. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Passion 4 Pits Rescue Fundraiser Saturday, May 3. 7 p.m. No cover. Tiki Tim’s Pub & Grill, St. Petersburg

Ramones Tribute 20: Boney Fiend w/ATL Dog/Defrauded/Chulismo/Olde Rage/Hey Ho’s/Rancid Polecats Saturday, May 3. 7 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Refuge: Craig Gonzalez w/Homemade Weapons/Kay-S Saturday, May 3. 9 p.m. $22.85 St. Pete Brewing Co., St. Petersburg

Reverend Billy C. Wirtz Saturday, May 3. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Scott Murley Trio Saturday, May 3. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

Stormbringer Saturday, May 3. 8 p.m. No cover. Whiskey Wings, Largo

Suicide Commando w/Beborn Beton Saturday, May 3. 7 p.m. $30 & up. Orpheum, Tampa

TL Jentgens Saturday, May 3. 7 p.m. $20. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

The Applebutter Express Sunday, May 4. 6 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival: Robin Thicke Sunday, May 4. 6 p.m. Included with park admission. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa

Charlie Morris Sunday, May 4. 2 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

Hot Tonic Sundays. 6 p.m. No cover. Tiki Bar & Grill at 56th & Shore, Gulfport

Faculty Recital: Nikolov West Duo w/Grigorios Zamparas Sunday, May 4. 7:39 p.m. No cover. Ferman Center for the Arts at University of Tampa, Tampa

John Frinzi Sunday, May 4. 2 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Le Jazz Sundays. 11:30 a.m. No cover. Boulevard Burgers & Tap House, St. Petersburg

Marc Ganancias w/John Nowicki/Rich Anello Sunday, May 4. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

Morning Dew Sunday, May 4. 3 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Rich Sheldon Sunday, May 4. 1 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, Clearwater

Ryze Hendricks w/Dubb Saq & 906Hammy/Kid Vibe & TheRealTaco/DLIL/Zonami/more Sunday, May 4. 8 p.m. $20. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Sinister SundayZ Sundays. 7 p.m. $10.25. Spookeasy Lounge, Ybor City

Summer Hoop w/Alyk/No One Road/Penny Fountain Sunday, May 4. 7 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa

Sunday Jazz in the Lounge: Boho Sideshow Sundays. 2 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Sunday Jazz Project: Sandi Grecco w/James Suggs/Mark Moultrup Sundays. 3 p.m. No cover. The Studio Public House, St. Petersburg

Sunday Jazz with The Crew Sundays. 6 p.m. No cover with RSVP. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Then There’s Me w/Judy Haines Sunday, May 4. 7 p.m. No cover. Mickey Quinn’s, Seminole

Tul8te Sunday, May 4. 7:30 p.m. $55. The Ritz, Ybor City

Dandy Lush w/In Case You Didn’t Joe Sunday, May 4. 2 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

The Toasters w/Matamoska/The Brainiacs Monday, May 5. 7 p.m. $18. Orpheum, Tampa

Twin Lizzy Tour: Abortion Twins w/Lot Lizards/No Context Monday, May 5. 7 p.m. $5. Shuffle, Tampa

Dennis Stadelman Every first and third Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

In The Groove: Orange Sunshine w/Sprinkle Cheese/more Wednesday, May 7. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

James Wall Band Wednesday, May 7. 6:30 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Live Bluegrass Jam hosted by Fil Pate Wednesdays. 7 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Pour Decisions: DJ Cub Wednesdays through Aug. 6. 7 p.m.

CageGrass: Fil Pate Trio Thursdays. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Gale & Joey Thursday, May 8. 7 p.m. No cover. The North End Taphouse, Gulfport

Joey Wit w/Rosaline/Physical Plant/Lesa Silvermore Thursday, May 8. 7:30 p.m. $10. Oscura, Bradenton

Pickin’ Splinters (Bluegrass jam) Thursdays. 7 p.m. No cover. Woodwright Brewing Co., Dunedin

Samantha Jane and Nick Haas Thursday, May 8. 5 p.m. No cover. Cove Gallery & Boutique, Bradenton

Uncle John’s Band Thursdays. 8 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

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This article appears in Apr 24-30, 2025.