DMX, who plays The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on April 11, 2019. Credit: Photo via Mika-photography [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

DMX, who plays The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on April 11, 2019. Credit: Photo via Mika-photography [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

Here are 13 of the best concerts coming to Tampa Bay from April 10-18. See even more in the Show Previews section of cltampa.com, and make sure to read the new issue of Creative Loafing Tampa in print if you want the full rundown.

  • Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the Guilty Ones w/The Hummingbirds Thurs. April 11. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
  • KISS Thurs. April 11. Amalie Arena, Tampa.
  • DMX Thurs. April 11. The Ritz, Ybor City.
  • Cassadee Pope w/Clare Dunn/Hannah Ellis Thurs. April 11. Orpheum, Ybor City.
  • Tampa Bay Blues Fest w/Boz Scaggs/Jonny Lang/Samantha Fish/Shemekia Copeland/Tab Benoit/more Fri.-Sun. April 12-14. Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg.
  • Five Eight w/Pinky Doodle Poodle/Lassyu Fri. April 12. The Bends, St. Petersburg.
  • Brother Cephus w/Jensen Serf Co./Gela Fri. April 12. The Hub, Tampa.
  • Unashamed Forever Tour w/Lecrae/Andy Mineo/Gawvi/KB/Tedashii/Trip Lee/1K Phew Sat. April 13. Idlewild Church, Tampa.
  • Hideaway X Fest w/Betty Fox/Blackbird Morning/Danfield/Dean Johanesen/Ella Jet & Future Soul/Kirk Adams Band/Rebekah Pulley/Someday Honey/more Sat. April 13. Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg.
  • 98Rock Fest Underoath/Godsmack/Three Days Grace/Motionless in White/Rival Sons/ P.O.D. Sun. April 14. Amalie Arena, Tampa.
  • DMC Tampa Regional DJ Battle w/Chris Karns Sun. April 14. Crowbar, Ybor City.
  • USF Percussion Ensemble w/Strings & Hammers Sun. April 14. School of Music Concert Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa.
  • Hatebreed w/Obituary/Terror/Cro-Mags/Fit For an Autopsy Mon. April 15. The Ritz, Ybor City.

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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...