Gasparilla Music Festival 2022. Credit: Photo by Ysanne Taylor c/o Gasparilla Music Festival
The weekend is here, and so is Gasparilla Music Festival, Tampa Bay’s marquee weekend of live music. The festival—set for Friday-Sunday, Feb. 16-18 in downtown Tampa—breaks in its new home this weekend, but it’s not the only thing on this massive collection of the best concerts coming to Tampa Bay from Feb. 15-22.

This listing is curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented with select gigs dropped into CL’s user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar.

Don’t see your show listed here? Please submit it yourself.

Thursday, Feb. 15

Friday, Feb. 16
Saturday, Feb. 1
Sunday, Feb. 18
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Wednesday, Feb. 21
Thursday, Feb. 22
Also playing

Candlelight: Classic Rock on Strings
 Thursday, Feb. 15. 6 p.m. Coastal Creative, St. Petersburg

DJ Jask Friday, Feb. 16. 10 p.m. No cover. Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa

Nadya Friday-Saturday, Feb. 16-17. 6 p.m. The Dan at The Flor, Tampa

Tampa Bay Symphony Friday, Feb. 16. 8 p.m. New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa

Tribute To Garth Brooks Friday, Feb. 16. 9 p.m. $25. Wild Rover Brewing Co., Tampa

Wayne Williams Birthday Weekend: Terry Hunter w/Tony Hatchett/Greg Winfield/Dee Jay Alicia/G-Whip
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 16-18. Various venues, Tampa

The Black Honkeys Saturday, Feb. 17. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

David Foster and Katharine McPhee Saturday, Feb. 17. 7 p.m. $48.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Dead Mirrors w/Xdamagedonex/Highest Crown/more Saturday, Feb. 17. 7 p.m. $10. Deviant Libation, Tampa

DJ Muto Saturday, Feb. 17. 8 p.m. No cover. Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa

DJ Parker
Saturday, Feb. 17. 10 p.m. No cover. Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa

Elliot Szabdo Saturday, Feb. 16. 7:30 p.m. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

Kool Down Series: Domino Pink w/Movie Props/The Tilt Saturday, Feb. 17. 7 p.m. No cover. Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg

North Mississippi Allstars Saturday, Feb. 17. 7 p.m. $22.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Rath & the Wise Guys w/Lot Lizards/Toe Knife/The Dissentors
Saturday, Feb. 17. 7 p.m. $5. Noisemakers, St. Petersburg

Sam Williams Saturday, Feb. 17. 7:30 p.m. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

This Is Love: DJ Santana w/DJ Trashy/DJ Haf/more Saturday, Feb. 17. 9 p.m. $20-$25. Hyde Park Cafe, Tampa

Tribute To Depeche Mode Saturday, Feb. 17. 9 p.m. $25. Wild Rover Brewing Co., Tampa

Vagabond Tweed
Saturday, Feb. 17. 4 p.m. No cover. The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg

Chris Botti
Sunday, Feb. 18. 7 p.m. $43.25 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Dean Johanesen
Sunday, Feb. 18. 3 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Kristopher James Extravaganza: Ybor City Records Showcase w/Stephen Scheuermann/Joshua Reilly Sunday, Feb. 18. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Joe Breidenstein Trio Sunday, Feb. 17. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Ol’ Dirty Sundays Sunday, Feb. 18. $5. Crowbar, Ybor City

S.G. Wood
Sunday, Feb. 18. No cover. 1 p.m. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Sunday Service: Propaganjah
Sunday, Feb. 18. 2 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

The Boomerz Sunday, Feb. 18. 2 p.m. $20. Richey Suncoast Theatre, New Port Richey

Melody Artisans of the Crooked Thumb
Tuesday, Feb. 20. 7 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

Afrobeats Lounge: DJ Aja Nikiya w/DJ Gaines
Wednesday, Feb. 21. 8 p.m. $25. Sorry Not Public, Tampa

Chops: A Live Jazz Evening w/Rod Alnord Quartet
Wednesday, Feb. 21. 8 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Spyro Gyra w/Jeff Lorber Fusion
Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 21-22. 8 p.m. $40 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Alabaster
Thursday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Arden Jones w/Ty2Fly
Thursday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. $16. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Crystal Methyd
Thursday, Feb. 22. 8 p.m. $30 & up. Orpheum, Tampa

Jeff Brawer w/Marc Ganancias/Dan Padilla
Thursday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. Prices TBA. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Shutdown w/Stedfast/Fortitude/Keep Reaching
Thursday, Feb. 22. 7 p.m. $15. Brass Mug, Tampa

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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...

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