The live music weekend has arrived, so here’s a rundown of some of the best live music happening in Tampa Bay from July 13-20. This list is curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, with additional concerts hand-selected from CL’s user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar. Don’t see your show here? Submit it via cltampa.com.

Thursday, July 13

Hot Tonic (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
Seals & Crofts 2 (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Staind (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)

Friday, July 14

Brotality (Mugs Sports Bar & Grill, Clearwater)
Chest Fever (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Dierks Bentley w/Jordan Davis/Caylee Hammack (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Louis Tomlinson w/The Snuts/Andrew Cushin (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
Outta Pocket w/Stoneman/Seeing Red/Plague Spitter/Vile Serpent/Jar (Born Free Pub & Grille, Tampa)
#Pound Friday: Dirt Monkey w/Jantsen (The Ritz, Ybor City)
The Ries Brothers w/Ajeva/Matt Walden (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
Skating Polly w/Bugsy/Jacklen Ro (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Summer Series: Speak Easy (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)

Saturday, July 15

Culture Club w/Howard Jones/Berlin (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
David Brighton’s Space Oddity (The Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Duane Betts w/Palmetto Motel (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Firewater Tent Revival (The Blueberry Patch, Gulfport)
HeyeYella w/DJ DFaz/DJ Donnie Luv/Dennis Amadeus/G’on Git (expanded)/Nico Sweet/Alec Burnright (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
Hobo Johnson w/Maddie Barker/Franklin Jonas (Crowbar, Ybor City)
The Fuss (single release) w/The George/Fever Head (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Phantoms (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
Summer Series: Tribal Style (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)

Sunday, July 16

Dvbbs (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
Julian Marley (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Nate Najar’s Swing Guitars (Side Door at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Face Melt Presents: Mid-Year Rap Rager 7 (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
Summer Series: Jackson Harpe Quartet (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Ted Nugent (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)

Tuesday, July 18

Everybody’s Worried About Owen w/Pump Action/Amateur Taxidermy (Shuffle, Tampa)

Wednesday, July 19

Brahm (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Thursday, July 20

Anthony Hamilton w/The Ton3s (Steinbrenner Field, Tampa)
Buckcherry w/Gunshine (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Ultimate Jazz Summer Jam: Fred Johnson w/Belinda Womack/Gumbi Ortiz/David Pate/Mark Feinman/Alejandro Arenas/John Lamb/Jeremy Carter/more (The Factory, St. Petersburg)

Also playing

Fred Johnson Friday, July 14. 6 p.m. $40 & up. Bethel Community Baptist Church, St. Petersburg
GreyMarket w/Mercy McCoy/Emily Turnage Friday, July 14, 8 p.m. $12. Hooch & Hive, Tampa
Jamie McElman Friday, July 14, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa
Soul Night: DJ Hall Friday, July 14, 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
No Filter Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. $10. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
Moris Blak & Danny Blu Saturday, July 15. 8 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Phantoms Saturday, July 15, noon. $20. WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa
Sunset Saturday: Max Styler Saturday, July 15, 10 p.m. (Free before 11 p.m. $10 after) The Ritz, Ybor City
Third Saturday Jazz: Joe Breidenstein Trio Saturday, July 15, 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa
Burn Forever w/Corium/Our Final Feud/Not Promised Tomorrow Sunday, July 16. 6 p.m. $12. Orpheum, Tampa
Sam Williams Sunday, July 16, 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa
Brahm Masla Wednesday, July 19, 7:30 p.m No cover. Hooch & Hive. Tampa
Chops: A Live Jazz Evening w/Rod Alnord Quartet Wednesday, July 19, 8 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
Jamie Thomas Wednesday, July 19, 6:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa
Ronnie’s Birthday Jamboree feat. Patient/Deaf Company/Beach Terror/Hateself Thursday, July 20. 7 p.m. No cover. Crowbar, Ybor City RR
Jazz With the Crew: James Suggs & friends Thursday, July 20, 7 p.m. $8. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

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