Rick Steves who plays Duke Energy Center at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on March 15-16, 2024. Credit: Photo c/o The Florida Orchestra

Tampa Bay’s live music weekend in here, and it includes a performance from European travel god Rick Steves (yes, you read that right), along with four days of Reggae Rise Up, Joe Bonamassa and more.

This listing of Tampa Bay’s best live music events and concerts happening March 14-21 is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors then supplemented with select gigs off CL’s user submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar. Don’t see your gig? Submit it yourself.

Thursday, March 14

Campground24 (Tempus Projects at Kress Collective, Ybor City)
Reggae Rise Up: Dirty Heads w/Lupe Fiasco/more (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
Umbilicus w/Post Sex High/Highway Advisory Radio (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)

Friday, March 14

Campground 24: Anthony R. Green (Friday Morning Musicale, Tampa)
Colin Hay (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Flux Pavilion w/Funtcase (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Jared Petteys & The Headliners w/Little Sheeba and the Shamans/Skinny McGee (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
L8 Night Flights: Anja Schneider w/Brian Busto/Jason Kitchen (Hyde Park Cafe, Tampa)
The Marshall Tucker Band w/The Georgia Thunderbolts (Chasco Fiesta at Sims Park, New Port Richey)
Matt Maltese w/The Army, The Navy (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Reggae Rise Up: Rebelution w/Soja/Claire Wright/Collie Buddz/more (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
Selwyn Birchwood (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Thirst w/Spider Inside Her/I Am Terrified/Gilt/more\ (Oscura, Bradenton)
Tim McGraw w/Carley Pearce (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Women In Music Showcase: Taylor Reed w/Ari Chi/Danielle Mohr/Noan Partly (Shuffle, Tampa)

Saturday, March 16

Alien House (Oscura, Bradenton)
Campground24 (The Campground, Tampa)
Maddie & Tae (Chasco Fiesta at Sims Park, New Port Richey)
Joe Bonamassa (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
Kool Down Series: Blonde Gentlemen w/Beach Terror/Mak (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg)
One Hallelujah: Tasha Cobbs Leonard w/Israel Houghton/Erica Campbell/Jekalyn Carr/Jonathan McReynolds (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
Reggae Rise Up: Slightly Stoopid w/ Iration/Bumpin’ Uglies/Fortunate Youth/more (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
Rick Steves w/The Florida Orchestra (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
Shuffle Turns 6: Lauris Vidal w/Tribal Style/DJ Blenda (Shuffle, Tampa)
Showtek (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Save Born Free: Dead Mirrors w/The Path of Increased Indifference/Low Season/Prescribed Fire/Same Day Delivery Orchestra/Tension Electric/This Is Goodbye/Boycott/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Valspar Championship: Cole Swindell (Osprey Driving Range at Copperhead Golf Course at Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbor)

Sunday, March 17

Ol’ Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Reggae Rise Up: Damian Jr. Gong Marley & Stephen Marley w/Burning Spear/more (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
Tempo Daylife Party: 50 Cent (Hard Rock Event Center Pool at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)

Tuesday, March 19

Listless w/Prisoner/Star of Kholara/Minnoch (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
Melody Artisans of the Crooked Thumb (Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor)

Wednesday, March 20

Chops: A Live Jazz Evening w/Rod Alnord Quartet (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
Crash Test Dummies (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Cultura Profética (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Curses w/Burn Absolute/Moth Bite/The High Ground/Deadweight/Izora (Oscura, Bradenton)
Jim Lauderdale (Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg)
Smoking Popes w/Rodeo Boys/Pohgoh (Orpheum, Tampa)
Stars of the Sixties w/Herman’s Hermits feat. Peter Noone/The Lovin’ Spoonful/more (Duke Energy Center at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)

Thursday, March 21

Cinema Stereo w/Rae & The Rag Dolls/Persephone’s Choice (Oscura, Bradenton)
I Dont Know How But They Found Me w/Benches (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Kelsy Karter & The Heroines (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult w/Adult./Kanga (Orpheum, Tampa)
Pat Metheny (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

Also playing

Larry Fleet w/Dalton Dover Thursday, March 14. 8 p.m. $27. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg RR

Super Indie All Stars Spring Break: Cannibal Kids w/Madwoman/Oceanic/Pet Lizard Thursday, March 14. 8 p.m. $13. Crowbar, Ybor City

Geri X w/The Pilot Waves/Johnny Champagne Friday, March 15. 8 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Godsmack w/Bastian da Cruz Friday, March 15. 8 p.m. $53 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg

Less Than Jake w/Strung Out/The Raging Nathans Friday, March 15. 7 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Peace of Woodstock Friday, March 15. 8 p.m. $15. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

Wishbone Ash Friday, March 15. 8 p.m. $29.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo

St. Paddy’s Punk & Roll: King Bee w/Razor/Spoiled Rat/X Minus 1/Movie Props/Charlie/Johnny Boy and the Corduroy Boys/The Bad Vibrations/The Dont Belongs/more Friday-Sunday, March 15-17. 3 p.m. Friday, 12 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Bad Future w/Layne Lyre/Moth Bite/Black Clash/more Saturday, March 16. 5 p.m. $8. Brass Mug, Tampa

Bob Anthony Saturday, March 16. 6 p.m. No cover. The Lake 85, Palm Harbor
Bryce Vine w/Hoodie Allen/Yoshi T Saturday, March 16. 8 p.m. $35 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Discord Theory w/Parks & Razz/Peace Cult/Fluxe/Nate Mosley Sunday, March 17. 5:30 p.m. $13. Crowbar, Ybor City RR

Emery w/The Almost Sunday, March 17. 6 p.m. $30. Orpheum, Tampa

Rene Schlegel Sunday, March 17. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Shuffle Turns 6: Mama Said Sunday, March 17. 2 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

The Sol Exhibit brunch Sunday, March 17. 1 p.m. $5 & up. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Third Saturday Jazz: Joe Breidenstein Trio Saturday, March 16. 8 p.m No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

The Remix: Kristopher James w/Tone I.E. Tuesday, March 19. 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

Pour Decisions: DJ Cub Wednesday, March 20. 7 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Saxsquatch Wednesday, March 20. 8 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City

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