The events in this listing are curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, and augmented with select events from CL’s user-submitted events calendar. Submit your event to be considered for inclusion.
Thursday, March 2
- Albert Cummings (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: Jimmy Sturr & his Orchestra w/Oakridge Boys/Walker Hayes (Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds)
- Happy Landing w/Speak Easy/Kerry Courtney (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Music School at the Kress: Matt Burke of Have Gun, Will Travel (Kress Collective, Ybor City)
- Nina On My Mind: Synia Carroll (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Rock the Park Tampa: EarthTonez w/Urbane Cowboys/Selena Ferrer (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
- The Black Honkeys w/Doug South (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Blake Shelton w/Carly Pearce/Jackson Dean (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- De La Day 2023: Prince Paul w/DJ Casper (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- The Florida Orchestra: ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ (Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
- Gillian Carter w/Pez/Nashira/Iron Buddha (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: Halestorm & Willie Nelson (Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City)
- Mustard Plug w/Stop The Presses/The Brainiacs/Monument Beach/Abortion Twins (Brass Mug, Tampa)
- Alison Brown (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City)
- Chiara Izzi (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa)
- Colleen Orender (Catherine A. Hickman Theater, Gulfport)
- Doo Wop Reunion: Kenny Vance And The Planotones/Lou Christie/Jay Siegel’s Tokens/Joey Dee (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Emo Night Tampa: Big Sad w/My Cat Umi/Amateur Taxidermy/Razor & the Boogiemen (American Legion Post 111, Tampa)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: Sara Evans w/Ludacris (Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, Plant City)
- Gasparilla Festival Of The Arts: Mandy Harvey w/Katara/Ashley Smith and the Random Occurrence/Shoeless Soul/more (Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa)
- Madss (WTR Pool, Tampa)
- Rauw Alejandro w/Jabbawockeez (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- Stealin’ Peaches: An Allman Brothers Tribute (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Thelma & the Sleaze w/Hovercar/The Dirty Janes (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Yield To None w/Crone/Afterworld (Bigfoot On the River, Tampa)
- Blu J.D. (album release) w/Mty Jai (Nana’s Restaurant and Juice Bar, Ybor City)
- Robin Schulz (WTR Pool, Tampa)
- State Theatre Sundays: PM Tiger w/Zeta the Babe/Mike Tony/Panda Paws (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: The Gatlin Brothers w/Chris Young (Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, Plant City)
- Gasparilla Festival Of The Arts: Johnny Mile & the Kilometers w/In The ocketl/more (Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa)
- St. Petersburg Jazz Celebration: Shawn Brown/Jeremy Carter/Simon Laskey/James Suggs/John Lamb/more (The Factory, St. Petersburg)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: Neal McCoy w/Josh Turner (Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, Plant City)
- Cheap Trick (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: ‘Roots & Boots’ w/Aaron Tippin/Collin Raye/Sammy Kershaw (Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, Plant City)
- Soul Glo w/Cloudrat/Backslider (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Fleshgod Apocalypse (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: Tanya Tucker w/The Pointer Sisters (Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, Plant City)
- Alan Doyle w/Chris Trapper (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- The Florida Orchestra: Soundwaves (Church Of the Ascension, Clearwater)
- Florida Strawberry Festival: Bill Haley & the Comets w/Tommy James & the Shondells/for King & Country (Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds, Plant City)
The Concepts of Fear Tour: Bottomfeeder ws/Snake Father/Yosemite Saturday, March 4. 7 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City
Dropkick Murphys w/The Rumjacks/Jesse Ahern Saturday, March 4. 6:30 p.m. Sold-out. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Vision Video w/Secret Shame/Carrelle Saturday, March 4. 7 p.m. $17. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Ballyhoo! w/Joey Harkum/CLoud9 Vibes Sunday, March 5. 6 p.m. $20. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Michael McArthur Sunday, March 5. 7 p.m. $25. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College, Lakeland
Pablo Cruise Wednesday, March 8. 8 p.m. $29-$55. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
SonReal w/SOL Wednesday, March 8. 8 p.m. $22. Crowbar, Ybor City
Time For Three Wednesday, March 8. 7:30 p.m. $15-$40. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg
Cas Haley Thursday, March 9. 8 p.m. $25-$40. The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City
Jeff Brawer w/Shae Krispinsky/Jeremy Gloff Thursday, March 9, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
This article appears in Mar 2-8, 2023.