Tampa Bay’s best live music happening March 21-28

Tampa Bay’s live music weekend has arrived, and it’s putting a Pride flag on for the after-parade festivities going down in Ybor City this weekend. The calendar—curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented with select shows from CL’s user-submitted concert calendar—also includes big shows at Jannus Live (Faye Webster, Ministry), club gigs (Lime Cordiale), and more.

Check out the best live music and concerts coming to Tampa Bay between March 21-28 below.

Thursday, March 21

• Chasco Fiesta: Rhythm and bluesmasters (Sims Park, New Port Richey)
• 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)

Friday, March 22

• Absolute Queen (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Anthony Green w/Queen of Jeans (Orpheum, Tampa)
• Chasco Fiesta: Joy FM Family Night (Sims Park, New Port Richey)
• The Florida Orchestra: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ in concert (Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
• Lime Cordiale w/Windser (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Palomino Blond w/Pilot Jonezzz/The Don’t Belongs (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Red Elvises (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
• Spring Break Slaughter: Generation Underground w/Spiritual Chaos/Forest Ov The Witch/Send All (Brass Mug, Tampa)

Saturday, March 23

• Amenorrhea w/Voidrium/Endurus/Sacrilous/Medulla (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
• Bayboro Turns 4: Mercy McCoy w/Rockstead + Dub Collectors (Bayboro Brewing Co., St. Petersburg)
• Chasco Fiesta: Tribute To Rock (Sims Park, New Port Richey)
• Chris Duarte (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
• Valspar Championship: Cole Swindell (Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbor)
• Pride at Night: David Hernandez (Cuban Club, Ybor City)
• Domino Pink (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Jason Aldean (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
• Taylor Dayne w/Tiffany (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
• Telephone Tag (MUSIC4LIFE Living Arts Center, Clearwater)
• Turnover w/Mspaint/Drook (Orpheum, Tampa)

Sunday, March 24

• Bring The Noise: A Tribute to Rage Against the Machine  (The Moon Tower, Dunedin)
• Chris MacDonald’s Memories of Elvis (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam w/The Jimmy Hall Band (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
• The Florida Orchestra: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ in concert (Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
• Joe Bonamassa (BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
• Ministry w/Gary Numan/Front Line Assembly (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Mugshot w/Kaonashi/Mouth for War/Cell/Gas (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Ol’ Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Seth Walker w/Jack Barksdale (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
• Tampa Oratorio Singers Present Mozart’s Requiem (Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church, Tampa)
• Trsh w/Not/Better Place/Penny Fountain (Bayboro Brewing Co., St. Petersburg)

Monday, March 25

• Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam w/The Jimmy Hall Band (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
• Joe Satriani & Steve Vai (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Tuesday, March 26

• Faye Webster w/Upchuck (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Juanes (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)

Wednesday, March 27

• Caleb Caudle w/Van Plating (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Juanes (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
• Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/Faun Fables/Indorphine/Flagman (Orpheum, Tampa)

Thursday, March 28

• Brent Cobb (Orpheum, Tampa)

Also playing

Days Spent w/Spit Truth/Chain Gang/Migrant Fury Friday, March 22. 6 p.m. $10-$15. Deviant Libation, Tampa.

Mwiza Simfukwe Friday, March 22. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Air Supply w/Little River Band Saturday, March 23. 7 p.m. $45 & up. The Sound, Clearwater

The Broken String Band Saturday, March 23. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

Matt Schofield Saturday, March 23. 8 p.m. $24.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo

The Motet w/Lespecial Saturday, March 23. 8 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Outatime w/Kings of the Wild Things/Overthinker/No One Road Saturday, March 23. 7 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Streetlight Cadence Saturday, March 23. 12 p.m. Prices TBA. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Women of Jazz XVIII: Valerie Gillespie w/Judi Glover/Jennifer Medina/Jean Bolduc/Theo Valentin/Kirsten Joiner/Ona Kirei/Rose Bilal/Lorri Hafer Saturday, March 23. 4 p.m. $25 & up. Side Door at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Annie Dukes w/The Flirt/Persephone’s Choice Sunday, March 24. 6 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Hymn For Her Sunday, March 24. 3 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Jamie McElman Sunday, March 24. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa

Jazz Brunch: Schaff-Wall Collective Sunday, March 24. Noon. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Sunday Punk Day: Doll Parts w/Caught Fire/Low Season Sunday, March 24. 1 p.m. No cover. Planet Retro Records, St. Petersburg

The Remix: Graham Bhuyan w/Tone I.E. Tuesday, March 26. 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

Spring Beer Jam 10: Brain Emoji Orchestra w/Electric Kif/Lemon City Trio Thursday, March 28. 10 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

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This article appears in Mar 21-27, 2024.