Ranky Tanky, which plays Suncoast Jazz Festival happening Nov. 17-19, 2023 on Clearwater Beach, Florida. Credit: Photo by Peter Frank Edwards

Tampa Bay’s live music weekend is here, and while it’s got eyes on Thanksgiving weekend, the concert lineup in the Bay area is giving us plenty of reasons to be grateful. Those reasons include festivals (Suncoast Jazz, Hellshine), headline shows (Bruce Hornsby, Babyface), solid openers (Charley Crockett), pre-Thanksgiving shenanigans (the Kid N Play House Party) and local favorites, too (Slap of Reality, the Daddy Kool Kool Down Concert Series).

This listing features shows curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, plus select gigs from CL’s user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar. Don’t see your event here? Submit it yourself, please.

Thursday, Nov. 16

Dailey & Vincent (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Tampa Jazz Club: Dave Stryker (New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa)
Mariachi Sol De Mexico® de Jóse Hernàndez (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
Unwed Sailor w/Radaghast/Choking on the Revelry (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Friday, Nov. 17

#Pound Friday: Borgore (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Cory Nichols w/ChaGo/Young Savages/The Fly One (Oscura, Bradenton)
Hellshine Fest: Iron Lung w/Heaven’s Gate/Shitstorm/Flyingsnakes/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Henry Rollins (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Joe Samba w/Joey Harkum (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Mishka w/Cello Joe (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Slap of Reality w/Human Error/Fingerpuppet/The Dissentors (St. Pete Brewing Company, St. Petersburg)
Suncoast Jazz Festival: Ranky Tanky w/Kermit Ruffins/Jason Marsalis/Daniela Soledade/more (Sheraton and Marriott Sand Key Resorts, Clearwater Beach)

Saturday, Nov. 18

~~Ben Rector w/Jordy Searcy~~ (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater) **POSTPONED**
Big Sad w/Low Season/Reckless Threat/Mortars (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Bruce Hornsby (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Dwight Yoakam w/Charley Crockett/Annie Bosko The Sound, Clearwater)
Dylan Scott w/Matt Schuster/Taylor Holder (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Hellshine Fest: Fugitive/Caveman Cult/Walled City/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Kool Down Concert Series: The Venus w/Spoiled Rat/Brother Cephus (Daddy Kool Records at The Factory, St. Petersburg)
Kyle Schroeder Andy Snitzer (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Popa Chubby (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
Suncoast Jazz Festival: Ranky Tanky w/Diego Figueiredo/Kermit Ruffins/Dave Bennett Quartet/Professor Cunningham & His Old School/more (Sheraton and Marriott Sand Key Resorts, Clearwater Beach)
The Tilt w/Hovercar/The Pilot Waves/Charlie. (Oscura, Bradenton)
Will Sparks (The Ritz, Ybor City)

Sunday, Nov. 19

Deep Desires: Pete Moss w/Jask/Austen Van der Bleek/Coro (Wild Child, St. Petersburg)
Gilberto Santa Rosa (Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
Hellshine Fest: Horsewhip/Afterworld/Landbridge/more (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
Safety Harbor Art and Music Center 7th Anniversary Party: HoneyWhat (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
Suncoast Jazz Festival: La Lucha/Ona K/Nate Najar/Valerie Gillespie/more (Sheraton and Marriott Sand Key Resorts, Clearwater Beach)
Walter Trout w/Troy Wanvig (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

Tuesday, Nov. 21

Babyface (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Cattle Decapitation w/Immolation/Sanguisugabogg/Castrator (Orpheum, Tampa)

Wednesday, Nov. 22

Timeless Hip-Hop: Kid N Play Thanksgiving House Party w/M.C. Serch (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Live in Concert (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Thursday, Nov. 23

Uncle John’s Band (Ringside Cafe, St. Petersburg)

Also playing

DJ Ku Thursday, Nov. 16, 10 p.m. No cover. Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa
Kristopher James Thursday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m. No cover. Hard Rock Cafe at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa.
Eric Swanson Band w/The Lost Tropics Friday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m. $10. Shuffle, Tampa
Low Season w/The Kutoffs/more Friday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m. $10. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg
Music & Melee: Kicklighter w/Grey Market/Mitar/Volitions Friday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. $10. The Mad Monk, St. Petersburg
Point 6 Friday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa
Red Friday, Nov. 17. 6:30 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Before the Storm w/We’re Sweet Girls/more Saturday, Nov. 18, 10 p.m. Donations accepted. BTS Studios, St. Petersburg
Friends of Fil Saturday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa
DJ Jask Saturday, Nov. 18, 10 p.m. No cover. Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa
Switchblade Villain w/Teen Cobra/Hot Robot Saturday, Nov. 18, 9:30 p.m. No cover. The Bends, St. Petersburg
Frank & Friends Saturday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $30 & up. Aspirations Winery, Clearwater
DJ Muto Saturday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. No cover. Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa
La Setima 1st Anniversary afterparty: Chaunces Sunday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. La Sétima Club, Ybor City
Pouya w/Fat Nick/Terror Reid/Kxllswxtch/Boobie Lootaveli Sunday, Nov. 19. 7 p.m. $25.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Hail The Sun w/Kaonashi/Zeta/Glasslands Wednesday, Nov. 22. 7 p.m. $23. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa