Amanda Shires, who plays Tampa Pig Jig in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 21, 2023. Credit: Tracy May
It’s a whopper of a live music weekend, with festivals happening on both sides of Tampa Bay, club shows all over the place, new venues staging shows, others celebrating anniversaries, and more.

The listing below is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors and staffers, plus supplemented with select shows from the CL Tampa Bay live music calendar, which includes shows self-submitted by readers. Don’t see your concert here? Submit it yourself, please.

P.S. If you’ve got it in you, support a recently shuttered beloved live music spot, Tampa’s Born Free, which is trying to raise money to find a new home.

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Also playing

UT Faculty Saxophone Quartet Recital Saturday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Charlene A. Gordon Theater at University of Tampa, Tampa
Third Saturday Jazz: La Lucha Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa
Durik Sunday, Oct. 22. 6 p.m. No cover. Riverwalk Stage at Straz Center, Tampa
Charlie Mars Monday, Oct. 23. 7:30 p.m. $25. Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor
George Pennington & the Odyssey w/Katara Monday, Oct. 23. 8 p.m. No cover. Crowbar, Ybor City
Heilung Monday, Oct. 23. 8 p.m. $43.25 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Beauty School Dropout w/Not A Toy/Ava Maybee Tuesday, Oct. 24. 7 p.m. $18. Crowbar, Ybor City
Ybor Horror II: Mortal Sons w/Felicity/Discord Theory/Persephone’s Choice/Keep It A Secret/Red Letter Day/Neverless/Widows Thursday, Oct. 26. 6 p.m. $12 with costume, $22 without costume. Crowbar, Ybor City

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...