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.

Thursday, Oct. 19

Clearwater Jazz Holiday: The Beach Boys w/Dustbown Revival/CJH Young Lions (The Sound at Coachman Park, Clearwater)
The Church (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Common Kings w/Jakobs Castle (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Death From Above 1979 (Crowbar, Ybor City)
DJ Ku (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)

Friday, Oct. 20

#Pound Friday:Wooli (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Aidan Bissett w/Anna Shoemaker (Crowbar, Ybor City)
The Cat Empire w/High Fade (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Clearwater Jazz Holiday: Average White Band w/Gladys Knight/Preservation Hall Jazz Band (The Sound at Coachman Park, Clearwater)
DJ Jask (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
Fall Shock w/Dead Cool/Ortrotasce (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Gaspars Grotto 20th anniversary: The Jazz Phools w/DJ Casper/more (Gaspars Grotto, Ybor City)
Mark Moultrup and John Lamb (Side Door at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Tampa Bay R&B Music Experience: Tyrese w/Monica/Ginuwine/more (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Vacations w/Last Dinosaurs/Eliza McLamb (The Ritz, Ybor City)

Saturday, Oct. 21

5th Annual Halloween Hollowhouse Party (Costume Party) (Crowbar, Ybor City)
All Them Witches w/GA-20 (Orpheum, Tampa)
Clearwater Jazz Holiday: Free Daytime Downtown Celebration w/Roosevelt Collier/Electric Piquette/Grace Kelly/Tom Braxton/more (Downtown Clearwater and Coachman Park)
Clearwater Jazz Holiday: Gipsy Kings w/Nicolas Reyes/Los Lobos/Roosevelt Collier & Friends (The Sound at Coachman Park, Clearwater)
Monufest ’23: Thunderclap w/Fjørt.Pohgoh/Harsh Bangs/more (Ordinance One, New Port Richey)
Coppertail Brewing Co. Ninth Anniversary Concert: Blu DeTiger w/Copeland/Trash Panda/Visit Neptune/Turkey Boy (Coppertail Brewing Co., Tampa)
Lesa Silvermore w/Persephone’s Choice/Proud Miranda/Emily Owen (Oscura, Bradenton)
The Newarkansans (Shuffle, Tampa)
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets w/Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band (Crowbar, Ybor City)
The Red Elvises (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Sara Elisa Villa and Company (TECO Theater at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
Synergy In a Cup w/Shevonne Philidor/Sam E Hues/Ned Pope/Pusha Preme/more (1920 Ybor, Ybor City)
Tampa Pig Jig: Brad Paisley w/Riley Green/The Head and the Heart/Shovels & Rope/Amanda Shires (Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa)

Sunday, Oct. 22

Amends w/The Losing Game/Beach Terror/Arcane Arcade (Oscura, Bradenton)
Clearwater Jazz Holiday: Free Daytime Downtown Celebration w/Daniele Soledade & Nate Najar Quartet w/Ghost-Note/John O’Leary/Trace Zacur & Friends/more (Coachman Park & Downtown Clearwater)
Clearwater Jazz Holiday: Kenny Wayne Sheperd/Trampled By Turtles/Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (The Sound at Coachman Park, Clearwater)
Fear Frenzy 2023: Traitors w/He Is Legend/Cane (Orpheum, Tampa)
Haya Swim Clu: DJ Lolo Mayhew (Hotel Haya, Ybor City)
Nick Carter w/Maddie Poppe (Ferguson Hall at Straz Center, Tampa)
Ona Kirei (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Taylor Reed Band w/Marlee Michael (Music Gallery, New Port Richey)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra w/Amulets (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Monday, Oct. 23

Moon Walker w/Nordista (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Tuesday, Oct. 24

Andrés Calamaro (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Jamie Perlow & Helios Jazz Orchestra (Side Door Carbaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Mssv w/Liquid Pennies (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Wednesday, Oct. 25

Lil Darkie (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Tampa Bay Pre-Fest 7: Madison Bloodbath w/Tiltwheel/Fat Heaven/Sunliner/more (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
The Soap Girls w/Living Dead Girl/more (Brass Mug, Tampa)

Thursday, Oct. 26

Cinema Stare w/Fox Teeth/Domino Pink/Floating Boy (Oscura, Bradenton)
Kota the Friend w/Price (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Tampa Bay Pre-Fest 7: Mspaint w/Amygdala/The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir/more (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
WMNF Halloween Ball: Sleeping Pills w/Romeo Blu/Offerings (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)

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