Halloween weekend is always good for live music, and 2023 is no exception with loads of great gigs—including all-covers, costume sets—happening on both sides of Tampa Bay. That’s just part of this listing of the best concerts happening in Tampa Bay from Oct. 26-Nov. 2, however.

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

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/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)

Friday, Oct. 27

Becky’s Bash: Neal Francis w/George Pennington (Tabella’s at Delaney Creek, Tampa)
Chris Tomlinson (Bell Shoals Church, Tampa)
Eve 6 (Orpheum, Tampa)
Fangsgiving: Low Season w/Same Day Delivery Orchestra/Gypsy Fang/Have Gun, Will Travel/Pearl Jambroni/ (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Halloweef II: Delaney Staack w/Radaghast/Chaunces/The Venus (Blue House, St. Petersburg)
Piper’s Haunted Carnival: Diplo (Armature Works, Tampa)
Matt Heckler w/The Resonant Rogues (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
#Pound Friday: Mightmre w/Pauline Herr (The Ritz, Ybor City)
TECO Streetcar Live: Austin Miller Duo (Ybor City & Downtown Tampa)

Saturday, Oct. 28

Fangsgiving: Noan Partly w/Urbane Cowboys/Rebekah Pulley/Bangarang/Ashley Smith and the Random Occurance/Allison Fangs (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Jason Aldean w/Mitchell Tenpenny/Corey Kent/Dee Jay Silver (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Jessy Terry (Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater)
Maluma (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
MercyMe (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
Monster’s Ball: DJ Diesel w/Sara Benyo (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Sammy Hagar & The Circle w/George Thorogood & the Destroyers/Damon Fowler (The Sound, Clearwater)
Santiago Cruz (Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
Stretch’s Rubberband: Overjoyed Stevie Wonder Tribute (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Trae Pierce & the T-Stones (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

Sunday, Oct. 29

Capsule w/Gillian Carter/Star of Kholara/more (Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg)
Dabin (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Dirty Honey w/Austin Meade (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Ella’s Annual Pumpkin Smash: Crash Mitchell w/Fat Jim Morrison/Sam Williams (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
Girls Rock Camp St. Pete: The Kids Are Alright open mic (The Chattaway, St. Petersburg)
John Legend (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Lacuna Coil w/God Forbid/Lions at the Gate (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Midwxst (Orpheum, Tampa)
Penny Fountain w/Slick Palm/Deprime/These Times (Oscura, Bradenton)
Piper’s Haunted Carnival: Above & Beyond (Armature Works, Tampa)
Shell Francisco Ska Memorial (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg)
Simon Lasky Group (Mainstage Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City)
Will Quinlan w/Kaleigh Baker/Adam Randall (Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa)
Wishbone Ash w/The Lint Rollers (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)

Monday, Oct. 30

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Tuesday, Oct. 31

Emo Night Tampa: Halloween II w/Hollyglen/Pilot Jonezz/Turkey Boy/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Josh Cessna: Ars Sonora Halloween concert (Sykes Plaza at University of Tampa, Tampa)
Gel w/Glare/Initiate (RIYL: SSD, Negative Approach).
Spoiled Rat w/Fesssi K/Charlie/They Hate Change (NoiseMakers, St. Petersburg)
Sunny Day Real Estate w/Pool Kids (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Wednesday, Nov. 1

Devalued w/Dirtwitch/Jar Beloved (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
Graham Nash (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
We Came As Romans w/Emmure/Bodysnatcher/Archetypes Collide (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Thursday, Oct. 2

Austin Lucas w/Matt Woods/Have Gun, Will Travel (Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg)
Graham Nash (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
KennyHoopla w/Groupthink (Orpheum, Tampa)
The Florida Orchestra: Tchaikovsky x Drake (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
Rock the Park Tampa: Stick & Ditty w/Fil Pate/DeeJay Kellan (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)

Also playing

The Dip Friday, Oct. 27. 8 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
DJ Jask Friday, Oct. 27, 10 p.m. No cover. Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa
Tribal Style Friday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa
BLP Kosher Saturday, Oct. 28. 7 p.m. $18.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Indie’s 14th annual Halloween Bash w/DJ Cub/Cat Mat Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa
DJ Muto Saturday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa
DJ Parker Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 p.m. No cover. Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa
Celtic Thunder Sunday, Oct. 29. 8 p.m. $45 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
La Luchaween Sunday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. $10-$20. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg
Kompany Tuesday, Oct. 31, 10 p.m. The Ritz, Ybor City
Lake Street Dive w/Monica Martin Wednesday, Nov. 1. 7:30 p.m. $49.25 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Ashley McBryde w/Zach Top Thursday, Nov. 2. 8 p.m. $30. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Crunk Witch w/Swell Rell/Moonbae Thursday, Nov. 2. 7 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Wegz Thursday, Nov. 2. 8 p.m. $70. The Ritz, Ybor City
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