SZA, who plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 22, 2023. Credit: Photo by Daniel Sannwald

Holy shit, there’s a lot of live music happening in Tampa Bay this weekend, including huge shows from Sza, Wu-Tang and Nas, Lana Del Rey, Ringo Starr, and TV Girl. That’s the tip of the live music iceberg, so here’s a listing featuring the best live music and concerts coming to Tampa Bay Sept. 21-28.

The shows listed below and curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, with select gigs pulled from CL’s user-submitted Tampa Bay events calendar. Don’t see your concert here? Please submit it yourself.

Thursday, Sept. 21

Community Couch w/Floating Boy/Articles/The Wayfarin’ Leo Rodgers (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
DJ Ku (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
Fidlar w/Bed Bug Guru (Orpheum, Tampa)

Friday, Sept. 22

The Currys w/Chris Simmons (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
Electric Piquete (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
The Florida Orchestra: ‘Jurassic Park’ in Concert (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
DJ Jask (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
Kristopher James & Speakeasy (Oscura, Bradenton)
Matt Schofield (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Sza w/D4vd (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Tribal Style (Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
VNV Nation w//Traitrs (Orpheum, Tampa)

Saturday, Sept. 23

Beats On The Street feat. Kiefer/Dueling Pianos/The Dan Casey Duo/DJ Deacon/Light the Wire/Matt & Rick /Tribal Style/Savants of Soul/Friends of Fil/more (Water Street, Tampa)
DJ Parker (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
DJ Muto (Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
Eli Lev (Whiskey River On The Water, Port Richey)
Eric Nam w/Alexander Stewart (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Escape To Skipperville: Bad Habits Band/TJ Walsh/Dave Freeman/Jeff Randall/Patrick Foy/more (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Farm Aid Tampa Bay: Noan Partly/Frankie Raye/Justin Rice/Passerine/more (Sweetwater Organic Farm, Tampa)
The Florida Orchestra: ‘Jurassic Park’ in Concert (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
Gat$ w/Jay Browne/Asaru/DJ Raul the Fool (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Hot Tonic Orchestra (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Knife Rituals (EP release) w/Nashira/The Pilot Waves/Dagger (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Morones (Ramones Tribute) (Wild Rover Brewing Company, Tampa)
Pilot Jonezz w/Arcane Arcade/Low Season (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
Shiba San wTaylorlace/Pushma (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Slap of Reality w/Defrauded/Caswell the Mighty//Las Nadas (Oscura, Bradenton)
The T-Bone Hamilton Band (live album recording party) (The Music Gallery, New Port Richey)
Tension Electric w/Florist/Snake Healer/Wyndrider/Othalan/Worldeater (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
Victor Wainwright and Friends (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
Warehouse party: Frank Rogers w/Jask/more (The Graffiti Gallery, St. Petersburg)
Yngwie Malmsteen w/Glenn Hughes (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

Sunday, Sept. 24

Hatebreed (Orpheum, Ybor City)
Ne-yo w/Robin Thicke/Mario (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Rutterkin w/The Pauses/Virginity (Microgroove, Tampa)
Simon Lasky (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Sustenance w/Grasping at the Shadow/more (Orpheum, Tampa)
Wu-Tang Clan w/Nas/De La Soul (Hard Rock Event Center Pool at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)

Monday, Sept. 25

Lana Del Rey w/Nikki Lane (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

Tuesday, Sept. 26

Daughtry w/Ayron Jones (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Nothing,nowhere w/See You Space Cowboy/Static Dress/UnityTX (Orpheum, Tampa)
Ringo Starr and his all-Starr Band (The Sound, Clearwater)
TV Girl (The Ritz, Ybor City)

Wednesday, Sept. 27

Inferious w/Saltwound/Heavy // Hitter/Gas (Oscura, Tampa)

Thursday, Sept. 28

Biishop The Artist w/Mai Sweet Basil (The Far Forest, Tampa)
Ed John (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)

Also playing
Candlelight Ballet: Featuring Tchaikovsky and More Friday, Sept. 22, 9 p.m. $35. Centro Asturiano de Tampa, Ybor City
Cardiel w/Use & Care Friday, Sept. 22. 8 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa RR
The Original Wailers w/Cas Haley Friday, Sept. 22. 7 p.m. $22. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Rae Radic Friday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Friday, Sept. 22. 8 p.m. $49 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
Medal Militia (Metallica Tribute) w/Midnight Vice Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m. $10-$18. Music hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Punk Flea Pre-Show: Wolf-Face w/Torchmouth/Abortion Twins/Low Season/Feed the Geese Saturday, Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m. $10-$13. Union Hall, Lakeland
Kristopher James w/Speak Easy Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m. $13. Shuffle, Tampa
Worm w/Vacuous Depths Saturday, Sept. 23. 7 p.m. $20. Orpheum, Tampa
The Copper Piano: Dueling Pianos Show Sunday, Sept. 24. 2 p.m. $14.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
Discord Theory w/take lead/Witch Hiatus/Biscayne/Deaf Company Sunday, Sept. 24. 5 p.m. $13. Crowbar, Ybor City
Your Neighbors w/Point Blank Society/Kind Villain Sunday, Sept. 24. 8 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Jeff Brawer w/Jeremy Gloff Thursday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Paleface Swiss w/Enterprise Earth/VCTMS/Crown Magnetar Thursday, Sept. 28. 6 p.m. $22. Orpheum, Tampa
ProgJect feat. Marc Bonilla w/Mike Keneally/Ryo Okumoto/Jonathan Mover/Ric Fierabracci Thursday, Sept. 28. 7 p.m. $18. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

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