The Nude Party, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 29, 2023. Credit: Photo by Clark Hodgin

Live music fans of Tampa Bay, your weekend has arrived, and there’s even an Nsync-er in the mix. This listing of Tampa Bay’s best live music happening Sept. 14-21 is curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, then supplemented with select concerts from CL’s user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar.

We appreciate all the work bands, promoters and venues do to keep our calendar up to date. Don’t see your concert listed? Please submit it yourself—thanks!

Thursday, Sept. 14

Tampa Jazz Club: USF Faculty Jazz Ensemble (New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa)

Friday, Sept. 15

3 Doors Down w/Candlebox (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Antacid Trip w/Shining Wizard/Ramtha (Oscura, Bradenton)
Igorrr w/Melt-Banana/Otto Von Schirach (Orpheum, Tampa)
Joey Fatone & Friends (Tampa Theatre, Tampa)
Lil Baby w/GloRilla/Glossup/Rylo Rodriguez/Hunxho (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Matt and Kim w/Babe Haven (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
#Pound Friday: Sullivan King w/Kliptic(The Ritz, Ybor City)
Selwyn Birchwood (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Sueco (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Tony Harnell w/Ted Poley/Anthony Corder/Ben Hans (Brass Mug, Tampa)

Saturday, Sept. 16

Bijou (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
Chris Farren w/Diners/Mak (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Diners (Microgroove, Tampa)
Gypsy Star (Sacred Lands, St. Petersburg)
Jeremy Carter Group: Frequencies (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Keep Flying w/Dagger/Caught Fire/Last Bias (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
Kenny Loggins w/Pablo Cruise (The Sound, Clearwater)
Movements w/Mannequin Pussy/Softcult/Heart to Gold (The Ritz, Ybor City)
OhGeesy (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Pilot Jonezz w/Pet Lizard/Pilot Waves/My Cat Umi (Oscura, Bradenton)

Sunday, Sept. 17

Avenged Sevenfold w/Falling In Reverse (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Blue Beatles (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Forest Sounds: Ona-K (The Far Forest, Tampa)
Ol’ Dirty Sundays: DJ Trayze w/DJ Casper/DJ Fader (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Wave To Earth w/Slchld (Orpheum, Tampa)
Sunday Live Music Series: Suwannee Avenue Marching Band (Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa)

Tuesday, Sept. 19

Colony House w/Lunar Vacation (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Dire Straits Legacy: Phil Palmer w/Alan Clark/Danny Cummings/Mel Collins/Marco Caviglia/Primiano Dibiase/Cristiano Micalizzi (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Dropout Kings w/Outline in Color/VRSTY/Fatal Frames/Downpour (Orpheum, Tampa)
The Nude Party w/Lady Apple Tree/FayRoy (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Two Piece w/Cold Steel/Gaijin/Migrant Fury (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)

Wednesday, Aug. 20

Chops: A Live Jazz Evening w/Rod Alnord Quartet (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)

Thursday, Sept. 21

Community Couch w/Floating Boy/Articles/The Wayfarin’ Leo Rodger (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
Fidlar w/Bed Bug Guru (Orpheum, Tampa)

Also playing

Lakeview Friday, Sept. 15. 8 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Delux 12 w/Rototiller Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa
The Steel Crows w/Quail Hollow/TBA Saturday, Sept. 16. 8 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
TFO: The Music of James Taylor, Neil Diamond, and Paul Simon Saturday, Sept. 16. 8 p.m. $20 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
Dexta Daps Sunday, Sept. 17. 8 p.m. $49 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City
Generation Kill Monday, Sept. 18. 7 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa
Melody Artisans of the Crooked Thumb: California Songs Tuesday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m. No cover. Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor

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