They Might Be Giants, which plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on March 14, 2023. Credit: Photo by Sam Graff via Girlie Action Media
Here are the best live music concerts and events happening in Tampa Bay from March 9-16. Events below are curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, plus selected from CL’s user-submitted concert event calendar. Don’t see your event? Submit it here.

Thursday, March 9
Friday, March 10
Saturday, March 11
Sunday, March 12
Monday, March 13
Tuesday, March 14
Wednesday, March 15
Thursday, March 16
Also playing
Elevate Thursday: Cases Thursday, March 9, 9 p.m. No cover. M. Bird, Tampa
Gullwing w/Follow The Monarchs/more Friday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Moontower, Dunedin
Train Friday, March 10. 7:30 p.m. $50. Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City
Psyclon Nine w/Chasing Airplanes/Corvin’s Breed/Our Frankenstein/Clockwork Echo Saturday, March 11. 8 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City
Little River Band w/The Lords of 52nd Street Sunday, March 12. 7 p.m. $35-$75. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Trace Zacur Trio Sunday, March 12, 3 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
Eddie 9V Wednesday, March 15. 8 p.m. $20 & up. The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City
Elevate Thursday: Tweak Thursday, March 16, 9 p.m. No cover. M. Bird, Tampa
Molly Thomas w/Joshua Reilly/Amelia White Thursday, March 16, 7 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg
Spring Break Takeover: Murda Beatz w/AB/Kali/Blocboy JB/Lacro$$e Thursday, March 16. 7 p.m. $59.99 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

This article appears in Mar 2-8, 2023.

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 Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...