A concert performance photograph by Dave Decker showing Peace Cult plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 2, 2022. Captured in a wide-angle horizontal shot during an indoor live performance, vocalist and guitarist Emma Treneff sings animatedly at the microphone while playing a white electric guitar with a red pickguard. She has long teal-blue hair and wears a red long-sleeved shirt with a black mesh harness overlay and a dark miniskirt. Behind her on the illuminated stage, a band member on the left plays guitar in a dark tunic dress, and a drummer plays a red drum kit in front of a purple backdrop banner reading "PEACE CULT" with a peace logo under blue and purple stage spotlights.
Peace Cult plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 2, 2022. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

A robust slate of Halloween concerts awaits live music lovers across Tampa Bay, and it kicks off Friday with this indie-rock prom of sorts.

“Zombie Prom” finds St. Pete’s We’re Sweet Girls DJ collective playing selector, while the Tampa Bay area’s favorite bearded queen Adriana Sparkle hosts as the party takes over the Coppertail loading dock.

Tickets to see Peace Cult, WSAB, NowInColor, and Pocketknife at Coppertail Brewing in Tampa on Friday, Oct. 30 are still available and start at $19.62.

See more Halloween 2026 concerts happening across Tampa Bay below.

Freakers Ball: The Big Uneasy (Damon Fowler benefit) Friday, Oct. 30. 7 p.m. $19.75. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa

The Halloween Trio feat. TJ Schaff, Jon Shea, and Fil Pate Friday, Oct. 30. 8 p.m. $10.12 requested donation. New World Biergarten, Tampa

Welcome to the FreakShow Night One: The Supervillains w/The Headtones/Rude Squad/The Rhythm-Inya Friday, Oct. 30. 6 p.m. $22.88 & up. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Daikaiju w/Liquid Pennies/Human Kinda Saturday, Oct. 31. 7 p.m. $25. Magnanimous Brewing, Tampa

Emo Night Tampa: Paraless (Paramore tribute) w/Bad Bad Cowboy (Amyl and the Sniffers tribute) Saturday, Oct. 31. 9 p.m. No cover. The Hub, Tampa

Emoween: Predayed w/Narunobands/Whodouhate/Yinxsos/Gaysznn/more Saturday, Oct. 31. 9 p.m. $15. New World Music Hall, Tampa

Ghostbusters In Concert Saturday, Oct. 31. 8 p.m. $43.25 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Halloween House Party feat. Johnny Champagne w/Zanzibean/DJ Soswill Friday, Oct. 30. 9 p.m. No cover with RSVP; $10 suggested donation. The House, Tampa

Monster’s Ball feat. Noizu Saturday, Oct. 31. 10 p.m. $33.95 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Tampa

Nightmare on Channelside: Kodak Black/Meek Mill/DaBaby/Bellygang Kush/Ykniece/Cheeksbossman Gemg/Baby Drill/Diamond The Body Saturday, Oct. 31. 7 p.m. $71.05 & up. Benchmark International Arena, Tampa

Noise From the Grave!!! feat. The Dood w/Nibiru/Offset Era Saturday, Oct. 31. 9 p.m. $10. Brass Mug, Tampa

Oh The Horrors! feat. Slight Shifts w/DJ Posing/DJ Geriatric Saturday, Oct. 31. 7 p.m. $5. Deviant Libation, Tampa

Spook-o-delic Halloween Bash feat. DJ Blenda Saturday, Oct. 31. 8 p.m. No cover. The Independent, Seminole Heights

Welcome to the FreakShow Night Two: Neverless w/The Longest Hall/Kneedz/Pig Pen Saturday, Oct. 31. 8 p.m. $17.41 & up. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Dia de la Muerte with DJ Big Willie & Friends Sunday, Nov. 1. No cover. The Bricks, Ybor City

Silent Film: The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live organ Sunday, Nov. 1. 3 p.m. No cover. Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Largo

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This article appears in Oct. 22 – 28, 2026.

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...