Jauz w/Holy Goof/Skepsis San Francisco-based producer and DJ Sam Vogel (aka Jauz) brings a new, 23-track concept album, The Wise and the Wicked, to The Ritz’s infamous Saturday-night party, and while you’re still sitting there surprised about an EDM artist writing a concept album, we’re sitting here wondering how the club kids are gonna feel when the record's true meaning (the album is built around the idea of a dystopian society where the wealthy have become the minority, with the poorest taking over majority control) finally hits ‘em in the head. (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
✔️[beatsnchill]: Q-Tip Night w/Slopfunkdust/Velcrostraps/Young Locals Tampa producer HMTWN brings another edition of his producer’s meet-up to The Bricks, where a Bay area favorite (Slopfunkdust) and Velcrostraps will pay homage to Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. (The Bricks, Ybor City) INFO
TAPE THE RADIO
Ahead of Cassette Store Day 2018, St. Petersburg’s Alexander & the Grapes premiere new song “Radio”
✔️ Cassette Store Day w/Blestian/They Hate Change Cassette Store Day is kind of like Record Store Day’s plastic-encased, dual-mini-spool-wearing cousin, and its another reason to celebrate local, independent retail. Daddy Kool is giving away copies of a new mixtape by local record label Viva La Records (listen to a brand new track from Alexander & The Grapes) and welcoming exciting St. Petersburg electro duo Blestian plus Tampa producer duo They Hate Change for a free concert on the sidewalk. It kicks off at 10 a.m. with Cassette Store Day specials and will all wrap up by 8 p.m. (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg) INFO
St. Pete Noise Show You’ll get free ear plugs at St. Petersburg DIY spot Paper Crane, which is hosting more than a dozen noise and experimental artists who’ll blaze through short, 15-minute sets of music that ranges from avant-garde to straight-up harsh, lo-fi and extreme sounds. Just $5 gets you in the door. (Paper Crane, St. Petersburg) INFO
Country Music On The Bay w/Wynonna and The Big Noise/Scotty McCreery/Jerrod Niemann/more Life’s hard out there for a new music festival, and here’s to hoping that Vinoy Park is all dried up by the time Country Music On The Bay brings Wynonna and The Big Noise to headline the festival where Wynonna Judd’s nonconformist tendency to delve into country-pop, roots rock, blues, gospel, adult contemporary pop, folk, or Southern R&B will dance alongside dudes with a more traditional pop-country sound (American Idol Scotty McCreery, Garth Brooks and Jamey Johnson songwriter Jerrod Niemann, who round out the bill). (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg) INFO
✔️ Stop Making Sense: A Tribute to Talking Heads David Byrne’s September 30 St. Petersburg show was beyond sold out, so if you happened to get shut out, then this tribute show in Ybor City might be the move. Built around Bay area band Row Jomah, Stop Making Sense taps several local musicians — including Holey Miss Moley’s Robyn Alleman, Shoeless Soul’s Dave Gerulat and Displace’s Vinny Svoboda — to join the band onstage in recreating many of the Byrne and Talking Heads songs Row Jomah hs incorporated into its sets for years. Costumes encouraged at this '80s-themed party. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Fergtoberfest w/Applebutter Express/Infinite Eights/TRC/King Complex/Fall On Purpose/TrainQuill/Flow Sisters/Talk to Mark/more Nearly two dozen local acts will take the stage at Ferg’s in St. Pete, which is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration that seeks to raise enough money to start a nonprofit called Music Grow, which will help struggling musicians with basic services, bookings, provide scholarships in partnership with music schools plus help underprivileged kid and Vets with PTSD get instruments and basic lessons. (Ferg’s Bar & Grill, St. Petersburg) INFO
✔️ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban w/Florida Orchestra Tampa Bay fucking loves the Harry Potter shows where The Florida Orchestra plays the movie scores live as the film plays in the background. After multiple performances of Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets, the Straz Center announced that its third installment of its Harry Potter film concert series will find members of the Florida Orchestra performing John Williams’ Oscar-nominated score for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban live as the movie — directed by Alfonso Cuarón — plays out in HD on a 40-foot screen. (Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
✔️ 92.5 Maxima Hispanic Heritage w/Olga Tanon/Gente de Zona/Olga Tanon/J Alvarez/El Micha/Nacho/Hector Acosta “El Torito”/Oscar D’Leon/Ivy Queen/more Bravo to 92.5 FM’s Maxima Concerto Herencia Hispana, which has expanded to two days in 2018. Cuban reggaeton duo Gente de Zona headlines Sunday festivities while Puerto Rican merengue singer Tanon handles headlining duties on Saturday. Hector Acosta “El Torito,” Oscar D’Leon and Ivy Queen round things out, and more information is available via 925maxima.com. (Coachman Park, Clearwater) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Singer-songwriter
Matt Bellina (c. 1949 Florida Beer Garden, Tampa) INFO
Pepper Harth Duo (The Pesky Pelican Brew Pub, St. Petersburg) INFO
Shelly Fairchild (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) CANCELED
Reggae-rock
Guerrilla Panic (Crabby Bill's, Indian Rocks Beach) INFO
Rock
Lauris Vidal (The Hub, Tampa) INFO
King of Denmark w/Fast Talkers/The Easy Button (Red Star Rock Bar, Tampa) INFO
The Veer Union w/Once Around (Brass Mug, Tampa) INFO
Tribute/Cover
Antelope (Phish Tribute) (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
Max Gain (Smokin’ 19, St. Petersburg) INFO
#NoFilter w/IDK Band (Ferg’s Live, Tampa) INFO
Acoustic Thunder (early) w/Sean Holcomb (late) (3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
Strut (Buckets Grill & Tap, Tampa) INFO
Handsome Devil (Two Buks, Clearwater) INFO
Side Hustle (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO
Blues
Backtrack (Ka'Tiki, Treasure Island) INFO
Hip-hop
Kevin Gates w/Yung Bleu (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg) SOLD OUT
2nd Saturday Hip-Hop Night w/Gat$/Dray Davinchy/Jordan Patric/Patrick Hughes/Y Z M & H I N (Fubar, St. Petersburg) INFO
Funk
Holey Miss Moley w/Custard Pie/Locochino (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
DJ
Courtyard Sessions w/DJ Izzydoesit (First Chance Last Chance, Ybor City) INFO
Classical/Chorale
Music on Our Minds: A 10-Year Retrospective w/Plant City Chorale (Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, Riverview) INFO
USF Faculty/Guest Recital: Korean Women’s Songs (School of Music Concert Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa) INFO
Rockabilly/Bluegrass
The Hot Rod Hornets (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg) INFO
Pickers and Pizza w/Front Porch Pickers (SouthShore United Methodist Church, Sun City Center) INFO
Soul/R&B
The Rhapsody Suite: Mars vs. Venus Vol. 3 (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City) INFO
This article appears in Oct 11-18, 2018.