Lightning Bolt, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on April 7, 2023. Credit: Photo by Nick Sayers
The live music weekend is here, and these are the best concerts and live music events coming to Tampa Bay from Friday-Thursday, April 7-13.  Shows listed below are curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, plus pulled from CL’s user-submitted concert calendar. Don’t see your event? Submit it yourself.

Friday, April 7

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Thursday, April 13
Also playing
Abstract Citizen feat Aaron Lebos Friday, April 7, 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa
Drew Peterson Friday, April 7, 9 p.m. Free. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
John Lee Wyatt Friday, April 7, 7 p.m. Free with registration. The Far Forest, Tampa
A Night of Drum & Bass: Return to the Dark w/One Drop Muzik Saturday, April 8, 7 p.m. Free.  7venth Sun Brewery, Tampa
Displace w/Speak Easy Saturday, April 8. 9 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City
The Polish Ambassador w/Taetro Saturday, April 8. 7 p.m. $25 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Rutterkin w/In Transit/The Pilot Waves
Saturday, April 8, 7 p.m. $5. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Gorod w/Cognitive/Summoning The Lich/Flub/Corrupted Saint Tuesday, April 11. 7:30 p.m. $18. Crowbar, Ybor City
Speed w/Karma/Day by Day/Three Knee Deep Wednesday, April 12. 7 p.m. $17. Crowbar, Ybor City
Wage War w/nothing,nowhere./SPITE Wednesday, April 12. 7 p.m. $25.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

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