Pat Benatar w/ Neil Giraldo They sold out the room in February, so former bank teller turned four-time Grammy award winner Pat Benatar plus long-time collaborator (and hubs) Neil Giraldo are coming back. We don’t care how many times you’ve heard it: love is still a battlefield and these two are the gateway to carefree 80s nostalgia. (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
Max Norton w/Band of Sorrows/Ella Jet There’s a lot happening on Saturday when Tampa-reared songwriter Max Norton comes home for an early afternoon set at River Rock Festival in Tampa. Those who can’t make it out (and Burg’ers who just don’t want to cross that bridge) can still catch Norton, 27, on Sunday, however, as he works through material from a new record produced in part by Jack White producer Mindy Watts. Ella Jet, a gifted young songwriter unafraid to tackle deep themes like drug abuse and isolation, opens the show. (Green Bench Brewing Co., St. Petersburg) INFO
[BeatsnChill] w/Sinister6/Betty Dawl/8P/Que the God Recent birthday boy HMTWN (and an artist CL featured in August) takes over this East Seventh Ave landmark for a night revolving around the samples and synths living within the hard drives of Tampa Bay’s most gifted beat makers. DJ Raul the Fool will keep this celebration of new sonic frontiers on the straight and narrow. Listen to a sampling, and see more live music choices below. (The Bricks, Ybor City) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Steinway Piano Series w/Henry Kelder (Barness Recital Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa) INFO
Adam Mickiewicz w/University of South Florida Chamber Choir (USF Concert Hall, Tampa) INFO
Conga Caliente w/Millie Quezada/Jose Alberto (Al Lopez Park, Tampa) INFO
Joe “El Wappo” Bencomo y Rayzilla (Sweetwater Organic Farm, Tampa) INFO
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
Rhythm Kings Orchestra (Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, Tarpon Springs) INFO
The Coteries (3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
Travis Larson Band w/Magic Elf/Jupiter Grove (New World Brewery, Ybor City) INFO
Roxy Roca (Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa) INFO
This article appears in Nov 3-10, 2016.