Have Gun Will Travel w/Lauris Vidal/Micah Schnabel It’s been moist outside lately, and things don’t look to be drying up. All that makes this Americana wet dream of a bill that much more appealing. Two of Florida’s favorite strummers (Bradenton’s Have Gun, Will Travel and Ormond Beach’s Lauris Vidal) will open their arms and welcome Michael Schnabel to the New World patio where the Two Cow Garage frontman will hopefully play cuts from a new LP of angry, rollicking folk-punk and spoken word (Your New Norman Rockwell, released two weeks ago). (New World Brewery, Ybor City) INFO
Leslie Odom Jr. Aaron Burr, err, Leslie Odom Jr. will mix his Broadway and television hits (Hamilton, Rent, Smash) into a set in support of a self-titled 2016 solo debut of jazz and pop standards. Read our Q&A with the 36-year-old rising star on here. (David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
Keeping It In The Family w/Preson Phillips/DJ Cub The days since a head-on-collision almost killed him have been a bear for Commune + Co. principal Joel Davis, so a few of his friends are coming together to help ease the burden during post-surgery recovery. Music will be handled by DJ Cub plus songwriter Preson Phillips, and there will be a silent auction featuring area bars, restaurants and breweries. (The Bricks, Ybor City) INFO
What So Not Chris Emerson — an Australian producer who goes by the stage name Emoh Instead — is still finding his way in the music world. His What So Not project was originally two members, and while Flume (who left in 2015 because of “creative differences”) has since risen to the top of the EDM world (even winning the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album along the way), What So Not’s experimental trap sound still flies under the radar in the club scene. (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO —LJ
The Jauntee w/Whale Feral/Somatic Bostonian jam band The Jauntee makes a pit stop at Skipper’s this Saturday. The genre-hopping group — which dabbles in rock, psychedelia, blues, punk and even ambient music — made a name for themselves in the New england area after years of relentless touring that saw them booking over a 100 shows a year. With their tendency for live improvisation and expansive jam sessions, each show has the ability to be one of a kind. (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO —LJ
The Applebutter Express Kyle and Shannon Biss strike again. The Best Of The Bay winning Bonnaroo and Hulaween alum play a hometown set at the Ale and the Witch in St. Pete in support of of their latest album, Suitcase. (The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg) INFO —LJ
Jordan Esker & the Hundred Percent Single Release w/House Of I/Hot Robot St. Pete Soul/Indie group Jordan Esker & The Hundred Percent is throwing the kitchen sink at a single release for "I Know Who Everyone Was" by staging a one-time performance of the song exactly as it was recorded, with trumpeter Jason Charos and guitarist Daniel Caballero from House of I. Listen to the jam below. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Arturo Sandoval One of the finest Cuban brass players ever comes to Mahaffey with his accolades (10 Grammys, an Emmy, Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama) in tow alongside a sound that earned him the praise of Dizzy Gillespie. Sandoval — a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer in his own right — still wrecks it at the age of 67, but don’t take sets like this for granted. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Classical/Experimental
Quarterly Concert Series presented w/ The New Music Conflagration/Lush Agave (PIE, Clearwater) INFO
DJ
Pon Site Nite of Nuff Niceness w/DJ Blenda (C.1949 Florida Beer Garden, Tampa) INFO
311 Mosaic Listening Party (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City) INFO
St. Pete Pride Dance Party Weekend w/DJ Mega/Big Chris (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO
Rock
St Petersburg Music Factory Showcase (Hideaway Cafe, St. Petersburg) INFO
Final Punk Rock Party w/Mosquito Teeth/Sibyls/more (The Local 662, St. Petersburg) INFO
Ladies Night w/Together in Exile (Brass Mug, Tampa) INFO
The Cadillac Bombers (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe) INFO
Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (Ace’s Live, Bradenton) INFO
Jam/World
Leisure Chief (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO
Folk/Singer-Songwriter
Lunch at Lykes w/William Perras with Bill and Eli (Lykes Gaslight Square Park, Tampa) INFO
This article appears in Jun 22-29, 2017.