moe. When it comes to jam bands, most of CL’s readership could definitely use some moe. That’s probably why the Buffalo, New York based quintet are playing two sets at Jannus on Thursday night. The boys — frontman & co-founder Rob Derhak, guitarists Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey , plus percussionists Vinnie Amico and Jim Loughlin (percussion) — are fresh off an epic two night New Year’s stand at Montana’s Wilma theatre where they paid tribute to Leonard Cohen (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg) INFO

Twisty Chris w/Midnight Bowlers League Don’t get it twisted: there will be lots of hunks at this show (thanks Holey Miss Moley). It’s been a few months since CL bopped a Best of the Bay award on Clearwater based Twisty Chris, but we figured we’d remind the loyal readers of this pub of why they got the goods. “Their mix of heavy surf-punk and garage-doo wop [is] fast, tight and perfectly on point,” then CL music editor Leilani Polk wrote, “the songs on their 2016 self-titled debut are cheeky as hell and pretty damn funny, too, while offering twisting and shuffling reflections on the near and farther past; ‘Abe Lincoln,’ ‘Jugs of a Killer,’ ‘Jimmy Wants a Haircut’ and (just say yes to the) ‘Nancy Reagan Twist’ all prove highlights in an album chock full of ’em.” (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO

Florida Orchestra Coffee Concerts: Symphony in C Regular readers of Music Week have become familiar with these early morning coffee concerts from The Florida Orchestra, but if you’re new, then welcome! Now’s a good time to go online and bookmark cltampa.com/music because this event’s been on the web all morning meaning you won’t have to scramble to the shower so that you can make it to the Mahaffey in time for free coffee and doughnuts plus a little Mendelssohn, Schubert, Bizet and Grieg. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO

Christiana Drapkin w/Johnny Mercer & Friends Christiana Drapkin’s hometown (Washington D.C.) looks a little different lately, so we’re guessing she’s retreating to the idyllic little waterfront town of Safety Harbor for this show where the library hosts an early evening of socializing and jazz as part of a community fundraiser. (Safety Harbor Library, Safety Harbor) INFO

WIPA Live! w/TreeHouse/UnMotivated/Guerrilla Panic After two installments that leaned heavy on the homegrown rawk, the outdoor music series at St. Petersburg’s Williams’s Park is reaching outside state lines. South Carolina’s TreeHouse have the reggae rock rolling through their veins and so do the other bands on the bill (UnMotivated and Guerilla Panic, both from the Sunshine City). The event is free and 100 percent open to the public as WIPA keeps at its mission to turn the downtown green space into a world class music venue. (Williams Park, St. Petersburg) INFO

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ALSO PLAYING

Real Music Series: The Platters (Busch Gardens, Tampa) INFO

Aimee Brooke w/Jess Novak Band/Tom & Sadie/more (Tre Amici @ The Bunker, Ybor City) INFO

Brujeria w/the Casualties/Pinata Protest (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO

Crowbar Bike Night w/DJ Fuego (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO

Funken Treasure w/DJ Blenda (Mermaid Tavern, Tampa) INFO

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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...