MARCH
13 Tribal Style w/Poetry N' Lotion Push Ultra Lounge
14 Dierks Bentley w/Bucky Covington/Luke Bryan St. Pete Times Forum
14 All Time Low w/Mayday Parade State Theatre
14 Devil Driver w/Napalm Death/Walls of Jericho/36 Crazy Fists Boomerz Boiler Room
14 Dive Bar Stalkers Skipper's Smokehouse
15 The Prodigals Skipper's Smokehouse
16 Toby Mac w/Jeremy Camp/Matthew West Ford Amphitheatre
16 Steve Forbert Skipper's Smokehouse
19 Chuck Brodsky The Craftsman House
20 George Thorogood & The Destroyers Tampa Theatre
20 Whiskey & Co. w/Heather Lee/Jordan Winn Push Ultra Lounge
21 Modern Skirts w/Brass Bed New World Brewery
21 Brother Ali Orpheum
22 "Skatepark of Tampa Pro Party" w/Band of Horses/Kimya Dawson Cuban Club
22 Donna Jean & the Tricksters Skipper's Smokehouse
22 Whiskey & Co. w/The Takers/The Enablers Push Ultra Lounge
24 Yellowcard (acoustic) w/Secondhand Serenade/Play Radio Play/Treaty of Paris State Theatre
24 Kenny G Ruth Eckerd Hall
25 Avenged Sevenfold w/Atreyu/Bullet For My Valentine/Bless the Fall/Idiot Pilot//Mucc/D'Espairspray/The Underneath USF Sun Dome
27 Moody Blues Ruth Eckerd Hall
28 Connie West The Craftsman House
28 Soulphonics New World Brewery
28 Zoroaster w/Minsk/Mountain Ov Dawn Brass Mug
28 Sam Rivers Quartet w/Infinite Groove Orchestra Palladium
28 Sick Puppies State Theatre
28 Chris McCarty Band Skipper's Smokehouse
28-29 Ultra Music Festival w/Underworld/Tiesto/Paul Van Dyke/Justice/Carl Cox/Moby Bicentennial Park (Miami)
28-30 St. Petersburg Jazz Festival w/Sam Rivers Quartet/Infinite Groove Orchestra/John Allred Quintet/ Manigua & O Som Do Jazz Palladium Theater
29 John Allred Quintet Palladium
29 Tony Bennett Ruth Eckerd Hall
30 David Dondero w/Have Gun, Will Travel New World Brewery
APRIL
3 Tribute to Lionel Hampton w/Ricky Lyons/Stan Hunter/John Lamb/Ron Gregg Palladium Theatre
4 Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs Ruth Eckerd Hall
4 Garaj Mahal Skipper's Smokehouse
5 Itzhak Perlman Ruth Eckerd Hall
6 Caribou w/F*ck Buttons Crowbar
6 Say Anything w/Manchester Orchestra/Eli "Paper Boy" Reed/The True Lovers/Weatherbox State Theatre
9 Joan Baez Tampa Theatre
11 Lost Bayou Ramblers Skipper's Smokehouse
11-12 Wanee Festival w/Allman Brothers Band/Gov't Mule/Bob Weir & Rat Dog/Levon Helm/Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival/moe./Oteil & the Peacemakers/JJ Grey & Mofro/Larry McCray Band/Scrapomatic/Little Brown Peach/The Frequency/Inca Maya Spirit of Suwannee Music Park (Live Oak)
11-13 Tampa Bay Blues Festival w/Los Lonely Boys/Robert Cray/Trombone Shorty/Tab Benoit/Walter Trout/Robben Ford Vinoy Park
11 Craig Morgan Dallas Bull
15 Rush Amway Arena (Orlando)
15 Steel Train Jannus Landing
16 Saves the Day w/Armor for Sleep/Set Your Goals/Metro Station/Lydia State Theatre
18 The Sauce Boss Skipper's Smokehouse
19 Avril Lavigne w/Boys Like Girls Ford Amphitheatre
19 Shooter Jennings Cypress Gardens
21 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band St. Pete Times Forum
22 Panic at the Disco w/Motion City Soundtrack/The Hush Sound/Phantom Planet Ruth Eckerd Hall
23 Ministry Jannus Landing
25 Bill Staines The Craftsman House
27 Bon Jovi St. Pete Times Forum
27 Santana w/Derek Trucks Band Ford Amphitheatre
30 Today Is The Day w/Rwake/Light Yourself on Fire Brass Mug
MAY
1 Chicago Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
2 B.B. King w/Damon Fowler Ruth Eckerd Hall
3 Eric Clapton w/Robert Randolph and the Family Band Ford Amphitheatre
7 Mindless Self Indulgence Jannus Landing
12 The Spencer Davis Group Largo Cultural Center
19 Tim McGraw w/Jason Aldean/Halfway to Hazard Ford Amphitheatre
24 Alicia Keys St. Pete Times Forum
JUNE
11 Ladytron Czar
28 Toby Keith w/Montgomery Gentry Ford Amphitheatre
JULY
16 Tom Petty St. Pete Times Forum
25 Brooks & Dunn w/Rodney Atkins Ford Amphitheatre
29 Slipknot/Disturbed/Mastodon/DragonForce/Sevendust/Five Finger Death Punch/Macfine Head Ford Amphitheatre
AUGUST
16 Rascal Flatts w/Taylor Swift Ford Amphitheatre
29 Kenny Chesney w/LeAnn Rimes Ford Amphitheatre
SEPTEmber
19 Brad Paisley Ford Amphitheatre
OCTOBER
10 Martina McBride Ford Amphitheatre
This article appears in Mar 5-11, 2008.
