November
2 Broken Social Scene w/Do Make Say Think Jannus Landing
2 Melvins/Big Business State Theatre
3 Kansas State Theatre
3 Jucifer Transitions Art Gallery @ Skatepark of Tampa
3 The Cult Jannus Landing
3 Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lakeland Civic Center
3 & 4 Steelheart Bourbon Street
4 Badfish Jannus Landing
4 Del McCoury State Theatre
5 Sonny Landreth Skipper's Smokehouse
5 Pete Yorn Jannus Landing
5 Gov't Mule w/Donovan Frankenreiter Tampa Theatre
6 The Detroit Cobras/King Khan & BBQ Show/Taylor Hollingsworth & The Spidereaters Orpheum
6 Awesome Color/Kelp/Darlings/Hey There, Battleship/Rippongi's Ace New World Brewery
6 Chad & Jeremy Largo Cultural Center
7 Twilight Singers/Stars of Track and Field/Jeff Klein State Theatre
7 30 Seconds to Mars/Head Automatica/Rock Kills Kid Jannus Landing
8 The Plus-44 Jannus Landing
8 Deadboy & The Elephantmen State Theatre
8 The Esoteric/Haswell Transitions Art Gallery @ Skatepark of Tampa
9 MC Chris State Theatre
9 Dashboard Confessional w/Brand New St. Pete Times Forum
9-12 Riverhawk Music Festival Sertoma Youth Ranch (Brooksville)
10 Avett Brothers/Fruit/Shannon Curfman Skipper's Smokehouse
10 Mushroomhead w/Soil/The Autumn Offering/Gizmachi State Theatre
10 Stephen Pearcy w/Julliett/Dirty Black Halo Bourbon Street
10-12 RibFest 2006 Feat. Cheap Trick/The Guess Who/Toto/Marshall Tucker Band/The Family Stone Experience Vinoy Park
11 The Weary Boys New World Brewery
11 Whitey Orpheum
11 Brooks & Dunn Ford Amphitheatre
12 Dirty Dozen Brass Band/Karl Denson's Jazz Trio State Theatre
12 Margot & The Nuclear So And Sos w/Pemberly/Giddy-Up, Helicopter!/John McNicholas New World Brewery
12 Hellogoodbye/Reggie & The Full Effect/David Melillo Jannus Landing
13 The Limeliters Largo Cultural Center
13 Carrie Newcomer Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
14 All American Rejects USF Sun Dome
14 Umbrellas Tuesday Music Club (Lakeland)
15 Moonspell/Catatonia/Daylight Dies State Theatre
15 Keller Williams Tampa Theatre
16 Kasabian/Men, Women & Children State Theatre
16 Jimmy Buffett Ford Amphitheatre
17 Tinsley Ellis w/Hamilton Loomis Skipper's Smokehouse
17 The Live Love Tour Feat. Superchick/Sanctus Real/John Reuben/Last Tuesday Countryside Christian Center
17 Mute Math/The Whigs/Jonezetta State Theatre
18 Blood Brothers/…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead/Brothers and Sisters/Celebration Jannus Landing
18 Dr. Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys w/Blueground Undergrass Skipper's Smokehouse
20 The Who w/The Pretenders Bankatlantic Center (Ft. Lauderdale)
21 Deftones w/Deadsy Jannus Landing
22 Aerosmith & Motley Crue w/Lennon Ford Amphitheatre
22 L.A. Guns/Bulletboys The Garage
23 Ziggy Marley Jannus Landing
24 Godsmack w/Breaking Benjamin USF Sun Dome
24 Genitorturers State Theatre
24 Brandtson/Lovedrug Orpheum
24 Rick Derringer Bourbon Street
24-26 Significant Fest Feat. Down By Law 688 Skatepark
25 The Hush Sound/Murder by Death/This Providence/This Is Me Smiling State Theatre
25 Donovan Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
25 Jon Oliva's Pain w/FirstBorn/Moneyshot Bourbon Street
27 Army of Anyone Jannus Landing
28 Joe Lynn Turner Largo Cultural Center
28 The Accident Experiment Bourbon Street
29 The Dan Band w/Byron Thames & The Flames Jannus Landing
29 The Ska Brawl Tour Feat. The Toasters/The Pietasters/Supervillains State Theatre
30 GWAR/The Red Chord/Municipal Waste Jannus Landing
30 The Hold Steady w/Nessie Orpheum
30 Lady Sovereign/Young Love State Theatre
December
1 Papa Grows Funk w/Lost Bayou Ramblers Skipper's Smokehouse
2 The Bobby Rush Show w/Walter Smith Group Skipper's Smokehouse
2 Los Lobos Jannus Landing
2 Alan Jackson/Little Big Town/The Wreckers Ford Amphitheatre
3 Powerman 5000 State Theatre
7 Johnny Winter State Theatre
7 Bellydance Superstars Jannus Landing
8 Oteil & The Peacemakers Skipper's Smokehouse
8 Circle Jerks w/Lower Class Brats State Theatre
9 The Bouncing Souls/Street Dogs/Whole Wheat Bread/World Inferno Friendship Society State Theatre
9 Sue Foley/Nora Jean Bruso/Sandy Atkinson & The Mo Deans Skipper's Smokehouse
12 Sepultura State Theatre
13 Lucero State Theatre
13 Ghost to Falco Transitions Art Gallery @ Skatepark of Tampa
14 Tony Bennett Ruth Eckerd Hall
14 Through The Eyes of the Dead/From A Second Story Window/The Acacia Strain/If Hope Dies State Theatre
15 Coolio/Digital Underground/Young MC Jannus Landing
15 Kidgusto/DRM/Mr. Marley New World Brewery
15 Melissa Ferrick Skipper's Smokehouse
16 Red Elvises/Jimbo Mathus & Knockdown South Skipper's Smokehouse
16 Centro-Matic w/TBA New World Brewery
16 Maylene & The Sons of Disaster/Inhale Exhale/Twelve Gauge Valentine State Theatre
17 BT w/Thomas Dolby State Theatre
28 Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Tampa Theatre
29 The Fixx State Theatre
31 Donna The Buffalo Coliseum
31 Southern Culture on the Skids Skipper's Smokehouse
January
6 Marcia Ball/Bettye Lavette Tampa Theatre
9 Greyboy All-Stars Jannus Landing
18 Senses Fail/Saosin/Alexisonfire/The Sleeping Jannus Landing
21 Chuck Brodsky Octagon Arts Center
26 Claire Lynch Band w/Jack Williams Palladium Theater
February
1 Dark Funeral/Enslaved/Abigail Williams State Theatre
14 Joe Bonamassa Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
This article appears in Oct 25-31, 2006.