January
13 The Radiators State Theatre
13-15 Emergenza Local-Music Showcase Orpheum
14 The Vital Tour Feat. A Day To Remember/Words Now Heard/As You Wish/Malayne 688 Skatepark
14 Lucky Peterson Skipper's Smokehouse
14 Hey Mike w/Crooked Edge/Shadow Agency/ The Drake Equation Boomerz Boiler Room
15 Tonic Headliners
15 Suncoast Blues Society Presents Johnny Rawls Dave's Aqua Lounge
15 Rocky Mountain Memory Show Presents A Tribute to John Denver Largo Cultural Center
15 The Washdown w/Dead Horse Detective Agency/ Guiltmaker/New Bruises New World Brewery
15 Gods/Society's Finest/All Else Failed/ The Minor Times/Things Fall Apart 688 Skatepark
15 Cinder w/Suburban Tragedy/5 Story/Moneyshot Boomerz Boiler Room
15 Garaj Mahal Skipper's Smokehouse
15 Galactic & North Mississippi All Stars (Instrumental) Jannus Landing
15 Bonnie Bramlett w/Old Union State Theatre
16 The Tampa Black Heritage Festival Presents Pieces of A Dream University of South Florida
16 Hot Tuna Skipper's Smokehouse
17 Joe Cocker & Dave Mason Ruth Eckerd Hall
17 The Kirby/Please Mr. Gravedigger (ex-As I Lay Dying)/Boodjin 688 Skatepark
18 Navah Perlman & The Prague Orchestra Ruth Eckerd Hall
20 Party People/Discover America/Mi Capitan/ The Same/Ellason Grace Orpheum
21 An Albatross/The Cinema Eye/Aqui/Yip Yip/ The Windshield Death Threat Procedure Orpheum
21 Suffocation/Cattle Decapitation/Bodies in the Gear of the Apparatus/Against All/The Absence Boomerz Boiler Room
21 Tommy Castro Skipper's Smokehouse
22 Against Me!/Soviettes/Jericho/Grabass Charlestons Masquerade
22 Mad Agnes Octagon Arts Center
22 Atlanta Rhythm Section Largo Cultural Center
23 CEX/Aloha/Weather/Candybars/Limeade Orpheum
23 The Kennedys Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa
23 Leon Redbone Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
23 Eighteen Visions/Emery/Remembering Never/ Misery Signals State Theatre
25 Camper Van Beethoven w/The Hackensaw Boys Skipper's Smokehouse
27 Bernadette Peters Ruth Eckerd Hall
27 Steve Earle & The Dukes Tampa Theatre
27 George Clinton Jannus Landing (MAKEUP SHOW)
28 Bill Gaither & Friends St. Pete Times Forum
28 Gin Blossoms Jannus Landing
28 The Black Swans/The Sugar Oaks/The Mercy Seat/The Rogue Set New World Brewery
28 Vis Veres w/TBA 688 Skatepark
29 Mofro w/Hobex Skipper's Smokehouse
29 Keith Urban Ruth Eckerd Hall
29 Hank Williams Jr./Big & Rich Ford Amphitheatre
30 Bob Schneider Skipper's Smokehouse
30 Long Beach Short Bus w/28 Gates/Weaksauce/Bad With Names Boomerz Boiler Room
February
1 Snoop Dogg Jannus Landing
1 Walls of Jericho/Bury Your Dead/Full Blown Chaos/Premonitions of War Orpheum
3 Steel Pulse Jannus Landing
4 Bright Eyes w/Tilly & The Wall/Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter/Neva/Dinova Tampa Theatre
4 Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials/Blues Pig/Tim Tim Dorsey Book Signing Skipper's Smokehouse
5 Screw Music Forever Presents Come The Freak On New World Brewery
5 Sister Hazel Masquerade
5 Hammell on Trial w/Harry Hayward/ Crash Mitchell Skipper's Smokehouse
5 Herman's Hermits Ruth Eckerd Hall
7 Allison Krauss & Union Station Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Yonder Mountain String Band/ The Del McCoury Band Jannus Landing
10 Steve Kimock Band Jannus Landing
11 Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers w/Roger "Hurricane" Wilson Skipper's Smokehouse
11 The Go-Gos Jannus Landing
12 Duran Duran St. Pete Times Forum
15 Curtis & Loretta Skipper's Smokehouse
16 Pepper w/The Beautiful State Theatre
16 Wilco Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
17 Hoobastank MAKEUP SHOW
18 Motley Crue St. Pete Times Forum
18 Delbert McClinton Tampa Theatre
18 Pat Green Jannus Landing
19 WMNF Presents The 2nd Annual Rockabilly Ruckus Skipper's Smokehouse
22 Streetlight Manifesto/Voodoo Glow Skulls/MU330 State Theatre
24 Beep Beep w/Auto!Automatic!!/Tres Bien Orpheum
25 Maggie, Pierce & EJ Skipper's Smokehouse
26 Tony Bennett Ruth Eckerd Hall
26 The Forecast/The Kirby/Thumbscrew 688 Skatepark
26 Darryl Purpose Octagon Arts Center
26 Dave Alvin & Guilty Men w/The Iguanas Skipper's Smokehouse
26 Centro-Matic w/The Baptist Generals/ The Diviners New World Brewery
26 Yanni St. Pete Times Forum
March
5 Rev. Billy C. Wirtz & The Nighthawks Skipper's Smokehouse
5 The Prodigals/Empty Hats Gulfport Casino
5 The Show Is The Rainbow Masquerade
5 Timonium w/Isobella/The Vera Violets/ Sleepy Eyes New World Brewery
11 Enon w/The Empty Spaces/DJ Cinthusia Masquerade
11-13 5th Annual Cajun/Zydeco Crawfish Festival Feat. BeauSoleil Vinoy Park
12 Ida w/Susie Ulrey/Evandora's Fiddle Masquerade
12 & 13 Langerado Music Festival Markham Park (Sunrise)
13 New Found Glory Jannus Landing
18 Mountain/Vanilla Fudge/Canned Heat/ Pat Travers Jannus Landing
18-20 Tampa Bay Blues Festival Vinoy Park
19 The Beach Boys Ruth Eckerd Hall
23 Slipknot w/Lamb of God/Shadows Fall USF Sun Dome
25 Machine Drum/h8/The Band of the Name New World Brewery
26 Atmosphere w/P.O.S. Doomtree State Theatre
April6 Mannheim Steamroller Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Chuck Berry & Little Richard Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Howard Lyons Octagon Arts Center
9 Los Amigos Invisibles Skipper's Smokehouse
14 The Music of Styx: Dennis DeYoung & Rock Symphony Ruth Eckerd Hall
15 Todd Rundgren & Joe Jackson Ruth Eckerd Hall
20 Art Garfunkel Ruth Eckerd Hall
May7 Heritage OP Octagon Arts Center
9 Sarah McLachlan St. Pete Times Forum
13 & 14 Cornerstone Music Festival Orlando
13-15 Uphonia Spanish Moss Farm (Quincy)
14 WMNF Presents The 24th Annual Tropical Heatwave Festival Ybor City
This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2005.