October
19 A Day To Remember/My Child My Bride 688 Skatepark
19 Jenny Lewis w/The Watson Twins Tampa Theatre
19 The String Cheese Incident Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
20 Eric Clapton TD Waterhouse Center (Orlando)
20 Say Anything/Mewithoutyou/Piebald State Theatre
20 Jim "Kimo" West Kapok Special Events Pavilion
21 Insane Clown Posse Jannus Landing
22 Hank III/AssJack State Theatre
22 Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited Skipper's Smokehouse
22 Radio Rebellion Tour Feat. Norma Jean/Between The Buried And Me/Fear Before The March of Flames/Misery Signals Jannus Landing
22 Doobie Brothers Ruth Eckerd Hall
22 Kayo Dot Transitions Art Gallery @ Skatepark of Tampa
23 Celtic Frost State Theatre
24 Michael Schenker Group State Theatre
24 Peter Frampton/Little River Band Ruth Eckerd Hall
25 Guns N' Roses w/Papa Roach/Sebastian Bach St. Pete Times Forum
25 The Casualties/The Briefs/Wednesday Night Heroes State Theatre
26 A Static Lullaby/Classic Crime/I Am Ghost So They Say State Theatre
26 Brand New Heavies Jannus Landing
26 PreFest Feat. Toys That Kill/Tiltwheel/Bloodbath & Beyond/More Transitions Art Gallery @ Skatepark of Tampa
27 DMX Jannus Landing
27 Randy Newman Tampa Theatre
27 Come The Freak On '06 Part 1 Feat. Dumbwaiters/Candy Bars/Jarvik 7/Leels/Ima New World Brewery
27 Teddy Geiger State Theatre
27 & 28 Maharajah Masquerade Ball Feat. Green Lemon Chroma
28 Come The Freak On '06 Part 2 Feat. Happy to See You in Your Jammers/GoJenny/Kids Fly Free/More Bombshell Gallery
28 The Album Leaf/The Lymbyc System Orpheum
28 Red Elvises Skipper's Smokehouse
28 Zappaween 11 Feat. Bogus Pomp Jannus Landing
28 Pat Travers w/Damon Fowler Group/The Joneses Bourbon Street
28 Soilwork/Darkest Hour/Mnemic/Threat Signal State Theatre
29 Story of the Year/Anberlin/Greeley Estates/Monty Are I Jannus Landing
31 The Dempseys Skipper's Smokehouse
31 Smile Empty Soul w/32 Leaves/Gosling State Theatre
November
1 Skid Row/King's X/Nashville Pussy Jannus Landing
2 Broken Social Scene w/Do Make Say Think Jannus Landing
2 Melvins/Big Business State Theatre
3 Kansas State Theatre
3 The Cult Jannus Landing
3 Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lakeland Civic Center
3 & 4 Steelheart Bourbon Street
4 Badfish Jannus Landing
5 Sonny Landreth Skipper's Smokehouse
5 Pete Yorn Jannus Landing
5 Gov't Mule Tampa Theatre
6 The Detroit Cobras/King Khan & BBQ Show/Taylor Hollingsworth & The Spidereaters Orpheum
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 +44 Jannus Landing
8 Deadboy & The Elephantmen State Theatre
8 Dog Fashion Disco/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 Hellogoodbye/Reggie & The Full Effect/David Melillo Jannus Landing
13 The Limeliters Largo Cultural 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 Skipper's Smokehouse
17 Mute Math/The Whigs/Jonezetta State Theatre
18 Blood Brothers/…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 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 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
28 Joe Lynn Turner Largo Cultural Center
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 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
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 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
29 The Fixx State Theatre
31 Donna The Buffalo Coliseum
January
6 Marcia Ball/Bettye Lavette Tampa Theatre
18 Senses Fail/Saosin/Alexisonfire/The Sleeping Jannus Landing
26 Claire Lynch Band w/Jack Williams Palladium Theater
1 Dark Funeral/Enslaved/Abigail Williams State Theatre
14 Joe Bonamassa Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
February
1 Dark Funeral/Enslaved/Abigail Williams State Theatre
14 Joe Bonamassa Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
This article appears in Oct 11-17, 2006.