FEBRUARY
14 Scott Imrich w/Brian Repetto Kelly's Pub
14 The Association Largo Cultural Center
14 Win Win Winter w/Beauvilles/DJ Mega Push Ultra Lounge
15 Early Day Miners w/Zillionaire/When Tides Collide/Petrograd in Transit New World Brewery
15 Ky-Mani Marley Jannus Landing
15 Trisha Yearwood Ruth Eckerd Hall
16 Wanda Jackson w/Unknown Hinson Skipper's Smokehouse
16 Richard Buckner w/Will Quinlan/Have Gun, Will Travel/Geri X Kelly's Pub
16 Loretta Lynn Cypress Gardens
17 Victor Wooten Jannus Landing
17 John Tesh Ruth Eckerd Hall
17 Molten Mike Group Skipper's Smokehouse
18 Van Halen w/Ky-Mani Marley St. Pete Times Forum
19 Engelbert Humperdinck Ruth Eckerd Hall
20 Stevie Coyle The Craftsman House
20 Poison the Well w/The Chariot/Dance Gavin Dance State Theatre
21 Kenny Drew Jr. Trio Palladium Theatre
21 Gordon Lightfoot Tampa Theatre
21 Sherwood w/Houston Calls/The Higher/Soulfound/Geri X Orpheum
21 Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons Ruth Eckerd Hall
21 Summerbird in the Cellar w/Mouse Fire/DJ Maynard Push Ultra Lounge
22 Leslie And The Lys w/Ricky Diamond/Flexxehawk/Ryan Wendell Bauer/Super Secret Best Friends/Crate Brothers Crowbar
22-23 JJGrey & Mofor Skipper's Smokehouse
22 Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams Holley Hall (Sarasota)
22 Michael Buble St. Pete Times Forum
22 Nervous Turkey Kelly's Pub
23 Lucero State Theatre
23 Bear Colony w/Win Win Winter/Look Mexico/The Dark Romantics New World Brewery
23 Spooky Greenhill Kelly's Pub
23-24 Anne Murray Ruth Eckerd Hall
24 Paul Thorn Skipper's Smokehouse
26 Keb' Mo' Tampa Theatre
26 Cobra Starship w/Metro Station/The Cab/We the Kings State Theatre
26 AutoTrain Kelly's Pub
26 Southern Culture on the Skids Skipper's Smokehouse
28 Candy Bars w/Trés Bien/Stavros Push Ultra Lounge
29 Pat Green Dallas Bull
29 Deejay Young Blake High School
29 Jon Cleary w/Billy Norris Group Skipper's Smokehouse
29 City of Ships w/Red Room Cinema/Guiltmaker Crowbar
MARCH
1 Dan Penn and Bobby Emmons Palladium Theatre
1 Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet Music Center, St. Petersburg College
1 Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway Ruth Eckerd Hall
2 Rosanne Cash Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
2 Paul Potts Tampa Theatre
3 k.d. lang Ruth Eckerd Hall
3 Travis Tritt Florida Strawberry Festival
4 Glen Campbell Florida Strawberry Festival
4 Three Days Grace w/Breaking Benjamin/Seether Ford Amphitheatre
4 Gypsy Kings Ruth Eckerd Hall
5 Tom Jones Florida Strawberry Festival
5 Dark Star Orchestra Jannus Landing
6 Built to Spill w/Meat Puppets State Theatre
6 Justice/DJ Mehdi Club Firestone (Orlando)
6 Charlie Daniels Florida Strawberry Festival
7 Alejandro Escovedo Palladium Theatre
7 Foreigner PAL Sailor Circus Arena
7 Johnny Mathis Ruth Eckerd Hall
7 The Claire Lynch Band Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center
7 Trace Adkins Florida Strawberry Festival
7 Sean Chambers Group w/Slider Trax
7 The English Beat and RX Bandits w/Fall on Purpose The Honey Pot (formerly The Rubb)
8 Jonas Brothers St. Pete Times Forum
8 Flogging Molly Jannus Landing
8 Billy Ray Cyrus Florida Strawberry Festival
9 Blue Man Group St. Pete Times Forum
9 Black Cobra w/Mountain Ov Dawn Transitions Art Gallery at Skatepark of Tampa
10 Pat Metheny Tampa Theatre
11 Ani DiFranco Tampa Theatre
11 Chicago Mahaffey Theater
11 They Might Be Giants w/Oppenheimer Jannus Landing
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
16 Toby Mac w/Jeremy Camp/Matthew West Ford Amphitheatre
19 Chuck Brodsky The Craftsman House
21 Modern Skirts w/Brass Bed New World Brewery
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
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
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
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
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
12 The Spencer Davis Group Largo Cultural Center
19 Tim McGraw w/Jason Aldean/Halfway to Hazard Ford Amphitheatre
JUNE
28 Toby Keith w/Montgomery Gentry Ford Amphitheatre
JULY 25
25 Brooks & Dunn w/Rodney Atkins 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 Feb 6-12, 2008.