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14 live music concerts and events happening in Tampa Bay this weekend

Plus, all the best holiday concerts.

By Stephanie Powers , Ray Roa and Josh Bradley on Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 10:25 am

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DJ Evil Dee, who spins for Ol' Dirty Sundays at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Dec. 12, 2021.

Tampa Bay's live music scene continues to be carried by locals who make up so many of the headlining acts performing this weekend. Get out there to support them, and if you're looking for some of the best national acts coming through Tampa Bay this week just look below.

Get your show listed on Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's new event calendar by submitting it here and letting Josh Bradley know by email.

Oh, we've got Tampa Bay's best holiday concerts, too.

Friday, Dec. 10

Citizen w/Drug Church/Glitterer/Floating Room (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Ghost-Note (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
Kairos Creature Club w/The Venus/Fayroy (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Laura Jane Grace w/Pohgoh (The Bricks, Ybor City)
Parker Millsap w/Connor Zwetsch (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)

Saturday, Dec. 11

Crossbreed w/Deadstar Assembly/The Dev (Orpheum, Ybor City)
Laura Jane Grace w/Expert Timing (The Bricks, Ybor City)
Live Creation Music & Art Festival: Erik Hempel w/The Easy Button/Vivid Moxie/Quasi Mojo/The Outlanders/ more (Red Star Live, Brandon)
Love Your Rebellion: Babefest w/Lung/Except You/The Leered (Shuffle, Tampa)
onBikes Winter Wonder Ride: Mix Master Mike w/DJ Jazzy Jeff (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Recycled Tunes Instrument Drive: Kristopher James w/Someday Honey/Chris Sgamatto Music School/H.B. Plant Drumline (Sparkman Wharf, Tampa)

Sunday, Dec. 12

Andrea & Mud (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
Nothing w/Bambara/Midwife (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Ol’ Dirty Sundays: DJ Casper Birthday Bash w/DJ Evil Dee/Fader (Crowbar, Ybor City)

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About The Authors

Josh Bradley

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in Tampa Bay. Check the music section in print and online every week for the latest in local live music.

Stephanie Powers

Freelance contributor Stephanie Powers started her media career as an Editorial Assistant long ago when the Tampa Bay Times was still called the St. Petersburg Times. After stints in Chicago and Los Angeles, where she studied improvisation at Second City Hollywood, she came back to Tampa and stayed put.She soon...

Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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