24 new concerts coming to Tampa Bay, including the Listening Room Festival

Gaslight Anthem, Yellowcard, Ghost and more are headed here, too.

click to enlarge Peter Mulvey, who plays the Listening Room Festival happening March 9-13, 2023 in various venues across Tampa Bay. - c/o LIstening Room Festival
c/o LIstening Room Festival
Peter Mulvey, who plays the Listening Room Festival happening March 9-13, 2023 in various venues across Tampa Bay.
Historians believe that the first concerts ever were probably house concerts, and a festival dedicated to the centuries-old tradition is back in Tampa Bay next month.

Suggested donations to get into the 12th annual Listening Room Festival concerts happening March 9-13 across various venues in Tampa Bay start at $20. Tickets for the Listening Room Festival Showcase happening Friday, March 10 at Palladium Theater start at $45.

The showcase features five artists playing folk, blues, country and soul: Peter Mulvey, Ariella, Jeffery Straker and A Tale of Two, who play Palladium’s Hough Hall, plus The Rough & Tumble playing a VIP after party in the Side Door Cabaret.

From March 9-13, all the artists are also playing more than a dozen private house shows happening in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa, Tarpon Springs, Lutz, Bradenton, Palm Harbor and Treasure Island. The shows are hosted by volunteers who open up their homes. There’s an additional public performance from Straker and Bryn Besse at Dunedin’s Faith United Church of Christ on Saturday, March 11 at 7 p.m.

More information is at listeningroomfestival.com. See Josh Bradley’s weekly new concert roundup below.
Cro-Mags w/No Mas/Brat/Ringworm/Stedfast/Summoned Skulls Thursday, March 2. 5:30 p.m. $22. Brass Mug, Tampa

Michael McArthur Sunday, March 5. 7 p.m. $25. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College, Lakeland

Vacancy (opening for Soul Glo w/Cloudrat/Backslider) Tuesday, March 7. 7 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa

Twin Suns w/Chlorinefields/The Drain Outs Friday, March 10. 8 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Jariah Higgins w/TBA Thursday, March 16. 7 p.m. $12. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

The Foreign Resort w/Sleeping Pills/more TBA Wednesday, March 22. 7 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa

Lissie Thursday, March 23. 8 p.m. $40 & up. The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City

Crywank w/TBA Sunday, April 23. 5 p.m. $17. Crowbar, Ybor City

Alabama Thursday, April 27. 8 p.m. $200 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa

The Travelin’ McCourys Thursday, April 27. 8 p.m. $75 & up. The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City

Tampa Throwback Jam: Ice Cube w/Bone Thugs n Harmony/Lisa Lisa/2 Live Crew/more Friday, April 28. 7 p.m. $59 & up. Yuengling Center, Tampa

Mike Love w/Dub Inc Friday, May 5. 6 p.m. $22. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

The Gaslight Anthem w/Oso Oso/Emily Wolfe Wednesday, May 10. 6:30 p.m. $37. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Jazz Is Dead Saturday, May 20. 8 p.m. $26.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Anees w/Michael Minnelli Friday, June 9. 8 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

The 3rd Annual Filthy Rock Fest: Murder The Crow w/Filthy Royalty/Love Songs For Junkies/Deviate The Plan Saturday, June 10. 7 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City

Spotlights Saturday, June 10. 8 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa

Men I Trust Thursday, June 15. 7 p.m. $27. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Garbage w/Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds/Metric Thursday, June 22. 7 p.m. $29.50 & up. Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa

Yellowcard w/Mayday Parade/Story of the Year Sunday, July 23. 7 p.m. $25.75 & up. Yuengling Center, Tampa

Ghost w/Amon Amarth Thursday, Aug. 31. 7:30 p.m. $29.50 & up. Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa

Benise Friday, Oct. 13. 7:30 p.m. $36 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg

Jason Aldean w/Mitchell Tenpenny/Corey Kent/Dee Jay Silver Saturday, Oct. 28. 7:30 p.m. Prices TBA. Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa 

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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.

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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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