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The weekend has arrived, so take out the earbuds and get ready to hear some music in real life. Below are some of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's picks for best live music happening in between June 16-23, plus the best of what users submitted to CL's events calendar.

Thursday, June 16

Ann Wilson (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Gene Loves Jezebel w/Rosegarden Funeral Party/Layne Lyre/Offerings (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Scxtt Aye ‘Doves’ album release w/Jnkyrd (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing Co., Ybor City)

Friday, June 17

Afrobeta w/Moonbae/Consumer Ready (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Black Valley Moon w/Little Sheba & The Shamans/The Patina Turners (Brass Mug, Tampa)
Kayzo w/Bernzikial (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Keith Urban w/Ingrid Andress (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Liquid Pennies "Any Wonder" Album Release w/Chlorinefields/Spirit and the Cosmic Heart (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg)
Sean Chambers & Friends (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
Starset w/Red/Fame on Fire (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Too Many Daves w/City Mouse/Tension Electric/No More (American Legion Post 111, Tampa)

Saturday, June 18

The Connells w/ First of Day + Backseat Drivers Benefitting One Day More Foundation (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
Dead Kennedys w/Nekromantix/The Venomous Pinks (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Dream Thing w/Chaunces/Blonde Gentlemen (The Hub, Tampa)
Jkyl&Hyde (TK Lounge, Tampa)
Louis Junior (feat. Same Day Delivery Orchestra) w/Zeta the Babe (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
DJ Pauly D (The Ritz, Ybor City)
REO Speedwagon w/Styx/Loverboy (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Sauce Boss (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
Sickick w/Don Pablo/Gemini (WTR, Tampa)
WMNF Presents: A Juneteenth Celebration w/Theo Valentin/Rita Wilson/Hiram Hazley/more (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)

Sunday, June 19

As I Lay Dying w/Whitechapel/Shadow Of Intent/Ov Sulfur (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Pool Party Sunday with Fedde Le Grand (WTR, Tampa)
The Resonance w/The Paper Airport/Neverless/In The Pocket (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Tuesday, June 21

Backstreet Boys w/Delta Goodrem (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Joe Jackson (Tampa Theatre, Tampa)

Thursday, June 23

Collie Buddz w/Iya Terra/Sierra Lane/The Intracoastals (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
NoCap w/The Wandering Assassins (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Tampa Teen Music Music Series: Macey Mac (Florida Aquarium, Tampa)

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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.

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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