More than 31 live music concerts and events happening in Tampa Bay this weekend

The live music weekend starts now, so here are the best live music events and concerts happening in Tampa Bay from Oct. 6-13. This list is compiled with previews from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors, plus submissions to CL's free, user-submitted events calendar.

Thursday, Oct. 6

• 22nd Annual Oktobeerfest: DeLeon Family Oktoberfest Band (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
• Absolution Fest: Minuit Machine w/Bestial Mouths/Syzygyx/Hexheart/Element 104/ XTR Human (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Rock the Park Tampa w/Navin Ave./C-Renã/Speakeasy  (Water Works Park, Tampa)
  
• Tauren Wells w/Aaron Cole/Lakewood Music (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

Friday, Oct. 7

• 22nd Annual Oktobeerfest: Tand w/Legacy Orchestra Collective/Mike Garulli (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
• Absolution Fest: The KVB w/The Foreign Resort/Hapax/Corlyx/The French Police/Die Robot (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Benise (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Minnesota (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• Rufus Wainwright (Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
• The Rusty Wright Band (album release) (Union Hall, Lakeland)
• Smashing Pumpkins w/Jane’s Addiction/Poppy (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• Snbrn (PTL, Ybor City)

Saturday, Oct. 8

• 22nd Annual Oktobeerfest: Displace w/Golden Era (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
• Absolution Fest: Creux Lies w/Vision Video/Traitrs/Glass Spells/The Purge/Violent Vickie (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Eric Lindell & the Natural Mystics (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
• Halloween punk and metal show: Nashira w/Kick Veronica/Knife Rituals/Blank Incorporated (VFW Post 39, St. Petersburg)
• L8 Night Flights: Eli & Fur (PTL, Ybor City)
• Same Day Delivery Orchestra (Shuffle, Tampa)
• Shieldsie (album release) w/Mtvh1n1/Romeo Blu/Cabo Boing (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
• Zac Brown Band w/Robert Randolph (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

Sunday, Oct. 9

• 22nd Annual Oktobeerfest: Sunday Songwriter Showcase w/Kristopher James, Joe Marcinek/Joe Roma/Danielle Mohr/Jessica Rose Powell (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
• Cypress Hill  Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
• Ol' Dirty Sundays: DJ Lord (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Someday Honey  (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
• Straz Center Block Party: Jinx & Shelby Sol w/Roxx Revolt & The Velvets/Ari Chi (David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)

Tuesday, Oct. 11

• CeCe Winans (Bible-Based Fellowship Church, Tampa)

Wednesday, Oct. 12

• The Garden (Orpheum, Tampa)

Thursday, Oct. 13

• Billy Cobham (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)
• Free Abortion On Demand Without Apology: Hovercar/The Jackettes/Big Sad (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Melvins w/We Are The Asteroid  (Orpheum, Tampa)
• USF Homecoming: 2 Chainz (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

Also playing

Ajeva w/The Head Tones/Tropico Blvd. Friday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m. No cover. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Arts Legacy Remix: Noche de Encanto – A Celebration of Hispanic Culture Friday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Riverwalk Stage at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa
Carrollwood Jukebox Friday, Oct. 7, 7:30p.m. $12-$15. Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa
Il Volo Friday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. $53.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Jeff Scott Soto & Jason Bieler Friday, Oct. 7. 8 p.m. $19.50-$34.50. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
The Joey Tenuto Band Friday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa
Project Gut Friday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Free with ticket. School of Music Concert Hall at University of South Florida, Tampa
Sick Hot w/Cinema Stereo Friday, Oct. 7, 9 p.m.  $10-$15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Sweet Lizzy Project album release Friday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m. $25-$25. The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City
Mishka w/Of Good Nature/Josh Gluck Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. $20-$25. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Lucky No. 13 Independent Anniversary: Deb Ruby Band w/Melissa Grady & Friends Sunday, Oct. 9, 5 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa
Victor Wooten Bass Extremes w/Steve Bailey/Derico Watson Sunday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m. $34.50 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
Yung Bae w/Roosevelt (DJ Set)/Vantage Sunday, Oct. 9. 8 p.m. $25-$100. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
BabyJake w/Allegra Miles Monday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m $20-$25. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Malevich w/Star Of Kholara/Knife Rituals Thursday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. The Doghouse, Tampa