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We’ve detailed Fubar’s closing show over and over again for the last week, and there were more New Year’s Eve concerts than we could fit into print in our latest issue. Look below to see to see the full rundown which includes everything from folk, to EDM, to blues, to singer-songwriter fare and everything in between.
We’ve detailed some recommended shows and listed the rest.
Smell ya Never Again: Mosquito Teeth w/Slade & Wasters/Sonic Graffiti In the grand scheme of the Bay area local music scene, Fubar’s final show ever is the most important thing going down on New Year’s Eve. (Fubar, St. Petersburg) INFO
The Hip Abduction w/Passafire The Hip Abduction has become one of the Bay area’s most successful exports, and it stages a hometown show for world-pop lovers of every stripe who’ll dance into 2019 underneath the stars at the Jannus Live courtyard. (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg) INFO
The Sh-Booms Tampa Armature Works has a full day of programming from the kiddie balloon drop in the daytime to the fancy gala at midnight. Kudos to whoever’s booking bands, too, since someone was savvy enough to score a set from Orlando garage-soul outfit The Sh-Booms. The outdoor concert is free to attend. (Tampa Armature Works, Tampa) INFO
Damon Fowler w/TC Carr and Bolts of Blue This set from revered Bay area bluesman Damon Fowler is what living in laidback Florida is all about. If you’re just looking for some seaside R&R, then this head to Ka’Tiki. (Ka’Tiki, Sunset Beach) INFO
Marvel Years w/Bells and Robes/DJ Blassafrass Our New Year’s resolution is to 86 wook jokes when it comes to writing about EDM, so here’s the last ode to our forest people comes at the hands of Cory Wythe, who is the producer and live instrumentalist better known as Marvel Years. There are some other great dance music events happening (shoutout: Bonnie and Clyde, Hyde Park Café and The Movement Sanctuary), but this one has all the feel-good festival vibes our little spunyon hearts desire. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
Rock and Soul at The Hub New Year's Eve w/Mes McDonald/DJ Silence Rock and Soul is already the divey dance party that wrecks our Tuesdays once a month, so why not do it even bigger as we say goodbye to 2018 alongside DJs Silence and Mes McDonald. (The Hub, Tampa) INFO
UNFUN NYE And if you need some emo in your life, then the UNFUN DJs have your back in St. Petersburg at this NYE edition of their party. (The Bends, St. Petersburg) INFO
Gloria West & The Gents The Coliseum is easily one of the most nostalgic, and romantic, venues in Tampa Bay, and it'll be filled with jazzy, bopping sounds of the 1920s when Gloria West & the Gents headline this swanky get down. (Coliseum, St. Petersburg) INFO
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Funk
Freekbass w/The Bump Assembly (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin) INFO
EDM
Bonnie X Clyde (The Ritz, Ybor City) INFO
Zero Hour: New Year's Eve (The Movement Sanctuary, St. Petersburg) INFO
DJ Santana's Good Vibes New Years Eve Bash (Hyde Park Café, Tampa) INFO
DJs
Steph Money w/Jeremy Gloff (American Legion Seminole Post 111, Tampa)
DJ Tom Gold w/DJ Sean/Jason Barco (The Castle, Ybor City) INFO
DJ Tollbeard (Independent Bar & Café, Tampa) INFO
New Year’s Disco Inferno (Red Star Rock Bar, Tampa) INFO
DJ Atom Rich (Orbit 19, Holiday) INFO
Time Lord Ball (Brass Mug, Tampa) INFO
DJ Icey (Pegasus Night Club, Tampa) INFO
Party Like It’s 1999 (The Bricks, Ybor City) INFO
WTF?
Insane Clown Pasco w/Highway Advisory Radio (Mermaid Tavern, Tampa) INFO
Classical/Chorale
Salute To Vienna (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater) INFO
Singer-songwriter
Forrest Hoffar w/Danielle DeCosmo (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City) INFO
Kirk Adams Band w/Rebekah Pulley/John Kelly (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO
Jazz (including smooth jazz)
New Year’s Eve (Jazz House Supper Club, Tampa) INFO
Rock/Pop
Jetter w/October Air/The Longest Hall/Wrested/Scam Likely/Run-On Sunshine/The Great White Dope/Scapeghost/Free Life Garden Club (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO
Tribute/Cover
3rd Degree Rocks Buckets New Years Eve Party (Buckets Grill & Tap) INFO
New Year’s Eve Bash w/Hollywood Blvd. (Wild Rover Brewery, Tampa) INFO
Tailspin (VFW Post 10094, Indian Rocks Beach) INFO
