Photo by Yvonne Gougelet
Billy Strings, who plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on April 11-12, 2024.
Shows on this listing of Tampa Bay's best live music happening April 11-18 are compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented by select gigs from CL's user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar.
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Thursday, April 11
- Fastball w/FayRoy (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Melissa Etheridge (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- Tampa Bay Blues Festival kickoff concert: Blood Brothers (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Billy Strings (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
- George Pennington & the Odyssey (Shuffle, Tampa)
- Satsang w/Tim Snider (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Sealskin & Zitrovision (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Snow Strippers w/Dres (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Tampa Bay Blues Festival: Grace Potter w/Blood Brothers/Bywater Call/Altered Five Blues Band/Kick Solomon Hicks (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
- The Stone City w/Barely Pink (Bayboro Brewing Co., St. Petersburg)
- The Toasters (Orpheum, Tampa)
- The Zombies (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Aaron Wolf (Oscura, Bradenton)
- Billy Strings (Yuengling Center, Tampa)
- Combichrist w/Dead Animal Assembly/Plant Esoterik/Cultus Black (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Emo Night Tampa: Lychee Camp w/Now In Color/The Don’t Belongs (American Legion Seminole Post 111, Tampa)
- Groovehive Market: The Antidonts w/Slap Of Reality/Antacid Trip (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
- Horsewhip w/Yield To None/Terror Management Band/Novely (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
- Ian Munsick w/Meghan Patrick (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Josh Meloy (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- The Keith Tew Band (Richey Suncoast Theatre, New Port Richey)
- Mitis (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Strings In the Spring: Vivek Jayaraman (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa)
- Tampa Bay Blues Festival: Larkin Poe w/Samantha Fish/Lil 'Ed & the Blues Imperials/Robert Jon & The Wreck/Southern Avenue/Cash Box Kings (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
- 3rd annual Ukulele Fest in the District: The Birdwatchers w/Kirk Jones/Tom Hood/Pineapple Scruffs/more (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
- Arm’s Length w/Carly Cosgrove/Ben Quad/Saturdays at Your Place (Orpheum, Tampa)
- The Crane Wives w/Rachel Bobbitt (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Des Rocs w/Jigsaw Youth (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
- Ol' Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Tampa Bay Blues Festival: Tab Benoit w/Coco Montoya/Anson Funderburgh & the Rockers/Bernard Allison/Ally Venable (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
- Teddy Thompson (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
- Valentino Khan (WTR pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
- Hot Mulligan w/Free Throw/Just Friends/Charmer (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Melody Artisans of the Crooked Thumb (Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor)
- The Remix: Shuffle's Open Mic feat. Tone I.E. (Shuffle, Tampa)
- Benny The Butcher w/Boldy James (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Chops: A Live Jazz Evening w/Rod Alnord Quartet (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
- Jesus Piece w/Sanguisugabogg/Gag/Peeling Flesh (Orpheum, Ybor City)
- Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- Billy Prine w/Scarlett Egan (Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Bobby Rush (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
- The Brook & The Bluff w/Hotel Fiction (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Florida Americana Music Festival: Dr. Bacon w/Firewater Tent Revival/The Currys/Have Gun, Will Travel/Applebutter Express/Grant Peeples/more (Florida Sand Music Ranch, Brooksville)
- New Jazz Underground (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Boney Fiend w/Fingerpuppet/51 Boneyard Friday, April 12. 7 p.m. $3. Groovehaven, St. Petersburg
DJ Minx Friday, April 12. 10 p.m. $20-$26. Hyde Park Cafe, Tampa
Hymn For Her Friday, April 12. 7 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa
Peekaboo w/Lyny Friday, April 12. 8 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Songbird Shella Friday, April 12. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
Johnny Dynamite and the Bloodsuckers w/Fjshwjfe/Mike Tony Saturday, April 13. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Ken Apperson Saturday, April 13. Noon-2 p.m. No cover. Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa
Los Lonely Boys Saturday, April 13. 8 p.m. $39 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
The Burke Bros. Sunday, April 14. 3 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
Hollowhouse w/Imaginary Colors Sunday, April 14. 6:30 p.m. $12-$15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Jazz Night: In the Pocket Sunday, April 14. 5 p.m. No cover. Corner Pocket, Tampa
Pearl Jam ‘Dark Matter’ listening party Sunday, April 14. 1 p.m. No cover. Kingfish Records, Clearwater
Punk Rock Matinee & Market: Rath and the Wiseguys w/Zalongo/Off The Rails/Weird Times/Earthgirl/Neon Guillotine Sunday, April 14. Noon-6 p.m. No cover. The Icehouse, Gulfport
Sarah Long & Scott Perez Sunday, April 14. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa
Justin Hayward w/Mike Dawes Monday, April 15. 7:30 p.m. $49.50 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
Julia Wolf w/Scro Tuesday, April 16. 8 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City
Alborosie w/F.Y.A.H./Jwadi Wednesday, April 17. 7:30 p.m. $25. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Sun Room w/Twin Suns Wednesday, April 17. 7 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City
Soft Cuff Thursday, April 18. No cover. Golden Isles Brewing Co., St. Petersburg
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