Photo by Shervin Lainez
Nation of Language, which plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on April 19, 2024.
This listing of the best live music happening in Tampa Bay between April 18-25 is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented with select gigs from CL's events calendar, which is driven by user-submissions.
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Thursday, April 18
- Billy Prine w/Scarlett Egan (Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- DJ Blenda (Alter Ego, Tampa)
- 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)
- 98Rockfest: Staind w/Seether/Asking Alexandria/Dayseeker/Ayron Jones/Austin Meade/Tim Montana/Sleep Theory (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- Angelica Rose (Alter Ego, Tampa)
- Beach Fossils w/Nation of Language (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Benson Boone w/Mimi Webb (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- The Black Honkeys w/Florida (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Cloe Wilder (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Jesse McCartney (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Mo Lowda & The Humble w/The Bright Light Social Hour (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Sun Goes Down Beach Party: Aubrey Wollett (Wyndham Grand, Clearwater Beach)
- Young Rising Sons w/44Blonde/Diva Bleach (Oscura, Bradenton)
- Cedric Gervais w/Ob7/Gemini (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
- The Currys (Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater)
- Eric Jafet w/Pilot Jonezz/He Kindly/Sorry Barb/Falling In Place (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Gloria Trevi w/Mar (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- In Transit ‘Illusionary’ EP release w/Chimes/Floating Boy (Oscura, Bradenton)
- Kenny Chesney w/Zac Brown Band/Megan Moroney/Uncle Kracker (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa)
- L8 Night Flights Pier Popup (St. Pete Pier, St. Pete)
- Mad Monk Collective: Smoke & Mirrors 2.0 (Graffiti Gallery, St. Petersburg)
- Ol' Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Record Store Day: Bad Bad Things w/House of I (Microgroove, Tampa)
- Record Store Day: 'It's All Good' w/Jayda Abello/They Hate Change/Club Miata (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
- Record Store Day: Kendra Morris w/Katara/Kristopher James/Florida/Black Valley Moon (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg)
- Record Store Day: They Hate Change w/The Pilot Waves/more (Bananas Records, St. Petersburg)
- Rich Medina (Alter Ego, Tampa)
- Shrek rave (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- The Venus w/Spoiled Rat/Radaghast/Lil Jerry Springer (Bandit, St. Petersburg)
- Will Johns w/T Bone Hamilton (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Nghtmre (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
- Tempo Daylife: Gorgon City w/Azzecca S(Hard Rock Event Center Pool at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- James Suggs Quintet: The blues of jazz (Mainstage Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City)
- Monday, April 22
- Simon Lasky Group: ‘For The Dreamers’ album launch (New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa)
- Decapitated w/Septicflesh/Kataklysm/Allegaeon (Orpheum, Tampa)
- The Remix: Pusha Preme (Shuffle, Tampa)
- Wednesday, April 23
- The Dreaded Laramie w/Post Sex High/Nate Mosley (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Saxon w/Uriah Heep (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- 97X Under Play: Knox w/Nightbreakers (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Liz Longley (Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater)
- Mac McAnally (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Melodies & Mixtures: Adriana McDonald (Oscura, Bradenton)
- Upon A Burning Body w/Vctms/The Browning/Hollo Front Thursday, April 25. 7 p.m. $20. Orpheum, Tampa
Soft Cuff Thursday, April 18. No cover. Golden Isles Brewing Co., St. Petersburg
Al2 El Aldeano w/Yordi El Joker/Silvito El Libre/Raymond Daniel/Jhamy Friday, April 19. 10 p.m. $65. Mamajuana Cafe, Tampa
Don Felder w/Pablo Cruise/Firefall Friday, April 19. 7 p.m. $38.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Four By Four: A Tribute to the Music of the Beach Boys Friday, April 19. 7 p.m. $45 & up. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg
Hustle Souls Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Kirk Whalen w/Scott Miller Friday, April 19. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
Level The Planet w/Lot Lizards/The Hand of Reason Friday, April 19. 7 p.m. $10. Deviant Libation, Tampa
Morgan Wade Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. $30 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
Paul van Dyk Friday, April 19. 10 p.m. $20. The Ritz, Ybor City
Pieces of Eight: Chicago Tribute Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. $30. Richey Suncoast Theatre, New Port Richey
Virginia Man w/The Driptones Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
The Evolution of Drag: Daphne Ferraro w/Chi Chi LaLique/Jocelyn Summers/more Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. $19.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. $39.50 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
Secret Stash Party: DJ Donnie Luv w/Nick Bredal’s Jazz Quartet Saturday, April 20. 4:20 p.m. $15. Shuffle, Tampa
The Snozzberries Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Le Petite Fête: Taylor Swift album release party Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa
Third Saturday Jazz: Mark Moultrup Trio Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa
4.Earth: Akiva Sunday, April 21. 5 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Sextile w/Donzii Sunday, April 21. 7 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City
Sunday Live Music Series: Wyatt Norton Sunday, April 21. 6:30 p.m No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa
Sunday Service: Nostaljah Sunday, April 20. 2 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Gimme Gimme: A Tribute to Abba Wednesday, April 24, 6 p.m. $30. The Birchwood, St. Petersburg
Johnny Mathis Thursday, April 25. 8 p.m. $37 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Rising Appalachia Thursday, April 25. 7 p.m. $38. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
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