Tampa Bay's best live music happening Aug. 17-24

Whether you like the heat or not, Tampa Bay's live music calendar offers both air-conditioned, and outdoor concerts. This listing of the best live music coming to Tampa Bay Aug. 10-17 is curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors and staff, then supplemented with select shows from CL's user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar. Don't see your concert or event? Submit it yourself.

Thursday, Aug. 17

• Elysian Sex Drive (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg)
• Massa Nera w/Habak/Quiet Fear/Horsewhip/Star of Khorala (VFW Post 30, St. Petersburg)
• Toosii (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Friday, Aug, 18

• Burn Absolute (EP release/debut show) w/The Pine Drape/Chasing Airplanes/The Cunningham Wake/Endurus (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Choking on the Revelry w/The Dirty Janes/Mak/Matt Burke/Prescribed Fire (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Jai Wolf w/Devault/Tsu Nami (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Jask (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
• Pieces Of Eight (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
• Tribal Style (Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
• Urbane Cowboys (Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)

Saturday, Aug. 19

• Archers w/Versus Me/Discrepancies/Not Enough Space/Stoned Mary (Orpheum, Tampa)
• DogJoy w/Mrzky Beat/Ortrotasce/Romeo Blu (Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg)
• DJ Parker (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
• Hed PE (Brass Mug, Tampa)
• Mike Davis Project w/Steve Arvey and Rebecca Bird/Southern Train (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
• DJ Muto (Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
• No Loves w/Car Bomb Driver/Slinky/Rath and the Wise Guys (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
• Out of Glen w/North of Argyll (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa)
• Big Sad w/The Kutoffs/The Miller Lowlifes/Drawn Out (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Timmy Trumpet (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• 50 Cent w/Busta Rhymes/Jeremih (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

Sunday, Aug. 20

• Biscuits (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
• Forest Sounds: Mercy McCoy w/Kristopher James (The Far Forest, Tampa)
• Ol' Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• The Smashing Pumpkins w/Interpol/Rival Sons (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
• TBxNY’23: Psych Montano w/Albert J/Nico Sweet/Jay Browne/Cas the Tinman/Qung Xav/Renee LaMay/Kyle Vargas (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Monday, Aug. 21

• Vosh w/The Palace of Tears/FjshWjfe (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Tuesday, Aug. 22
• Melody Artisans of the Crooked Thumb (Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor)

Wednesday, Aug. 23

• Blessthefall w/Caskets/Kingdom of Giants/Dragged Under (Orpheum, Tampa)
• Matisyahu w/G. Love & Special Sauce/Cydeways (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Thursday, Aug. 24

• Clutch w/Giovannie and the Hired Guns/Mike Dillon (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Ed John (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
• Mystery Skulls (Orpheum, Tampa)

Also playing

Dean Johanesen Friday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m. No cover. Common Dialect Beerworks, Tampa
Jack Jagger w/ Matthew Lowry/Manna Friday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m. Hooch & Hive, Tampa
#POUND Fridays: Codd Dubz Friday, Aug. 18, 10 p.m. Free until 11 p.m. The Ritz, Ybor City
Ordinary Boys: Tribute to The Smiths & Morrissey Friday, Aug. 18, 9 p.m. $15-$24. Music Hall at New World Music Hall, Tampa
Tiny Silver Hammers w/Direwood/Datagram Friday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m. $5 donation. If I Brewed the World, 2200 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg
Bad Boy Bill w/Gemini/Don Pablo Saturday, Aug. 19, noon. $20. WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa
One Common Thread Saturday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m. Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa
Pilot Jonezz w/Conquistador/In Transit Saturday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Shurti Foundation: Sitar, Tabla & Indian Dance Saturday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m. $20 & up. Universal Unitarian Church, 100 Mirror Lake Dr. N, St. Petersburg
Tragic Impulse and Red Lokust w/Missfit Toys Saturday, Aug. 19. 8 p.m. $15. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa RR
Acme Jazz Garage feat. Shelby Sol Sunday, Aug. 20, 3 p.m. No cover. Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
Shurti Foundation: Sitar, Tabla & Indian Dance Saturday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m. $20 & up. Universal Unitarian Church, 100 Mirror Lake Dr. N, St. Petersburg
Sunday Live Music Series: Lauris Vidal Sunday, Aug. 20, 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa
Mojo Monday: George Pennington & the Oddyssey w/Light The Wire/Chris Cava Monday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m. No cover. Crowbar, Ybor City
The Remix: A Shuffle Open Mic feat. Jay Browne Tuesday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa
Dave Stone w/Katie Strandberg Wednesday, Aug. 23. 7:30 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Los Cafres en Tampa Thursday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m. $50. Avalon Event Center, Tampa
Cowboy Mouth Thursday, Aug. 24. 7:30 p.m. $24.50. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo

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