Tampa Bay’s best live music happening from June 23-29

St. Pete Pride and the opening of Clearwater’s new music venue top the Tampa Bay live music calendar from June 23-29. Have a look at events curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, mixed with select shows submitted by readers on CL’s event calendar. Don’t see your event here? Submit it!
Friday, June 23

• Charlie w/Jet Fuel Soda/Swivvel/Foxgloves/Skate Shoes (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• EG Kight (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Peso Pluma (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• St. Pete Pride Idina Menzel (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race: Asia O’Hara w/Bosco/DeJa Skye/Jujubee/Lady Camden/Laganja/Vanessa Vanjie/more (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
• Shevonne & The Force (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)

Saturday, June 24

• 85 South (Yuengling Center, Tampa
• Black Midi w/Yhwh Nailgun (Orpheum, Tampa)
• Continuum: The John Mayer Experience w/ Kyle Ingram Trio (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
• Don’t Say Disco Pride Party: Victor Rosado (Heiress Gallery, St. Petersburg)
• Four Star Riot (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
• Florida Rules Fest 2023: Migrant Fury/Gajin/more (The Noise Box, Tampa)
• St. Pete Pride: Meet Me @ the Altar w/Shevonne & the Force/Malaysia Babydoll Foxx/TS Madison/more (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
• Notsew (La Sétima Club, Ybor City)
• The Original Misfits w/Megadeth/Fear (Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

Sunday, June 25

• The Best Fest: Big Sad w/Biscuits ‘n’ Grady/Jeff Brawer/Crash Mitchell/The Deluxe 12/more (Crab Devil, Tampa)
• Jonas Blue (WTR Pool at the Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)

Monday, June 26

• No Mas w/Knoll/Shining Wizard/Pariah/Ramtha (Brass Mug, Tampa)
• Tuesday, June 27
• Mexican Coke w/Die/Dogmatic/Ramtha/Plague Spitter (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)

Wednesday, June 28

• Cheap Trick w/Robin Taylor Zander (The Sound, Clearwater)
• Souls of Mischief w/DJ Sandman (The Bricks, Ybor City)
• Yungblud w/The Regrettes (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Thursday, June 29

• The Black Honkeys w/Jah Movement/Byrne Brothers (The Sound, Clearwater)
• The Cure w/The Twilight Sad (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• Lady A (Duke Energy Center for the Arts at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)

Also playing
#Pound Friday: Twerl Friday, June 23, 10 p.m. No cover before 11 p.m. The Ritz, Ybor City
Mvtant w/Johnstonstons/DJ Vurloque Friday, June 23. 8 p.m. $13. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Sam Williams Friday, June 23, 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe
Al Torchia & The Tattered Saints w/TBA Saturday, June 24. 8 p.m. No cover. Crowbar, Ybor City
Better Strangers w/Discord Theory/MAK Saturday, June 24. 8:45 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Cray Saturday, June 24, noon. $20. WTR Pool at the Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa
The Dirty Janes w/Mason Pace/Wynton Existing/Midnight Vice Saturday, June 24. 8 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Love Is Love For St. Pete Pride 2023: The 3rd Annual House Music Celebration Saturday, June 24, 2 p.m. No cover. Flûte & Dram, St. Petersburg
Ellie Lee Band Saturday, June 24. 8 p.m. $9.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
Spoiled Rat w/Liquid Pennies Saturday, June 24, 8 p.m. The Bricks, Ybor City
Sunset Saturday: Omnom Saturday, June 24, 10 p.m. No cover before 11 p.m. The Ritz, Ybor City
Wild Pride Party: DJ Three w/Keane Brothers/David Kaminski Sunday, June 25, noon. No cover. Wild Child, St. Petersburg
Bilmuri Wednesday, June 28. 6:30 p.m. $20. Orpheum, Tampa
Gracie Topp Wednesday, June 28. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa
Kind Villain Music w/Operation Acoustic Kitty/In Transit/Cruel Curses/House of I/Smile Deadly Thursday, June 29. 7 p.m. $10. Crowbar, Ybor City

This article appears in Jun 22-28, 2023.