The next few days are especially busy thanks to festivities surrounding Tampa's Gasparilla pirate parade.
This listing of the best live music coming to Tampa Bay from Jan. 26-Feb. 1 is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors and staffers, then supplemented with select shows from CL's user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar. Don't see your event here? Join the Bay area's most active bands and promoters by submitting it yourself.
- Dixon's Violin (Catherine A. Hickman Theater, Gulfport)
- Ernest (Dallas Bull, Tampa)
- Heatwave: Joey with the Mustache w/Matt Suave (Coastal Creative, St. Petersburg)
- Kayzo (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Matthew Lowry & The Flamingo County Players w/Here Here/Marrison (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Memphis Lightning (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Ortrotasce w/Terrapin/Adrian Maule/Akasha System/Protman (Oscura, Bradenton)
- Puddles Pity Party (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Shipwrecked: Liquid Stranger w/The Floozies/more (Cuban Club, Ybor City)
- Summoned Skulls w/430 Steps/Age of Panic/Buried Truth/One Common Thread (Deviant Libation, Ybor City)
- Tanner Usrey (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Al Di Meola (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Barely Pink w/Florida/Ed Wotil and the Good Losers (Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg)
- Chew w/Liquid Pennies/Jensu (Oscura, Bradenton)
- Franz Mantini and Ghadeer Abaido (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa)
- One Deviant Year: Deviant Libation 1st Anniversary Party w/The Path of Increased Indifference/TJ Trainwreck/Tiger 54 (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
- Road to Rock Boat w/Red Wanting Blue w/Kristopher James (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Sunday: Charlie B (Hula Bay, Tampa)
- Tantric w/Lydia Can’t Breathe (Brass Mug, Tampa)
- Yacht Rock Revue (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Bowling For Soup w/Lit/The Dollyrots (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Circle Back w/Heavy is the Head/Jar (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
- The Intracoastals (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
- Ol' Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)
- Tiësto (Hard Rock Event Center Pool at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- Cowboy Bebop Live: Bebop Bounty Big Band (Tampa Theatre, Tampa)
- Highly Suspect w/Dead Poet Society (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Joe Popp w/Dave Reeder/Jeremy Gloff (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- John Moreland w/Chris Staples (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
- Lucinda Williams (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Melody Trucks w/The Tony Tyler Band (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Pinellas Park Civic Orchestra (Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center, Tampa)
- Rock The Park Tampa: Florist w/The Easy Button/SV Noir (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
- What We Seek w/Royal Hearts/Ceraburial/Scapeghost (Oscura, Bradenton)
Cinema Stereo w/Ace Monroe/The Dirty Janes/Mortal Son’s/Persephone’s Choice Friday, Jan. 26. 6:30 p.m. $10. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Looksha Friday, Jan. 26. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Nadya Friday-Saturday, Jan. 26-27. 6 p.m. No cover. The Dan, Tampa
Arcane Arcade w/Caught Fire/The Kutoffs Saturday, Jan. 28. 7 p.m. No cover.The Potion Portal, St. Petersburg
Candlelight: From Bach to The Beatles Saturday, Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m. $48.15. Coastal Creative, St. Petersburg
DJ Parker Saturday, Jan. 27. 10 p.m. No cover (reservations suggested). Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa
Drivin’ & Cryin’ Saturday, Jan. 27. 8 p.m. $29.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
The Florida Orchestra: Gershwin Celebration Saturday, Jan. 27. 2 p.m. $23 & up. Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
The Hot Rod Hornets Saturday, Jan. 27. 8 p.m. No cover. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg
The Reality Saturday, Jan. 28. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin
Scott Harrell w/The Burke Bros./Navin Ave. Saturday, Jan. 27. 8 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Sunset Saturdays: Robbie Rivera Gasparilla Invasion Party Saturday, Jan. 27. 10 p.m. $15 (free before 11 p.m.) The Ritz, Ybor City
Unlimited Devotion w/Road to Nowhere Saturday, Jan. 27. 8 p.m. $18. Crowbar, Ybor City
Zach Hollywood Saturday, Jan. 27. 6 p.m. No cover. Tampa Bay Brewing Co., Ybor City
The Florida Orchestra: Gershwin Celebration Sunday, Jan. 28. 2 p.m. $23 & up. Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa
Will Quinlan Sunday, Jan. 28. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa
The Remix: Shelby Sol w/Tone I.E.Tuesday, Jan. 30. 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa
Dial Drive w/The Bastard Suns/Earthgirl/New Aesthetics Thursday, Feb. 1. 7 p.m. $8. St. Pete Brewing, St. Petersburg
Ringling Underground: Telula w/Treis & Friends/Briana! Thursday, Feb. 1. 8 p.m. $15. Ringling Museum, Sarasota
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