Photo by Blake Yeager c/o Gasparilla Music Festival
The Venus, which plays The Bends in St. Petersburg on April 1, 2023.
Here's a rundown of the best live music coming to Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and the entire Tampa Bay area from March 31-April 6.
The events below are curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, plus supplemented with select shows handpicked from CL's user-submitted concert concert calendar. Don't see your show? Add it, free of charge, by visiting the submission page.
Friday, March 31
- Crunk Witch w/Swell Rell/Psych Montano (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
- Chasco Fiesta: David Nail w/Drake Milligan (Sims Park, New Port Richey)
- #Pound Friday: Layz (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Marco Antonio Solís (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- Phoneboy w/Cannibal Kids (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
- The Red Elvises (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Spy w/Pez/Colonial Wound/Horsewhip/Shining Wizard (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
- April Fool’s Burlesque: Alistair Graves w/DaneGer Spice/Ktwo LeMew/Mary Strawberry/Ruby Vesper (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
- Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival: Jeremy Camp (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa)
- Corner Club Two-Year Anniversary Party: Same Day Delivery Orchestra (Corner Club, Tampa)
- Cypress Creek Jazz Band (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa)
- Flosstradamus (The Ritz, Ybor City)
- Magnolia Park w/Arrows In Action/Poptropicalslutz (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Paul Anka (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Rachel Baiman w/Nicholas Jamerson (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing Co., Ybor City)
- The Venus w/Johnny Mile & the Kilometers/The Tilt (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
- Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival: MacKenzie Porter (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa)
- Free Throw w/Can’t Swim/Heart to Gold/Early Humans (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Micky Dolenz (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
- Ol' Dirty Sundays: Camo w/DJ Casper/DJ Fader/Deacon (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Ricardo Montaner (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- State Theatre Sundays : Animal Hospital w/Rugh/Chlorinefields/Palomino Blind/Mold! (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
- Jxdn w/Beauty School Dropout (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Meet Me @ The Altar w/Young Culture/Daisy Grenade (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Simon Lasky Group ([email protected], St. Petersburg)
- Lorna Shore w/Shadow of Intent/Brand of Sacrifice/Bodysnatcher/Boundaries (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Rock The Park Tampa: Gringo Star w/Nico Sweet/Austin Miller (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
- Voice of Addiction w/Anti-Dont's/Human Error/Walled City (The Nest at St. Petersburg Brewing Co., St. Petersburg)
Derrick Carter Friday, March 31, 7 p.m $15-$25.. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
Magic Giant Friday, March 31. 8 p.m. $22. Crowbar, Ybor City
Suicide Commando w/00tz 00tz Friday, March 31. 7 p.m. $25. Orpheum, Tampa
Abortion Twins (album release) w/Pig Pen/Thee Butcher Cabal/Warm Like Winter/Harry Savage Saturday, April 1. 7 p.m. $10. Crowbar, Ybor City
Elderbrook w/ford./EREZ Saturday, April 1. 8 p.m. Sold-out. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Gaelic Storm w/The High Kings Saturday, April 1. 8 p.m. $30-$50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
Magnolia Park w/Arrows In Action/Poptropicaslutz Saturday, April 1. 6 p.m. $18. Orpheum, Tampa
Meteoreyes w/Blonde Gentlemen/Movie Props/Samuel Wolter Saturday, April 1, 6:30 p.m. Free. If I Brewed the World, St. Petersburg
Roy Book Binder Saturday, April 1, 4 p.m. No cover. Replay Guitar Exchange, Tampa
Ernstine Black Sunday, April 2, 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar and Cafe, Tampa
Nothing More w/Crown The Empire/Thousand Below Sunday, April 2. 7 p.m. $26.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Ravine w/Summer Hoop/Bangarang Sunday, April 2, 7 p.m. $8-$10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
The HIRS Collective Monday, April 3. 7 p.m. $13. Crowbar, Ybor City
Hollowleg w/Drifter/Dirtwitch/Stoned Morose Thursday, April 6, 7 p.m. $10. Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa
