Tampa Bay's best live music happening May 2-9

Including Tropical Heatwave, Riverfest, Kurt Vile and more.

She She She, which plays the Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida on May 4, 2024. - Photo via shesheshe/Facebook
Photo via shesheshe/Facebook
She She She, which plays the Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida on May 4, 2024.
Festivals are a huge part of Tampa Bay's lineup of the best live music and concerts happening from May 2-9.

This listing is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors then supplemented with select gigs from CL's user-submitted events calendar. Don't see your event here? Submit it yourself.

Thursday, May 2
Friday, May 3
Saturday, May 4
Sunday, May 5
Monday, May 6
Wednesday, May 8 Thursday, May 8

Also playing

Abortion Twins w/Billy Doom Is Dead/Thee Butcher Cabal/Moon Thing/Mario
Thursday, May 2. 8 p.m. $10. Brass Mug, Tampa

The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA Thursday, May 2. 8 p.m. $38.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Elizabeth Glushko Thursday, May 2. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Lady Gaga Drag Show feat. Adrianna Sparkle Thursday, May 2. 7 p.m. $10. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Money Man Thursday, May 2. 7 p.m. $45. The Ritz, Ybor City

T. Couture Thursday, May 2 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Black Light Silent Disco Friday, May 3. 8 p.m. $15. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

C-Rena & The Soul Magicians w/DJ Rob
Friday, May 3. 6 p.m. No cover. Riverwalk Stage at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa

Emo Orchestra w/Escape The Fate Friday, May 3. 8 p.m. $39.50 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Kevin Kon Friday, May 3. 9 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Paul Vincent Friday, May 3. 7:30 p.m. $13 & up. Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa

R&B Only Friday, May 3. 7:45 p.m. $59 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

The Spazmatics Friday, May 3. 7 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Vagabond Tweed
Friday, May 3. 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Velvet Sky w/Silver Bullet Smile/Desoto Tiger/Almondy Brown/Lovepit
Friday, May 3. 6:30 p.m. $10. Brass Mug, Tampa

Weedeater w/Telekinetic Yeti/Restless Spirit Friday, May 3. 7 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City

41 Saturday, May 4. 6 p.m. $25. Club Skye, Ybor City

B2B Battles: Meeshy w/Sherif Sidarous/il diamante/Michael Wagner/Jenny Zie/S.A.B.R.I./St8ofKind/Rindle
Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. $15 & up. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Be Fabulous Music & Arts Pride Fest: MeteorEYES w/Summer Hoop/Zeta the Babe/Brittany Zeff/Nowincolor/Gracie Cespedes
(Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, Sarasota)

Chris Renzema
Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. $22 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Cosmo Baker
Saturday, May 4. 9 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Femmes & Follies: Viva Follies Cabaret
Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $30 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

First Saturday Jazz: La Lucha
Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

KV Mahabala w/Suddhashil Chatterjee/Shank Lahiri Friday, May 10. 7 p.m. The Hindu Temple of Florida, Tampa

Matthew Frost Band
Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $19.64 & up. The BayCare Sound, Clearwater

Ramones Tribute XIX: Atlanta Dog w/Boney Fiend/Fear the Spider/Olde Rage/Return 2 Saturn/more
Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin JB

Renaiddance: Beyoncé Celebration
Saturday, May 4. 9 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City

Space Krate w/One Love Rising/Dawn Loves Nash feat. Critter
Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $10. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Taj Farrant
Saturday, May 4. 7:30 p.m. $38.50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Teen Suicide w/Awakebutstillinbed
Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $25. New World Brewery, Tampa

Todd Murphy
Saturday, May 4. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

226york w/Young Prophet/BlaxQ jeZus/F.A.M Killa/Levi YT/MTS Jordan S
unday, May 5. 7 p.m. $13. Orpheum, Tampa

Blueprint w/DJ Detox/Jon Ditty/Purple Kloud
Sunday, May 5. 6 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Cinco de Mayo: Live Mariachi and Latin Music
Sunday, May 5. 3 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Cinco De Mayo Fiesta: South of the Border
Sunday, May 5. 3 p.m. $13 & up. New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa

Davis Coen & the Skinny Lowdown
Sunday, May 5. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Lauris Vidal
Sunday, May 5. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Little Strange
Sunday, May 5. 5 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Retro Reggae Brunch: DJ Blenda
Sunday, May 5. 12 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Sunday Blues Session: Josh Nelms w/TBA
Sunday, May 5. 6 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Cattle Decapitation w/Carnifex/Rivers of Nihil/Humanity’s Last Breath/The Zenith Passage/Vitriol/Face Yourself
Monday, May 6. 4:30 p.m. $35. Orpheum, Tampa

"It will always be The State Theatre:" Victims of Circumstance
Monday, May 6. 7 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

The Remix: Goodview
Tuesday, May 7. 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

Tampa Bay Symphony: A British Fantasia
Tuesday, May 7. 8 p.m. $25. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Doyle w/Otep/Red Devil Vortex/Bad Future/Voidrium
Wednesday, May 8. 6 p.m. $25. Brass Mug, Tampa

DJ Cub
Wednesday, May 8. 7 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Witchgrass Wednesday: Fil Pate
Wednesday, May 8. 7 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Gloria West w/Swing Time
Thursday, May 9. 7 p.m. $10. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

The J-Rod Sullivan Band feat. Kyle Schroeder
Thursday, May 9. 7:30 p.m. $30. Side Door at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Queensrÿche w/Armored Saint T
hursday, May 9. 8 p.m. $29.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

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Josh Bradley

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in Tampa Bay. Check the music section in print and online every week for the latest in local live music.

Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...
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