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Tampa Bay's best live music happening Sept. 28-Oct. 5

Plus, Death Grips, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Band Of Horses and more.

By Ray Roa on Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 1:02 am

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Van Plating, who plays Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 30, 2023.

As we enter Rocktober, the Tampa Bay live music calendar is not letting up, and locals have so many chances to catch a great show this weekend thanks to gigs from Van Plating (pictured), Lydia Lunch, Vibes of the Bay and more.

This listing features concerts curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, plus select shows pulled from CL's user-submitted Tampa Bay concert calendar. Don't see your event here? List it for free yourself.

Thursday, Sept. 28

Biishop The Artist w/Mai Sweet Basil (The Far Forest, Tampa)
DJ Ku (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)

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Friday, Sept. 29

A Night of Drum & Bass Presents: 30 Years of V Recordings (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
All Time Low w/Gym Class Heroes/Grayscale/Lauran Hibberd (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Brett Scallions w/Jason Bieler (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)
DJ Jask (Arts Club at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
The Hails w/Cannibal Kids (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Indian Classical and World Music Concert (Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg)
James Suggs Quintet (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Painted Raven : Harvest Moon Celebration Concert (Catherine A. Hickman Theater, Gulfport)
Tribal Style (Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
WMNF 44th Birthday: The Iguanas (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
Lydia Lunch w/Purr Purr Purr/Tiger 54 (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
Shinedown w/Papa Roach/Spiritbox (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)

Saturday, Sept. 30

Deadwolff w/Midnight Vice/The Osceola Brothers (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Death Grips (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
DJ Muto (Rooftop at Tampa Edition, Tampa)
Eric Church w/Whiskey Myers (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Not Enough Space w/Until I Die/ Downpour/more (Oscura, Bradenton)
Rebekah Pulley Duo w/Harper Wynn/Van Plating (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Vibes of the Bay: Sam E Hues w/Sundé/Pet Lizard/Perception/ Vern Sr./ Nico Sweet and Pusha Preme/Johnny Champagne/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
What So Not (The Ritz, Ybor City)

Tampa's tastemaking Vibes of the Bay festival, returns from pandemic hiatus this fall: In all 17, acts will play two stages alongside live painting from Selena Ferrer.

Sunday, Oct. 1

Judy Carmichael & Nate Najar (Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Ol' Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Harvest Fest 2023 (Meacham Urban Farm, Tampa)
Shawn James w/Evan Bartels (Orpheum, Tampa)
Quarters Of Change w/Rebounder/P.M. Tiger (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Monday, Oct. 2

Toad the Wet Sprocket w/The Verve Pipe (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

Tuesday, Oct. 3

Band Of Horses w/Bella White (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Melody Artisans of the Crooked Thumb (Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor)
Terror Reid w/LU/DOMSTA/NOGOOD (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Wednesday, Oct. 4

Elevation Worship w/Steven Furtick (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Hot Tuna Electric (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Teddy Swims (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Thursday, Oct. 5

Avey Tare w/Geologist/Alien House (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
Ashnikko w/Audrey Nuna (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Blue October (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
Danielle Nicole (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
Jake Miller (Orpheum, Tampa)
Jose Valentino & Eternal Power (Music Center at St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg)
Off With Their Heads w/Dead Bars/Big Sad (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
Rock the Park Tampa: The New Rulers w/Tha Banned/Boycott (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Tierney Sutton (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)

Also playing

Bryan Gee w/Jumpin Jack Frost/T.R.A.C./Kadilak & MC Freak/Darcii Darka Friday, Sept. 29. 8 p.m. $15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
MiniM Friday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m. $10. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg
Walk the Line: A Tribute to Johnny Cash Saturday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. $30. Richey Suncoast Theatre, New Port Richey
Clara Noctis w/Flagman/He Kindly/Volitions Sunday, Oct. 1. 7 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
A Split Second Sunday, Oct. 1. 8 p.m. $25. Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa
Clint Black Wednesday, Oct. 4. 8 p.m. $33 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
Faze Wave w/O Miles Per House/Dinner Time Wednesday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. $10-$15. Hooch and Hive, Tampa
Zach Nugent’s Dead Set Thursday, Oct. 5. 7 p.m. $15. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
Absolution Fest 2023: Light Asylum w/Empathy Test/Priest/Nuovo Testamento/Wingtips/Night Sins/Sydney Valette/Astari Nite/Male Tears/Panic Priest/more Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 5-7. 6 p.m. $40 & up. Crowbar, Ybor City

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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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