The best live music coming to Tampa Bay from April 13-20, 2023

With about 50 concerts to choose from.

By Ray Roa and Josh Bradley on Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 4:17 pm

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Hovvdy

Taylor Swift dominates this weekend's live music happenings with her historic run of three back-to-back-to-back sold-out shows at Raymond James Stadiums, but there's even more happening on both sides of the Bay including Laura Jane Grace's return to the old State Theatre, Tampa Bay Blues Festival, Hovvdy (pictured) and more.

Look below for the best live music coming to Tampa Bay from April 13-20 featuring shows curated by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, plus select events pulled from CL's user-submitted events calendar. If you don't see your show on the list, consider submitting it yourself.

Taylor Swift’s Tampa shows will achieve something even U2, Paul McCartney and Bowie couldn’t: Rock and roll’s biggest stars have all played local stadium shows—none have drawn the crowds Swift will.

Thursday, April 13

Onyx w/R.A. The Rugged Man (Brass Mug, Tampa)
Taylor Swift w/Beebadoobe/Gayle (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa)
Tim Barry w/Rancho La Chua (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Umphrey’s McGee (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Friday, April 14

Animal Prince w/Dionysus/Anemoia (Shuffle, Tampa)
Arbour Season (Music Gallery, New Port Richey)
Covenant (Orpheum, Tampa)
Fulcrum w/Vacancy/Dead Mirrors/Ramtha (Born Free Pub & Grill, Tampa)
Jake Shimabukuro (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Masego (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Montell Jordan (BayCare Ballpark, Clearwater)
Reckless Kelly (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley (Craftsman House, St. Petersburg)
#Pound Friday: Snails (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Taylor Swift w/Beebadoobee/Gracie Abrams (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa)
Tiny.Blips (The Moontower, Dunedin)
Tampa Bay Blues Festival: Robert Cray/Tommy Castro/Ana Popovic/Larry McCray Band/Colin James (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
Ukulele Fest in the District: Songwriting for Songwriters w/Jim Beloff (Clearwater Building, Clearwater)

Saturday, April 15

Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival: .38 Special (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa)
David Dondero (Crab Devil, Tampa)
Have Gun, Will Travel w/Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters/Claire Vandiver (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
L8 Night Flights (St. Pete Pier, St. Petersburg)
Random Rab w/Lusine (The Factory, St. Petersburg)
The Red Clay Strays (The Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing, Ybor City)
Tampa Bay Blues Festival: Tower of Power/Tab Benoit/Dirty Dozen Brass Band/Chris Cain/Dawn Tyler Watson (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
Taylor Swift w/Beebadoobee/Gracie Abrams (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa)
Ukulele Fest in the District: Evening Concert w/Jim Beloff (Clearwater Building, Clearwater)
Whitechapel (Orpheum, Tampa)

'A person like me could be outlawed from existing': Laura Jane Grace wonders if this is her last Florida tour: Grace is at St. Pete's Floridian Social, and Bananas Records, on Sunday.

Sunday, April 16

Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival: Mitchell Tenpenny (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa)
Iris DeMent (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)
Laura Jane Grace meet and greet (Bananas Records, St. Petersburg)
Laura Jane Grace (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
The Lone Bellow Trio w/Stephen Wilson Jr. (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
Punk Flea Pop-Up: Arcane Arcade w/Except You/Black Valley Moon/Twisty Chris & the Puddin’ Packs/DJ Dadd (The Brutalist, St. Petersburg)
Slaughter To Prevail (Orpheum, Ybor City)
Tampa Bay Blues Festival: The Fabulous Thunderbirds w/Mr. Sipp/Vanessa Collier/Jimmy Carpenter/JT Lauritsen & The Buckshot/Hunter (Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg)
Queensryche w/Trauma/Marty Friedman (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

Monday, April 17

Hovvdy w/Whitmer Thomas/girlpuppy (Crowbar, Ybor City)
Styx w/Don Felder (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Tuesday, April 18

Billy Strings (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

Wednesday, April 19

Chops: A Live Jazz Evening w/Rod Alnord Quartet (Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
George Benson (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
GrowHouse's WynWord Wednesdays: R&B and Poetry Night (Rose Bar, Tampa)
The Happy Fits w/The Hails (Crowbar, Ybor City)

Thursday, April 20

Drive-By Truckers w/Lydia Loveless (Floridian Social Club, St. Petersburg)
Of Good Nature w/Wheeland Brothers (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
Prof w/Juice Lord/Bayo/Willie Wonka (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Tommy Prine (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Wilco w/The A’s (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

Interview: Nels Cline ponders death, feeling alive in songs, ahead of Wilco’s Clearwater concert: Wilco plays its first Bay area show in a decade at Ruth Eckerd Hall.

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About The Authors

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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