The Menzingers w/Jeff Rosenstock/Rozwell Kid There’s a lot of talk about growing up when it comes to The Menzingers brand new album After The Party (released in February). Let’s hope that principal songwriters Tom May and Greg Barnett never grow out of the rich narratives and big melodies their Pennsylvania based band has put together throughout the course of a career that’s watched them evolve from Scranton ska punks to the straight up Springsteens of their genre. The addition of another fast-rising, feverently adored American songwriter (Long Island’s Jeff Rosenstock) and West Virginia power pop trio Rozwell Kid make this an A-plus bill from top to bottom. Read our interview with The Menzingers' Tom May here. (State Theatre, St. Petersburg) INFO
ACLU Fundraiser w/GreyMarket/Jinx/Mike Mass/Acho Brother/Sunset Sundays DJs In an Instagram query regarding exactly what his company’s new “Fake News” enamel pins were referring to, One of the Worst co-founders said the accessory was referring to kind of fake news that “is designed to control and enslave masses through fear and false promise. The kind that threatens human rights. The kind that starts wars. Dangerous stuff. Any of it. That kind.” The Tampa-based illustrating giant is putting his money where his mouth is at this hip-hop, folk and rock show that benefits the ACLU as they fight to protect the inherent rights of everyone who calls this still beautiful country home. (Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
5th Annual Mieux Magazine Awards We’ve said it a bunch of times, and we’ll say it again: this city does well when there are more music websites shining a light on the makers that make us proud to call these streets home. Mieux Magazine — a Tampa Bay based website that focuses on Florida fashion, art and music — will dole out awards for 25 categories at their fifth annual awards show. You might still have time to cast a ballot by the time you read this in print, so head to mieuxmagazine.com to have a look. Read our interview with May by visiting cltampa.com/music. (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO
2017 Rock & Roll Swap Meet w/Car Bomb Driver/Dank/Mondo Diablo/Seafang/more Spiller frontman John McNicholas makes the trip from Atlanta to join another one of his old school bands, Dank, as they play alongside almost a dozen other outfits fro Cage Brewing's rock and roll swap meet. Read out McNicholas' traveling photo project here. (Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg) INFO
Empire Cinema w/Blonde Tongues/Michael Barrow Tampa indie rock trio Empire Cinema celebrate a forthcoming debut full length at The Bricks new performance space alongside Michael Barrow from DAWNS and another Tampa Bay outfit, The Blonde Toungues. Listen to the first single form that aforementioned full length here. (The Bricks Ybor, Ybor City) INFO
ALSO PLAYING
Hip-Hop/Rock/Folk/Pop
DJ Michelle Pesce w/DJ Casper/DJ Fader (Ol’ Dirty Sundays at Crowbar, Ybor City) INFO
El Gran Combo (Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival, Tampa) INFO
Old Salt Union (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa) INFO
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
Cruisin’ at the Cap w/The Black Honkeys (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO
Roger “Hurricane” Wilson and The Homeboys (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa) INFO
Live & Local w/Shevonne (Jaeb Courtyard at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
Classical/Jazz
St. Petersburg Community Band (Allendale United Methodist Church, St. Petersburg) INFO
TFO Woodson Chamber Concerts (Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, St. Petersburg) SOLD OUT
Alberto Lodoletti (United Methodist Church of Sun City Center, Sun City Center) INFO
TFO: A Night at the Opera w/Michael Francis (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater) INFO
Drumline Live (Carol Morsani Hall at the David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO
