May
5 Kreator w/Vader Masquerade
5 Slightly Stoopid/Fishbone Jannus Landing
5-8 Emergenza Festival Semi-Finals Boomerz Boiler Room
6 Kenny Chesney w/Gretchen Wilson/Uncle Kracker St. Pete Times Forum
6 The Black Keys w/The Hentchmen/The Legendary JCs Skipper's Smokehouse
6 Meneguar/Gospel/Shed for You Skatepark of Tampa
6 Pale Horse/Dreams You Die In/Roman Empire/Coldside/Anchors Away/A Horror Story 688 Skatepark
6-7 Donna the Buffalo Jannus Landing
7 Heritage OP Octagon Arts Center
7 VNV Nation w/Imperative Reaction/Soman Masquerade
7 Kelly Clarkson Ruth Eckerd Hall
7 The Planet Smashers/The Know How/Safety State Theatre
8 The Dirtbombs w/The Unrequited Loves/The Dead Popes Orpheum
9 Sarah McLachlan St. Pete Times Forum
10 Michael Tolcher State Theatre
10 Gove Scrivenor w/Noelle Price Skipper's Smokehouse
11 Through The Eyes of the Dead/Imperial/Silence after Tragedy/This Will Be Remembered/Hell Within 688 Skatepark
11 Skindred State Theatre
12 Haste The Day/Extol/Dead to Fall/Embrace Today/Twelve Tribes/Fight Paris/LOSA Orpheum
12 Jackyl w/TBA State Theatre
12 Peter Murphy House of Blues (Lake Buena Vista)
13 Mice Parade/Boom Bip/The Mercury Program Orpheum
13 Underoath w/Chariot/These Arms Are Snakes/Fear Before the March of Flames Masquerade
13 & 14 Cornerstone Music Festival Central Florida Fairgrounds (Orlando)
13-15 Uphonia Spanish Moss Farm (Quincy)
14 WMNF Presents The 24th Annual Tropical Heatwave Festival Ybor City
14 TJ Curtis & The Silver Eagle Band Skipper's Smokehouse
14 Lightning Bolt/Bug Sized Mind/The Band of the Name/The Windshield Death Threat Procedure Masquerade Infinity Room
14 Crossfade Spa Beach Park
14 SkaFest 2005 Feat. Can't Do It/More TBA Java Junction
15 Will Downing Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
15 The Outlaws State Theatre
15 Nonpoint w/Contrast/Azalea Masquerade
16 LoveDrug w/TBA State Theatre
19 Lit w/TBA State Theatre
20 Everclear w/TBA Jannus Landing
20 Tishamingo Skipper's Smokehouse
20 Mastodon/Death By Stereo/Cult of Luna/Torche State Theatre
20 The Rising Stars Tour Feat. Red Cloud/Playdough/J Remy/MC WT 688 Skatepark
21 King Diamond/Nile/Black Dahlia Murder Masquerade
21 Jon Oliva's Pain w/Firstborn/Money Shot Bourbon Street
21 Allman Brothers Band/Lynuyrd Skynyrd Ford Amphitheatre
21 Paulina Rubio Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
21 Bob Schneider Skipper's Smokehouse
21 Morgan Heritage Jannus Landing
21 The Speaking Canaries/The Human Echo New World Brewery
21 The Rise Up Tour Feat. Disciple/Subseven 688 Skatepark (MAKEUP SHOW)
22 The Firebird Band/Liars Academy/In Passing/Gladstone/To Lay with Lions Orpheum
22 REO Speedwagon The Lakeland Center (Lakeland)
24 Velvet Revolver w/Hoobastank St. Pete Times Forum
24 Rare Earth Largo Cultural Center
24 Machine Head w/Devildriver/It Dies Today Masquerade
24 The Ravonettes w/TBA State Theatre
25 Mommy & Daddy/Thunderbirds Are Now!/Kit! Orpheum
25 Murphy's Law w/TBA State Theatre
25 Jesse McCartney Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
27 Emmylou Harris Tampa Theatre
27 All American Rejects w/Over It/Hello Goodbye Boomerz Boiler Room
27 Bo Diddley State Theatre
28 Acoustic Alchemy Tampa Theatre
28 Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton Skipper's Smokehouse
28 Kelly Richey Bourbon Street
28 The Utterpunk.com Tour Feat. Day at the Fair/Stimulus/The Big Screen 688 Skatepark
28 Marky Ramone Presents A Tribute to The Ramones w/Against All Authority State Theatre
28 The Scribble Jam Tour Masquerade
29 Snow Patrol w/Athlete State Theatre (MAKEUP SHOW)
29 Simple Plan w/Relient K Jannus Landing
29 Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson Bright House Networks Field
29 Beres Hammond/Marcia Griffiths/Jimmy Cozier/Jahfari Jannus Landing
30 Santana w/Los Lonely Boys Ford Amphitheatre
June
1 Bright Eyes w/The Faint/Airborne Audio USF Sun Dome
2 Melt Banana w/Daughters/Vaz/Orphan Orpheum
2 Blood Brothers w/Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower/Big Business State Theatre
3 Molly Hatchet State Theatre
4 Gipsy Kings Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
4 Rascal Flatts Ford Amphitheatre
4 Sugar Ray & The Bluetones w/Beautiful Bobby Blackmon Skipper's Smokehouse
4 Norman Brown's Summer Storm Feat. Norman Brown/Peabo Bryson/Brenda Russell/Everette Harp Jannus Landing
8 Aleuchatistas w/Coma Girl New World Brewery
8 Crossfade w/Seether Jannus Landing
9 Jazz Attack Feat. Rick Braun/Richard Elliot/Peter White/Jonathan Butler Ruth Eckerd Hall
10 Tom Petty/The Black Crowes Ford Amphitheatre
10 Cigar Store Indians Skipper's Smokehouse
10 Lovehatehero/Clarity Process/The Higher/Secret Lives of The Freemasons Orpheum
12 Black Eyed Peas USF Sun Dome
15 Decahedron/Chariots/Animal Hospital/Guiltmaker Orpheum
15 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Ruth Eckerd Hall
19 Al Jarreau/Boney James/Cassandra Wilson Ruth Eckerd Hall
19 Lucero/The Honorary Title/Corey Branan Orpheum
22 Judas Priest/Queensryche Ford Amphitheatre
23 Action Action w/Spitalfield State Theatre
25 Asylum Street Spankers w/TBA Bourbon Street
25 Smokin' Joe Kubek Feat. Bnoisking w/Sandy Atkinson & The Moderns Skipper's Smokehouse
25 Alanis Morissette Ruth Eckerd Hall
30 Luciano/Dean Frazier & The Jah Messenger Band Jannus Landing
July
2 The Rev. Horton Heat w/The Legendary Shack Shakers State Theatre
2 Oteil & The Peacemakers w/The Ralph Roddenberry Band Skipper's Smokehouse
4 Significant Records Showcase Feat. Take These Eyes/Dreams You Die In/Anchors Away/Murder Crew 688 Skatepark
5 From A Second Story Window/Ion Dissonance/Reflux/Silence After Tragedy/Eugene 688 Skatepark
7 Alkaline Trio w/Rise Against Jannus Landing
7 Dinosaur Jr. House of Blues (Lake Buena Vista)
8 The Rock Never Stops Tour Feat. Cinderella/Ratt/Quiet Riot/Firehouse St. Pete Times Forum
14 Dave Matthews Band Ford Amphitheatre
23 Bogus Pomp Skipper's Smokehouse
23 Hate Eternal w/Krisium/Into Eternity/Incantation/All Shall Perish Masquerade
28 John Hiatt w/North Mississippi Allstars Jannus Landing
28 Kottonmouth Kings State Theatre
29 W.A.S.P./L.A. Guns/Stephen Pearcy Jannus Landing
August
1 Anger Management Tour 3 Feat. Eminem/50 Cent/Lil Jon/D12/G Unit/Obie
Trice/Stat Quo Ford Amphitheatre
5 The Vans Warped Tour Vinoy Park
6 O.A.R. Ruth Eckerd Hall
13 Earth Wind & Fire/Chicago Ford Amphitheatre
20 Avil Lavigne w/Butch Walker/Gavin DeGraw Ford Amphitheatre
September
17 Paul McCartney St. Pete Times Forum
