Downtown Tampa's prestigious multi-stage performance center thundered full steam ahead through its 2011-12 concert season, booking an incredibly diverse range of top-notch talent that included but was not limited to Wanda Jackson, Tiger Lillies, Josh Ritter, Janet Jackson, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, Matisyahu, Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers, Trey Songz, The Civil Wars, Bon Iver, Mary J. Blige, Pink Martini, Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour, Puscifer and Hot Tuna. Anticipation for the 2012-13 season has already begun, with confirmed dates at the Straz by Andrew Bird and Here We Go Magic, and Carolina Chocolate Drops. 1010 N. MacInnes Place, Tampa, 813-229-7827, strazcenter.org.
This article appears in Sep 20-26, 2012.