Earlier this year, we bade a fond farewell to the old Orpheum at 1902 Republica de Cuba Ave., Ybor, and gave warm welcomes to the club’s bigger, splashier digs on the east end of the Seventh Avenue strip — near Empire. The new venue offers a larger room, with comfy and discreet seating, cool flatscreen TVs, a great sound system, and an, um, really high stage. Punk bands have wisely opted to play on the floor. Can you imagine if they didn’t? Stage dive! Splat! 1915 Seventh Ave., Tampa, 813-248-9500, theorpheum.com.
This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2011.
