<font Thursday, Sept. 27
EventsOrpheum Nutrajet/Pseudo Heroes/Buddy Revell
State Theatre Total Chaos/Nothing Promise/The Amputees
Bars/Small StagesAdam's Mark Jamtasticks
AJ's Ale House Deep Elum
Alley Cat's Cafe Jamie Perlow
Bahama Mama's Michael Hastings
Beach Place (Whitey's) Flashback
Billy G'Z (Clw.) The Gita
Bourbon Street Real Knockout Boxing
Brass Mug Karaoke w/Laser Ray
Cadillac Jack's Dr. Funk
Carlie's Stormbringer
Centro Ybor Plaza Channel Z
Cha Cha Coconuts Dr. Do-Little
Chase Club Derek Williams
Club Hedo Gemini/Passthamic/Ryan McGary/Cory K
Daiquiri Deck Average Joe
Dave's Bar & Grille Burden Fly/Transformer/Trippin Gerries
Fun Tampa DJs Trauma/Short-E
Garden Nate Najar & Joe Aromola
Gasoline Alley Barely Pink/Ulterior Motive/Bad Bonz
Grand Finale Blue Folha w/George McFarley
Green Iguana (West Shore) Other Guy/Chromatic
Green Iguana (Ybor City) Post Human
Green Parrot (Largo) Cheeky Monkey
J.J.'s Sports Lounge Open Jam
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Sean Spencer Duo
Jimmy B's 1/2 Naked People/Baby Huey Band
JJ's Sports Lounge Open Jam
King Corona Cigars The Irritable Tribe of Poets
Mickey Quinn's (Indian Shores) Shake
Mojo's Ozona
Pharm Dave Korman
Primadonna Florio & Ginsberg
Purple Moon The Onlies
Rare Olive Grin
Ringside Cafe Cocktail Kings
Rockwell's Corner Pub The Blue Team
Sack's Aura
Seabreeze Bar & Grill Mick Sharp
Skipper's Smokehouse Uncle John's Band
Spinners @ Holiday Inn High Tide
Sunsets at Pier 60 Billy & The Heat
T-Bones DJ Erlin & Percussionist Mambo Mattey
Tequila's Mariachi Fiesta en Jalisco
<font Friday, Sept. 28
EventsJannus Landing Judas Priest/Anthrax
State Theatre NY Police/Firefighters Benefit w/Woven/Harry Dash/Project 13/Cocktail Honeys/Mr. Bella
Bars/Small StagesAdam's Mark Jamtasticks/Blue Dice
AJ's Ale House Johnny G. Lyons Band
Alley Cat's Cafe Jamm Tracks
Amphitheater Retro w/DJ Leprechaun
Bahama Mama's Knucklehead
BayWalk The Satellites
Beach Nutts The Thrusters
Beach Place (Whitey's) Noble Jones
Big J.R.'s Sequel
Billy G'Z (Clw.) The Clearwater All-Stars
Bourbon Street Grin
Cadillac Jack's Chameleon
Carlie's Diamond Gray
Centro Ybor Plaza Bombed Out Cat
Cha Cha Coconuts Life Guard
Club Hedo Mondo/Passthamic
Cool Tunes Coffee Bar Originals By Girls
Daiquiri Deck Kevin Toon/Big Brother
Dave's Bar & Grille Tommy G and Highseas
Extra Inning Ballpark Cafe General Z and The Crew
Foxy O'Toole's Paul Anthony Band
Fun Tampa DJ Icey/Mike and Charlie/Jen Lasher/Lil. Miz Booty/Keith MacKenzie/Fixx
Gasoline Alley Ken & Chris/Teer/Mojo Gurus
Green Iguana (West Shore) Jon Springs/Chromatic
Green Iguana (Ybor City) Boink Jr./Velvet Jones
Green Parrot (Largo) Even Steven
J.J.'s Sports Lounge Streetwize
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Impulse
Java Jane's Alias Julias
Jillian's Chuck Drake/Theo Valentin
Jimmy B's Spy vs. Spy/Tyger/TBA
Jimmy Mac's Waterside Phat Rascal
King Corona Cigars Michael Ross Quartet
Limey's Pub Dr. Do-Little
Los Amigos Mariachi Fiesta en Jalisco
Marsha's Wayside Inn Ulterior Motive
Mickey Quinn's (Indian Shores) Michael Young
Neptune Lounge Soulsystem
New World Brewery Spacious International/Lukali/Ithica
Newk's Full Tilt
Overtime Sports Bar & Grill Ozona
Palm Pavilion On Que Players
Pegasus Lounge Partners N Crime
Pharm Backwater Blues Band
Purple Moon David Raines
Ringside Cafe Rockin' Chair Band
Rio Bravo (South Dale Mabry) Brother 2 Brother
Sack's Aura
Saffron's Caliente Band
Seabreeze Bar & Grill Lazy Boy & The Rockers
Shades Bad Neighbors
Sidelines Sports Bar (Apollo Bch.) Baby Huey Band
Skipper's Smokehouse Ayabonmbe
Sneaky D's Naked People Band
Spinners @ Holiday Inn High Tide
Stump's Supper Club NuSoul/Jimmy James & The Velvet Explosion
Sunset Grille Ted Wray
Sunsets at Pier 60 Lane Change
T-Bones DJ Erlin & Percussionist Mambo Mattey
Tucson's Tyger
Velvet The Gita
Village Lounge Russ Funk
Yeoman's Road Pub The Strangeways
<font Saturday, Sept. 29
EventsOrpheum Subgenius Devival w/The Jackie Papers/Saint 'N/Orange Stoole Chariot
Ruth Eckerd Hall Tori Amos/Rufus Wainwright
State Theatre Tom Tom Club/Soulsystem
Bars/Small StagesAdam's Mark Jamtasticks/Blue Dice
AJ's Ale House Johnny G. Lyons Band
Alley Cat's Cafe Jamm Tracks
Amphitheater Saturday Night Live w/93.3 WFLZ
Bahama Mama's Dr. Do-Little
BayWalk The Spells
Beach Nutts The Thrusters
Beach Place (Whitey's) Hunks of Funk
Big J.R.'s Sequel
Billy G'Z (Clw.) The Clearwater All-Stars
Bourbon Street Bushhounds/Never Say Never
Cadillac Jack's Chameleon
Carlie's Diamond Gray
Central Stage Bus Stop w/DJ Andi K
Centro Ybor Plaza Ted Wray (aft.)
Cha Cha Coconuts Life Guard
Chase Club Derrick Williams
Club Hedo Ladies' Night w/DJ Leprechaun
Daiquiri Deck Big Brother
Dave's Bar & Grille Reckless Deerhunters
Drew Street Station The Gita
Extra Inning Ballpark Cafe General Z and The Crew
Gasoline Alley Dysfunktion/Trip2Go/Edge of Red
Green Iguana (West Shore) Chromatic
Green Iguana (Ybor City) Donny O'Neil/Velvet Jones
Green Parrot (Largo) Rob Rock
J.J.'s Sports Lounge Streetwize
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Democracy
Java Jane's A Guy Named Tom
Jillian's Chuck Drake
Jimmy B's Tyger/Mandalay/Green Flash
Jimmy Mac's Waterside Phat Rascal
King Corona Cigars Michael Ross Quartet
Largo Cultural Center Paul Howards
Mad Dogs & Englishmen Rebekah Pulley & Jerry Provost
Marsha's Wayside Inn Ulterior Motive
McHale's Chophouse Blues Generator
Mickey Quinn's (Indian Shores) Eddie Wright
Neptune Lounge Barely Pink/Bite Size
O'Malley's Soulmate
Overtime Sports Bar & Grill Ozona
Palm Pavilion Billy Martin (aft.)/On Que Players (eve.)
Pegasus Lounge Partners N Crime
Pharm Mojo Creole
Purple Pelican Cafe Ally Smith
Ringside Cafe Rockin' Chair Band
Saffron's Caliente Band
Seabreeze Bar & Grill Lazy Boy & The Rockers
Shades Bad Neighbors
Sidelines Sports Bar (Apollo Bch.) Baby Huey Band
Skipper's Smokehouse Rico Monaco & The Sol Sons
Sneaky D's Naked People Band
Spinners @ Holiday Inn High Tide
Stump's Supper Club Jimmy James & The Velvet Explosion
Sunset Grille Ted Wray
Sunsets at Pier 60 Soulsystem
T-Bones Johnny Charro
Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center The 24th Street Klezmer Band
Velvet Progressive House w/DJ Major
Village Lounge Russ Funk
<font Sunday, Sept. 30
EventsBoomerz ALS Rock & Blues Benefit w/Full Tilt/Even Steven/Molten Mike/The Swinging Johnsons/Link & the Detonators/Deep Elum
Empire Sir Mix-A-Lot/Penthouse Pets/DJ Corey/Eyeball
Orpheum Rainer Maria/Tomorrow/Thinking Day Rally
Skipper's Smokehouse Red, White & Blues Jam Benefit w/Quivering Rhythm Hounds/Code Blues/Straight Up/Blues Pig
State Theatre Groovenics/Gargamel
USF Sun Dome Snoop Dogg w/DJ Jam/Kurupt/DAZ/Doggy's Angels/Tha Liks/Soopafly/Butch Cassidy
Bars/Small StagesAdam's Mark Willie Lomax/Rock Bottom
Bahama Mama's Dynamic Duo
Beach Place (Whitey's) Naked People Band
Big Kahuna's Robbie Lake & Bookends Review
Brass Mug Reckless Deerhunters/The Dead Masons/Project Mayhem
Cadillac Jack's Baby Huey Band
Carlie's Partners N Crime
Cha Cha Coconuts Dr. Do-Little
Dave's Bar & Grille Kim Harpo's Blues Party
Gorilla Theatre Jack Brokensha Jazz Quartet
Green Iguana (West Shore) Third Story Basement
Green Iguana (Ybor City) Zoom/Life On Mars
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Positivity (aft.)/Brother 2 Brother (eve.)
Jimmy B's Wet/Hunks of Funk
King Corona Cigars Jazz Jam w/The Michael Royal Trio
Mickey Quinn's (Indian Shores) Soul Sunday w/Verbal/Swel/Anonymous
Molly Goodhead's (Ozona) Ted Wray
Palm Pavilion Mark McGourley (aft.)/Shake (eve.)
Perch Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues
Porterhouse Rock Cafe Nitrus Tuesday
Primadonna Florio & Ginsberg
Purple Moon Those 2 Girls
Ringside Cafe Blues Jam
Royalty Theatre Sarah Noyle
Seabreeze Bar & Grill Jam w/Barefoot Mikee
Spinners @ Holiday Inn High Tide
Sundance Grill Ozona
<font Monday, Oct. 1
EventsLobby Lounge at the Garden Emit presents Eugene Chadbourne & Han Bennick
Bars/Small StagesAdam's Mark Espree deKor
Amphitheater DJ Mike Nice
Brass Mug Open Jam
Dave's Bar & Grille Chef Marvin's Cookin'
Extra Inning Ballpark Cafe Karaoke
Gasoline Alley Pattie & The Wannabees
Green Iguana (West Shore) John Springs/Blues Jam w/House of Trouble
Green Iguana (Ybor City) Life On Mars
Jimmy B's Manhattan Project/TBA
Night Stand (formerly Spurs) Industry Night
Shephard's Beach Resort Sequel
Spinners @ Holiday Inn Jamm Tracks
<font Tuesday, Oct. 2
EventsBrass Mug Flotsam & Jetsam/Motive/Flat Stanley/Wither
Jannus Landing Flickerstick/TBA
Bars/Small StagesAdam's Mark Hammerhead
BayWalk Swing and Latin Dance
Dave's Bar & Grille Just John
Gasoline Alley Link & the Detonators/Gary Schutt
Green Iguana (West Shore) Donny O'Neil/Kenny McGee's Disease
Green Iguana (Ybor City) Life On Mars
Green Parrot (Largo) Rock & The Revelators
Jimmy B's Retroactive/TBA
Limey's Pub Ted Wray
Pegasus Lounge Karaoke
Shephard's Beach Resort Sequel
Skipper's Smokehouse Brint Anderson
Spinners @ Holiday Inn Jamm Tracks
Yeoman's Road Pub Open Blues Jam w/Mike Tozier
<font Wednesday, Oct. 3
Bars/Small StagesAdam's Mark Hammerhead
Alley Cat's Cafe Michael Hastings
Billy G'Z (Clw.) The Clearwater All-Stars
Blue Shark T-Blue Band
Carambas Mexican Restaurant Mariachi Fiesta En Jalisco
Chase Club Andy & Melissa
Club Hedo Hospitality Night w/DJ Leprechaun
Coliseum Twilight Time Trio
Daiquiri Deck Hunks of Funk
Dave's Bar & Grille Rene LaBre and the Cotton Pickers/Wang Dang Doodle/Open Blues Jam
Frankie's RetroModernFuturism w/DJs Curse Mackey & Jim Beeler
Gasoline Alley Rebel Pride
Green Iguana (West Shore) Zoom/Kenny McGee's Disease
Green Iguana (Ybor City) Chromatic
Jack Willie's Tiki Bar Rhodeside
Java Jane's Open Mic
Jimmy B's Steve O./Mandalay
Mickey Quinn's (Indian Shores) Irish Tunes by Burley Hill
Pharm Open Mic
Rain Lounge DJ Simply Jeff/DJ Keith Mackenzie
Rare Olive Bombed Out Cat
Seabreeze Bar & Grill Blues Jam w/Sarahsax
Shades Karaoke
Shephard's Beach Resort Sequel
Skipper's Smokehouse Impulse
Spinners @ Holiday Inn High Tide
Stump's Supper Club NuSoul/Jimmy James & The Velvet Explosion
T-Bones Johnny Charro
Tavern at Bayboro (USF St. Pete) Mike Jurgenson
Yeoman's Road Pub Acoustic Artists & Writers Night w/Vince Longo
<font Upcoming Concerts
October4 Stavesacre/Denison Marrs/Pilots VS Aeroplanes/Copeland State Theatre
4 Rippingtons feat. Russ Freeman TBPAC
5 Pretty Boy Freud Centro Asturiano
5 Jett Brando/Jeremy Gloff/Mike O'Neill/Keith Welsh/TBA Orpheum
5 Rockapella TBPAC
5 Gotohells The Emerald
6 Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra XL2 Ruth Eckerd Hall
7 Vue/TBA Orpheum
7 Lionel Richie Sun Dome
7 Neurotica/Born Into Kaos/Calm State Theatre
8 Sum 41/Unwritten Law Jannus Landing
9 Lenny & Me Skipper's Smokehouse
10 Tool Sun Dome
11 Miles Tillman/Stillife/Gaijin Orpheum
12 Plena Libre Coliseum
12 King's X/Moke State Theatre
12 Tab Benoit Skipper's Smokehouse
12 Rod McDonald/Mike Jurgensen Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa
13 David Cassidy Ruth Eckerd Hall
13 Cursive/Sorry About Dresden Orpheum
14 Ani DiFranco/Bitch/Animal Mahaffey Theater
16 Larry Keel/TBA Orpheum
18 Martin Sexton Orpheum
18 Unitas/Teddy Duchamp's Army/Buddy Revell New World Brewery
18 Nonpoint/Darwin's Waiting Room/Reveille/Switched Venue TBA
18-21 Clearwater Jazz Holiday feat. Boney James/Jane Monheit/Nnenna Freelon/Poncho Sanchez Coachman Park
19 Robin Trower/TBA Jannus Landing
19 Trisha Yearwood Ruth Eckerd Hall
19 Mortician/Exhumed Brass Mug
20 Gotohells The Emerald
20 Halfway to Gone/Five Horse Johnson/Nothing Promise Orpheum
20 John Prine Ruth Eckerd Hall
21 Gregg Allman & Friends w/Jeffrey Gaines Tampa Theatre
21 Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers Skipper's Smokehouse
21 Ultimate Fakebook/Further Seems Forever/My Hotel Year/Seville State Theatre
22 Sex Mob Orpheum
24 Verizon Music Festival Day One feat. Afro-Cuban All Stars/Buckwheat Zydeco/Ronny Elliott/Michael Ross Quartet TBPAC
25 Chuck Berry/Little Richard Ruth Eckerd Hall
25 George Wein & The Newport All-Stars Coliseum
25 Papa Grows Funk/Damon Fowler Group Skipper's Smokehouse
25 The Independents/Unrequited Loves/Blue Flame Combo Orpheum
26 Wynonna Ruth Eckerd Hall
26 Hey Mercedes/New End Originals/Mid Carson July Orpheum
26 Janet Jackson/112
27 The Anniversary/Superdrag/Mars Volta/Seafood State Theatre
27 Arturo Sandoval/Femi Kuti & Positive Force/Claudia Acuna/Larry Coryell & The Count's Jam Band/Damon Fowler Group/Halcyon Coachman Park
27 Merl Saunders Skipper's Smokehouse
27 Mike Watt/The Jom & Terry Show State Theatre
27 Guavaween feat. Disturbed/The Drowning Pool/others Ybor City
28 Britney Spears/O-Town Ice Palace
28 The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart & Bembe Orisha Ruth Eckerd Hall
28 The Damned/The Briefs State Theatre
29 Michael Bolton Ruth Eckerd Hall
30 The Last Damn Show feat. Trick Daddy/many more Sun Dome
30 Lucinda Williams/TBA Jannus Landing
November
1 The Isley Brothers Ruth Eckerd Hall
2 Southern-Fried Rock Festival feat. Molly Hatchet/Black Oak Arkansas/Atlanta Rhythm Section Ice Palace
2 Travis Tritt Ruth Eckerd Hall
3 The Family Values Tour feat. Stone Temple Pilots/Linkin Park/Staind/Static X/Deadsy Ice Palace
3 Judy Collins Wild Flower Folk Festival w/Richie Havens/Roger McGuinn/Janis Ian Ruth Eckerd Hall
3 The Iguanas Skipper's Smokehouse
6 Fathead Orpheum
8 Alice Cooper Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Lonestar w/Jamie O'Neal & Blake Shelton Ice Palace
16 Blue Jeans Classics: The Florida Orchestra presents The Thrill of the Orchestra Coliseum
17 Dick Dale State Theatre
24 Seven Nations State Theatre
27 Aerosmith/The Cult Ice Palace
29 Kenny Loggins Ruth Eckerd Hall
30 Jay Black & The Americans/Little Anthony & The Imperials Ruth Eckerd Hall
December
1 El Vez Skipper's Smokehouse
9 Dashboard Confessional/Rocking Horse Winner/Seville State Theatre
20 Blue Jeans Classics: The Florida Orchestra presents Simple Gifts Coliseum
28 The Osmond Brothers Christmas Ruth Eckerd Hall
31 Red Elvises Skipper's Smokehouse
This article appears in Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2001.