Clearwater Jazz Holiday Archives - Creative Loafing Tampa

A close-up photograph of Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) performing live, playing a trumpet. He is wearing a black shirt, a beaded bracelet, and a silver necklace. The stage is filled with mist and dramatically lit with contrasting blue and orange light.

Clearwater Jazz Holiday tops Tampa Bay’s best live music happening Oct. 16-23

Tampa Pig Jig, Pre-Fest 9, Fangsgiving, and the Crooked Thumb Anniversary are all happening, too.

by Ray Roa, Josh Bradley and Sophia Lowrie October 17, 2025October 17, 2025

A listing of the best live music and concert events happening in Tampa Bay Oct. 16-23.

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday hosts all-star, no-cover summer jam in Largo

Get to CPPAC early.

by Josh Bradley July 17, 2025July 28, 2025

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday 2025: Trombone Shorty, Cory Wong and Trampled by Turtles top lineup

Tower of Power, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Lady Blackbird, and more are also on the nearly 24-artist bill.

by Ray Roa May 21, 2025August 4, 2025

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday stages two Bay area concerts this month

The Young Lions Jazz Festival is this weekend, while Allison Nash gets soulful on May 22.

by Ray Roa May 15, 2025May 27, 2025

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This weekend’s Clearwater Jazz Holiday is canceled in the wake of Hurricane Milton

The four-day festival was supposed to kickoff on Thursday, Oct. 17.

by Josh Bradley October 14, 2024July 16, 2025

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Sierra Ferrell out, Bruce Hornsby in, at Clearwater Jazz Holiday

Refunds for Saturday ticket holders are available.

by Ray Roa August 23, 2024June 5, 2025

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday’s summer superjam happens tonight in St. Pete

More than a dozen musicians will be onstage.

by Ray Roa July 19, 2024July 21, 2025

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Sierra Ferrell, Mavis Staples top lineup for 45th annual Clearwater Jazz Holiday

Other headliners include St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Cory Wong, Boney James, Tower of Power, Galactic and more.

by Ray Roa June 20, 2024July 24, 2025

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Photos: Everything we saw on night three of Clearwater Jazz Holiday 2023

by Josh Bradley October 23, 2023

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday finally comes home to Coachman Park starting Thursday

The four-day festival includes Buddy Guy, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Trampled by Turtles and more.

by Ray Roa October 16, 2023May 22, 2025

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Buddy Guy, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, more headline Clearwater Jazz Holiday this fall

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Gladys Knight, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, Trampled By Turtles and more are also on the lineup.

by Josh Bradley July 25, 2023August 14, 2024

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday hosts free ‘Ultimate Jazz Summer Jam’ concert this month

There’s less than 100 days until Jazz Holiday’s return to Coachman Park, too.

by Ray Roa July 13, 2023July 21, 2025

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Photos: Trombone Shorty, The War and Treaty, more kick off Clearwater Jazz Holiday 2022

by Ray Roa October 17, 2022

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Ahead of Clearwater date, Warren Haynes says he can see Gov’t Mule ‘possibly doing an instrumental, jazz-influenced record’

The band closes out Clearwater Jazz Holiday happening Oct. 14-16 at BayCare Ballpark.

by Josh Bradley October 10, 2022April 9, 2025

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Clearwater Jazz Holiday’s 2022 lineup includes Trombone Shorty, Gov’t Mule and more

Charlie Wilson and St. Paul & the Broken Bones are on the bill, too.

by Ray Roa July 21, 2022October 16, 2023

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Everything we saw on night three of Clearwater Jazz Holiday 2021

by CL Staff October 17, 2021

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Clearwater’s weekend-long Suncoast Jazz Festival kicks off this week

Clearwater’s indoor jazz fest.

by Ray Roa November 21, 2019August 17, 2023

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Boyz II Men kick off the Clearwater Jazz Holiday this week

Trombone Shorty, Robert Randolph, Chicago, Allison Krauss are coming, too.

by Ray Roa October 7, 2019December 20, 2024

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Look at the Clearwater Jazz Collective being beautiful at Coachman Park

by CL Staff October 22, 2018

Sh*t happened 10/19/15: Bubba sued, Florida bears (and Screwie Louie’s Porpoise Pub) screwed

by Scott Harrell October 19, 2015August 17, 2023