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Tampa Bay’s Halloween concert lineup includes ‘Zombie Prom,’ emo covers show and more

Daikaiju, Meek Mill and others are also playing across the Bay area on Oct. 31.

by Ray Roa October 28, 2026October 28, 2026

Peace Cult’s ‘Zombie Prom’ tops a list of Halloween concerts happening from Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2026 across Tampa Bay.

A concert performance photograph by Ryan Kern showing Daikaiju plays Hooch and Hive in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 3, 2023. Captured in a medium shot during a live indoor performance, a guitarist performing with kaiju/surf-rock band Daikaiju plays a light blue electric guitar while wearing a white-and-red painted Kabuki-style face mask. The performer has dark curly afro hair, blue body paint across their right arm and shoulder, and wears a sleeveless floral patterned shirt, bathed in dramatic red and blue stage lighting with an audience member visible in the background.

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Finally, masked Alabama surf-rock band Daikaiju is playing Tampa on Halloween

The show goes off at Magnanimous Brewing Co. in Seminole Heights.

by Ray Roa October 28, 2026October 28, 2026

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Emo Night Tampa Halloween concert features bands covering Paramore, Amyl and the Sniffers

There’s no cover at The Hub.

by Ray Roa October 28, 2026October 28, 2026

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Meek Mill is playing downtown Tampa’s big ‘Nightmare on Channelside’ Halloween concert

Kodak Black, Kevin Gates, and Tom G are also on the bill coming to Benchmark International Arena.

by Ray Roa October 28, 2026October 28, 2026

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‘Dixie Be Damned’ country songwriter Nick Shoulders plays Tampa this weekend

U.K. folkie Leonie Evans opens at Orpheum.

by Ray Roa October 28, 2026October 28, 2026

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They Hate Change plays rare Tampa concert this month for ‘Heightened Senses’

The hip-hop duo is just part of an all-star lineup featuring harp-drum duo Katara and Tampa emcee Perception.

by Ray Roa October 22, 2026October 22, 2026

A promotional press photograph by Jaxon Whittington showing The LA punk band The Linda Lindas. Captured in a wide outdoor shot in a park, the four band members—Mila de la Garza, Eloise Wong, Bela Salazar, and Lucia de la Garza—pose seated on and around a wooden picnic table on a grassy lawn surrounded by leafy green trees under bright daylight. The members wear colorful casual attire, including a white top with light pants, a black sweater, a bright blue shirt with dark blue trousers, and a blue tank top with plaid shorts as they look forward at the camera.

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Now on major label, and fresh off Hayley Williams collab, LA punk band The Linda Lindas comes to Tampa

The Rat Utopia Experiment, a ‘circus rock’ band from the Pacific Northwest, opens the show.

by Ray Roa October 21, 2026October 21, 2026

A concert performance photograph showing Discord Theory plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Dec. 13, 2025. Captured in a dynamic low-angle shot during a live venue show, a guitarist wearing a dark jacket over a black shirt sings passionately into an unseen microphone while playing a dark brown Gibson SG electric guitar on stage. Spectators in the front row raise their hands in excitement, surrounded by dark, atmospheric stage lighting featuring bright blue spotlights and a warm orange overhead beam.

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‘Ybor Horror’ rock concert comes to Coppertail Brewing this weekend

Costume contest prizes include entry into a year of shows hosted by FMAM, cash and band merch.

by Ray Roa October 21, 2026October 21, 2026

A promotional band portrait showing The band Nekrogoblikon. Captured in a centered medium group shot against a vibrant green mist background, six band members line up horizontally facing forward. In the center, John Goblikon stands in full green goblin mask and costume with long clawed hands extended directly toward the camera, flanked by band members wearing black shirts, jackets, and baseball caps illuminated by dramatic green stage lighting.

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Nekrogoblikon’s 20th anniversary tour comes to Tampa, just in time for Halloween

The kobold-channeling viral sensation is three years removed from a big lineup change.

by Ray Roa October 21, 2026October 23, 2026

A concert performance photograph by @dessnappedit showing Trailer, the hardcore band. Captured from behind in a low-angle shot during a live venue performance, a musician wearing a backward black baseball cap holds a dark red electric bass guitar overhead with both hands raised toward the ceiling. Stage lights cast a soft glow on the performer and instrument from below, set against a dark, atmospheric venue backdrop.

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Two-day ‘Rott Fest’ brings Southeastern metal bands to Tampa starting Friday

Deviant Libation’s taproom and patio hosts.

by Ray Roa October 21, 2026October 21, 2026

A concert performance photograph by Alexis Thompson showing Soccer Mommy plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 18, 2026. Captured in a low-angle medium shot, musician Sophie Allison (Soccer Mommy) plays a sparkling purple electric guitar on stage near a microphone stand. She wears a dark-and-white horizontal-striped short-sleeve t-shirt with arm tattoos visible under dim, dramatic stage lighting accented by bright background spotlights.

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Photos: Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy make dreams come true at Tampa Orpheum

The co-headlining tour of indie-rock favorites has been a decade in the making.

by Ray Roa and Alexis Thompson October 20, 2026October 20, 2026

A promotional group photograph by Vanessa Holt showing the band cardinal bloom. Captured in a medium shot against a building exterior, four band members pose together arranged in two rows: standing in the back left, a member wearing a light graphic t-shirt reading "APRÈS SKI"; standing in the back right, a bearded member with long brown hair wearing a mustard-yellow beanie cap, a black graphic t-shirt, and dark pants; seated in the front left, a smiling member with reddish hair and glasses wearing a rust-colored t-shirt; and seated in the front right, a smiling member with long brown hair wearing a dark vertical-striped button-up shirt under flash photography lighting.

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Salt Lake City rock and roll band Cardinal Bloom comes to Tampa this weekend

The band kind of blew up on TikTok for its song ‘She’s Just a Friend.’

by Ray Roa October 16, 2026October 16, 2026

A four-frame photo booth strip showing (L-R) Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan and Sophie Allison of Soccer Mommy. Arranged in a two-by-two vertical photo strip grid against a patterned black backdrop, Lindsey Jordan (left) wears a white ribbed tank top with dark hair, while Sophie Allison (right) wears a yellow t-shirt with blonde-highlighted hair. The duo poses playfully across four frames with changing facial expressions—from neutral and goofy tongue-out poses to smiling and pointing gestures—under bright photo booth flash lighting.

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‘I like having friends’: Before Tampa concert, Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail discuss movies, touring and super-respectful fans

Sophie Allison and Lindsey Jordan are on a tour that’s been a decade in the making.

by Ray Roa October 15, 2026October 15, 2026

A high-angle outdoor promotional photograph showing Camping In Alaska. Captured from an elevated perspective standing in a cluttered outdoor wooded clearing, four band members stand surrounded by trees, an open suitcase, and a discarded mattress: in the front left, a member wearing a white cap, dark t-shirt, shorts, and visible leg tattoos; in the center, a member in a short-sleeved light striped button-up shirt and dark pants; in the rear left, a member with shoulder-length reddish hair and a light blue shirt; and on the far right, a member with long dark hair wearing a light graphic t-shirt and dark pants under bright daylighting.

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Camping In Alaska, an emo band from Alabama, returns to Tampa this month

by Ray Roa October 15, 2026October 15, 2026

A performance photograph showing Shae Krispinsky of Navin Ave. playing New World Brewery's shuttered Ybor City location. Captured in a medium shot on an outdoor wooden stage, musician Shae Krispinsky stands singing into a microphone while playing a mint-green hollow-body electric guitar. She has long blonde hair, wearing a black sleeveless dress and a black choker necklace, set against a wooden fence backdrop beneath stage lighting and overhead structure beams.

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‘Fangsgiving IX’ cover show, WMNF, bring weekend of Halloween concerts to New World Tampa

The parties start on Friday.

by Ray Roa October 15, 2026October 15, 2026

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Expat Tampa rapper ?nowledge is back home and shares redemptive new LP at Friday release show

An all-star lineup of Bay area hip-hop plays support at the no-cover gig.

by Ray Roa October 14, 2026October 15, 2026

A performance photograph by Stephen Splane showing Dominic Walker Trio plays Side Door Cabaret at Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Aug. 28, 2025. Captured in a medium shot under vibrant blue stage lighting, musician Dominic Walker sits leaning forward while playing a sunburst Gibson archtop electric guitar. He wears a dark blue suit jacket, a white dress shirt, a red necktie, and dark-rimmed glasses, looking down attentively at his fretboard against a dark stage backdrop.

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Dominic Walker’s Davis Islands Friday Night Jazz series just got a little easier to get into

The venue just added 40 seats, just in time for the third anniversary this weekend.

by Ray Roa October 14, 2026October 14, 2026

A concert performance action photograph by Dave Decker showing Andres Hernandez of Rohna at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on May 15, 2026. Captured in a dynamic low-angle shot on a dark stage, bass player Andres Hernandez plays an orange-and-white Rickenbacker-style electric bass while leaning back with an expressive open-mouthed expression. He wears a dark headband, short-sleeved blue denim button-up shirt, and dark trousers under bright concert stage flash lighting, with stage trussing and another band member partially visible in the background.

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Ahead of Indie Night Live, Rohna plays free concert at Saturday’s Tampa Bay Lightning home opener

Technically an arena show, right?

by Ray Roa October 1, 2026October 1, 2026

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Tampa’s no-cover TECO Streetcar concert returns on Friday—here’s the full fall 2026-27 schedule

The shows happen every fourth Friday through May 2027.

by Ray Roa September 23, 2026September 23, 2026

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Peli Gene will build ‘Dream Estate’ during October’s no-cover Rock the Park Tampa concert

Sundé supports at The Curt on Oct. 1.

by Ray Roa September 23, 2026September 23, 2026

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Tampa Bay’s Halloween concert lineup includes ‘Zombie Prom,’ emo covers show and more

Finally, masked Alabama surf-rock band Daikaiju is playing Tampa on Halloween

Emo Night Tampa Halloween concert features bands covering Paramore, Amyl and the Sniffers

Meek Mill is playing downtown Tampa’s big ‘Nightmare on Channelside’ Halloween concert

‘Dixie Be Damned’ country songwriter Nick Shoulders plays Tampa this weekend

They Hate Change plays rare Tampa concert this month for ‘Heightened Senses’

Now on major label, and fresh off Hayley Williams collab, LA punk band The Linda Lindas comes to Tampa

‘Ybor Horror’ rock concert comes to Coppertail Brewing this weekend

Nekrogoblikon’s 20th anniversary tour comes to Tampa, just in time for Halloween

Two-day ‘Rott Fest’ brings Southeastern metal bands to Tampa starting Friday

Photos: Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy make dreams come true at Tampa Orpheum

Salt Lake City rock and roll band Cardinal Bloom comes to Tampa this weekend

‘I like having friends’: Before Tampa concert, Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail discuss movies, touring and super-respectful fans

Camping In Alaska, an emo band from Alabama, returns to Tampa this month

‘Fangsgiving IX’ cover show, WMNF, bring weekend of Halloween concerts to New World Tampa

Expat Tampa rapper ?nowledge is back home and shares redemptive new LP at Friday release show

Dominic Walker’s Davis Islands Friday Night Jazz series just got a little easier to get into

Ahead of Indie Night Live, Rohna plays free concert at Saturday’s Tampa Bay Lightning home opener

Tampa’s no-cover TECO Streetcar concert returns on Friday—here’s the full fall 2026-27 schedule

Peli Gene will build ‘Dream Estate’ during October’s no-cover Rock the Park Tampa concert

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