Tampa Bay's best live music happening May 19-25

Including My Cat Umi on day two of May Daze in St. Pete.

click to enlarge My Cat Umi, which plays Cage Brewing in St. Petersburg, Florida on may 20, 2023. - Photo by Dave Decker
Photo by Dave Decker
My Cat Umi, which plays Cage Brewing in St. Petersburg, Florida on may 20, 2023.
Tampa Bay's live music weekend is here, and it includes three-day local music festivals , Canadian indie-pop, DJs, theme park concerts, post-baseball game gigs and more.

The list below is a combination of shows hand-picked by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staff and contributors, plus selections from CL's user-submitted concert calendar.

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Friday, May 19
Saturday, May 20
Sunday, May 21
Tuesday, May 23
Thursday, May 25
Also playing

#Pound Friday: Benda w/Vastive
Friday, May 18, 10 p.m. Free before 11 p.m. The Ritz, Ybor City
The Sculpted Air Research Group Friday, May 19, 9 p.m. No cover. Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
Chris Duarte Group Saturday, May 20. 8 p.m. $14.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
DJ Logic w/TBA Saturday, May 20. 8 p.m. $15. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg
Emo Night: Mes McDonald w/Oprah Spinfrey Saturday, May 20, 7 p.m. No cover. Common Dialect Beerworks, Tampa
Heritage Village House Concert Series: Bob Anthony Saturday, May 20, noon. No cover. Heritage Village, Largo
Jamie McElman and Steve Prince Saturday, May 20, 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa
L8 Night Flights Crowdfunded Pier Pop-Up no. 3 Saturday, May 20, 4 p.m.- 11 p.m. Donations accepted. St. Pete Pier, St. Petersburg
Tribal Style Saturday, May 20, 8 p.m. Free. Shuffle, Tampa
Florida Wind Band Concert Sunday, May 21, 3:30 p.m. $10. College of Music at University of South Florida, Tampa
Idle.Moves Sunday, May 21, 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa
Kyle Ingram Sunday, May 21, 1 p.m. No cover. Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
Las Migas Sunday, May 21. 7 p.m. $24.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo
Ol' Dirty Sundays: Joey Franchize Sunday, May 21, 10 p.m. $5. Crowbar, Ybor City
Tampa Record & CD Show Sunday, May 21, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. American Legion Seminole Post 111, Tampa
Troy Youngblood & Friends Sunday, May 21, 3 p.m. No cover. Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa
René Schlegel Sunday, May 21, 6:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa
Grandson w/K. Flay/De’Wayne Monday, May 22. 8 p.m. $32 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City
The Remix (open mic): Discord Theory Tuesday, May 23, 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa
Hippie Sabotage
Wednesday, May 24. 8 p.m. $29.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg
Light The Fire w/Ghost Chant/Otherworld/Oceans End Thursday, May 25. 8 p.m. $13. Crowbar, Ybor City
Rando w/Xenon Dream/High Mountain/more Thursday, May 25, 10 p.m. $20 & up. Emperors, Tampa

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