live music in Tampa Bay

James McMurtry, who plays Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa, Florida on Jan. 31, 2026. Credit: Mary Keating-Bruton For his…

Close Enemies, which plays Central Park Performing Arts Center in Largo, Florida on Jan. 23, 2026. Credit: Photo…

John Mellencamp Credit: Photo by Caesar Carbajal Check it out. John Mellencamp has announced a string of summer…

Acute Inflections Credit: David Divad As a Friday night kickoff to Black History Month, jazzy NYC duo Acute…

Lil’ Rev Credit: Craig Chee Channel your mana (or your inner indie girlie), because Tampa Bay is about…

Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Tampa Bay’s live music calendar is packed to kick off…

Roc Helton Credit: rocheltonmusic / Facebook Tampa Bay’s live music calendar is officially turning the page on 2025.…

(L-R) Rebeka Burden, Zoe Robinson, and Delaney Stack of We’re Sweet Girls. Credit: weresweetgirls / Instagram Kingsley Reeves…

Josh Groban plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Feb. 5, 2022. Credit: Photo by Josh Bradley…

AJR @ MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre Credit: Marlo Miller At the tail end of what we thought would…

Ax and The Hatchetmen Credit: Harry Bearows Now that everyone has graduated college, Ax and the Hatchetmen is…

Hallucination Before Christmas Credit: c/o Hallucination Before Christmas Tampa Bay’s live music calendar is in the holiday spirit,…

Before Tampa show, James McMurtry recalls the best gig he ever saw