{"id":252058,"date":"2026-04-30T04:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252058\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:28:10","slug":"weekend-spotlight-alabama-shakes-forbert-repeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252058\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend spotlight: Alabama Shakes, Forbert repeats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alabama Shakes\u2019 first tour in eight years brings the roots rock\/R&B trio to the BayCare Sound tonight. The multiple Grammy-winning band\u2019s fulcrum is, and has always been, singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, whose voice goes somewhere beyond soul-stirring. Showtime is 7:15 p.m. (that\u2019s not a typo). Alabama soul singer Lamont Landers (America\u2019s Got Talent, Showtime at the Apollo) opens. Tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fans of veteran singer\/songwriter Steve Forbert have two shots at seeing the folk legend, best known for his 1979 hit \u201cRomeo\u2019s Tune,\u201d this weekend. Forbert plays an intimate show Saturday (6 p.m.) at the Jack Kerouac House. Find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Forbert has a Sunday gig (7 p.m.) at Bayboro Brewing. Tickets for that one are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sit Down for Stand Up comedy show returns to the Palladium Side Door Cabaret tonight at 7:30, with Davis Sutton, Matt Fernandez and Amanda Hoffman. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Australian rapper and singer The Kid LAROI brings his show to the Yuengling Center (on the University of South Florida Tampa campus) Friday. The 22-year-old is best known for the albums F*ck Love and Before I Forget, as well as the singles \u201cStay\u201d (with Justin Bieber) and \u201cWithout You\u201d (with Miley Cyrus). Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two Capitol Theatre (Clearwater) shows this weekend: Friday brings Rend Collective, the Irish Christian music band (tickets here<\/a>), while Saturday\u2019s 6 Guitars is a theatrical\/musical show starring guitarist and storyteller Chase Padgett (tickets here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Steve Forbert has two St. Petersburg shows this weekend. Photo: Marcus Maddox.<\/p>\n

Sunscreen\u2019s back<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the 19th Sunscreen Film Festival weekend; the celebration of independent filmmaking (today through Sunday) consists of screenings, workshops, panel discussions and more at several St. Petersburg locations. Check the website<\/a> for full schedule and ticket information.<\/p>\n

Here are Catalyst interviews with the creators of two of this year\u2019s most aniticipated Sunscreen documentary films:<\/p>\n

Occupational Hazard: The Original Coral Reefers<\/a><\/p>\n

Voices: The Danny Gans Story<\/a><\/p>\n

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On theater stages
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Perry Bruns heads the cast of LAB Theater Project\u2019s \u201cX Does Not Equal X.\u201d Photo provided.<\/p>\n

Continuing for its second and final weekend at the Off-Central in St. Pete is Janice Creneti\u2019s one-woman show\u00a0My Year of Saying No. Curtain is at 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ned Averill-Snell, an actor whose presence we\u2019ve missed around here, is back in town to reprise his performance in the one-man show Every Brilliant Thing for the Tampa Repertory Theatre. Shows are 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at New Tampa Performing Arts Center. Tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s matinee will be the last show for Steven Patrick\u2019s academic and philosophical drama X does not equal X at LAB Theater Project in Ybor City. The world premiere returns tonight and continues through Sunday. Find showtimes and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Meeting, in which Martin Luther King, Jr. has a sit-down (and a stand-up) with Malcolm X, also returns tonight, at Stageworks Theatre in Tampa, and concludes its run with Sunday\u2019s matinee. Find showtimes and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Broadway tour of the Tony-winning Stereophonic, about a rock band in a recording studio, continues its run in Morsani Hall, in Tampa\u2019s Straz Center, tonight through Sunday. Find showtimes and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank continues Thursdays through Sundays at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg through May 17. All showtimes and tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Where\u2019s the orchestra?<\/p>\n

Pianist Fei-Fei Dong joins The Florida Orchestra for Beethoven\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 3 this weekend. The Masterworks concert spotlights Sibelius\u2019 Symphony No. 2 and also includes Cantus arcticus; Concerto for Birds & Orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Friday, 8 p.m., Straz Center Ferguson Hall; Saturday, 8 p.m., Mahaffey Theater; Sunday, 2 p.m., Ruth Eckerd Hall.<\/p>\n

Rune Bergmann conducts; find tickets and more information at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Coming up next<\/p>\n

May 5 Laura Jane Grace at Bayboro Brewing<\/p>\n

May 6 Devon Allman\u2019s Blues Summit at the Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n

May 6 Jobsite Theater\u2019s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea opens<\/p>\n

May 6 Fresh Ink (play reading by American Stage) at Green Light Cinema<\/p>\n

May 7 10,000 Maniacs at the Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n

May 8 Heroes Off Duty (comedy) at the Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n

May 8 Kid Cudi at Benchmark Arena<\/p>\n

May 8-10 Country Thunder at Coachman Park<\/p>\n

May 9 Killers of Kill Tony (comedy) at the Mahaffey Theater<\/p>\n

May 10 \u00a0The Florida Orchestra Pops in the Park at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa<\/p>\n

See the full list of announced May events here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Your Weekend Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0appears every Thursday in the\u00a0Catalyst\u2019s CREATE section.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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