Tampa Bay's best live music happening April 18-25

It's yet another jam-packed week of live music in the Bay area, this time with stadium shows (hi, Kenny Chesney), perhaps the best synth-pop band touring right now (Nation of Language), a whole heck of a lot of great jazz (Simon Lasky's album release), plus Record Store Day concerts, too.

This listing of the best live music happening in Tampa Bay between April 18-25 is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors, then supplemented with select gigs from CL's events calendar, which is driven by user-submissions .

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Thursday, April 18

• Billy Prine w/Scarlett Egan (Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
• DJ Blend a (Alter Ego, Tampa)
• Bobby Rush (Safety Harbor Art and Music Center, Safety Harbor)
• The Brook & The Bluff w/Hotel Fiction (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Florida Americana Music Festival: Dr. Bacon w/Firewater Tent Revival/The Currys/Have Gun, Will Travel/Applebutter Express/Grant Peeples/more (Florida Sand Music Ranch, Brooksville)
• New Jazz Underground (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)

Friday, April 19

• 98Rockfest: Staind w/Seether/Asking Alexandria/Dayseeker/Ayron Jones/Austin Meade/Tim Montana/Sleep Theory (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• Angelica Rose (Alter Ego, Tampa)
• Beach Fossils w/Nation of Language (Orpheum, Tampa)
• Benson Boone w/Mimi Webb (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• The Black Honkeys w/Florida (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)
• Cloe Wilder (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Jesse McCartney (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• Mo Lowda & The Humble w/The Bright Light Social Hour (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
• Sun Goes Down Beach Party: Aubrey Wollett (Wyndham Grand, Clearwater Beach)
• Young Rising Sons w/44Blonde/Diva Bleach (Oscura, Bradenton)

[content-1] Saturday, April 20

• Cedric Gervais w/Ob7/Gemini (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
• The Currys (Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater)
• Eric Jafet w/Pilot Jonezz/He Kindly/Sorry Barb/Falling In Place (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• Gloria Trevi w/Mar (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• In Transit ‘Illusionary’ EP release w/Chimes/Floating Boy (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Kenny Chesney w/Zac Brown Band/Megan Moroney/Uncle Kracker (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa)
• L8 Night Flights Pier Popup (St. Pete Pier, St. Pete)
• Mad Monk Collective: Smoke & Mirrors 2.0 (Graffiti Gallery, St. Petersburg)
• Ol' Dirty Sundays (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Record Store Day: Bad Bad Things w/House of I (Microgroove, Tampa)
• Record Store Day: 'It's All Good' w/Jayda Abello/They Hate Change/Club Miata (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
• Record Store Day: Kendra Morris w/Katara/Kristopher James/Florida/Black Valley Moon (Daddy Kool Records, St. Petersburg)
• Record Store Day: They Hate Change w/The Pilot Waves/more (Bananas Records, St. Petersburg)
• Rich Medina (Alter Ego, Tampa)
• Shrek rave (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• The Venus w/Spoiled Rat/Radaghast/Lil Jerry Springer (Bandit, St. Petersburg)
• Will Johns w/T Bone Hamilton (Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa)

Sunday, April 21

• Nghtmre (WTR Pool at Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas, Tampa)
• Tempo Daylife: Gorgon City w/Azzecca S(Hard Rock Event Center Pool at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
• James Suggs Quintet: The blues of jazz (Mainstage Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City)
• Monday, April 22
• Simon Lasky Group: ‘For The Dreamers’ album launch (New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa)

Tuesday, April 23

• Decapitated w/Septicflesh/Kataklysm/Allegaeon (Orpheum, Tampa)
• The Remix: Pusha Preme (Shuffle, Tampa)
• Wednesday, April 23
• The Dreaded Laramie w/Post Sex High/Nate Mosley (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• Saxon w/Uriah Heep (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)

Thursday, April 25

• 97X Under Play: Knox w/Nightbreakers (Floridian Social, St. Petersburg)
• Liz Longley (Music4Life Living Arts Center, Clearwater)
• Mac McAnally (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)
• Melodies & Mixtures: Adriana McDonald (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Upon A Burning Body w/Vctms/The Browning/Hollo Front Thursday, April 25. 7 p.m. $20. Orpheum, Tampa

Also playing

Soft Cuff Thursday, April 18. No cover. Golden Isles Brewing Co., St. Petersburg

Al2 El Aldeano w/Yordi El Joker/Silvito El Libre/Raymond Daniel/Jhamy Friday, April 19. 10 p.m. $65. Mamajuana Cafe, Tampa

Don Felder w/Pablo Cruise/Firefall Friday, April 19. 7 p.m. $38.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Four By Four: A Tribute to the Music of the Beach Boys Friday, April 19. 7 p.m. $45 & up. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Hustle Souls Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Kirk Whalen w/Scott Miller Friday, April 19. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Level The Planet w/Lot Lizards/The Hand of Reason Friday, April 19. 7 p.m. $10. Deviant Libation, Tampa

Morgan Wade Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. $30 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Paul van Dyk Friday, April 19. 10 p.m. $20. The Ritz, Ybor City

Pieces of Eight: Chicago Tribute Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. $30. Richey Suncoast Theatre, New Port Richey

Virginia Man w/The Driptones Friday, April 19. 8 p.m. $12. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

The Evolution of Drag: Daphne Ferraro w/Chi Chi LaLique/Jocelyn Summers/more Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. $19.50 & up. Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. $39.50 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Secret Stash Party: DJ Donnie Luv w/Nick Bredal’s Jazz Quartet Saturday, April 20. 4:20 p.m. $15. Shuffle, Tampa

The Snozzberries Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Le Petite Fête: Taylor Swift album release party Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. $15. Orpheum, Tampa

Third Saturday Jazz: Mark Moultrup Trio Saturday, April 20. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

4.Earth: Akiva Sunday, April 21. 5 p.m. $10. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Sextile w/Donzii Sunday, April 21. 7 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City

Sunday Live Music Series: Wyatt Norton Sunday, April 21. 6:30 p.m No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Sunday Service: Nostaljah Sunday, April 20. 2 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Gimme Gimme: A Tribute to Abba Wednesday, April 24, 6 p.m. $30. The Birchwood, St. Petersburg

Johnny Mathis Thursday, April 25. 8 p.m. $37 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Rising Appalachia Thursday, April 25. 7 p.m. $38. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

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