Tampa Bay's best live music happening May 2-9

Festivals are a huge part of Tampa Bay's lineup of the best live music and concerts happening from May 2-9.

This listing is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay staffers and contributors then supplemented with select gigs from CL's user-submitted events calendar . Don't see your event here? Submit it yourself.

Thursday, May 2

• Andy Frasco & The U.N. w/Dogs in a Pile (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Rock The Park: Gat$ w/Operation Acoustic Kitty/Sealskin & Zitrovision (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
• Southpaw w/Surfaced/downpour./Summoned Skulls (Oscura, Bradenton)
  
• Tampa Bay Rays City Connect Celebration: Wolf-Face w/Florist/Shevonne/Crownz (St. Pete Pier, St. Petersburg)
  

Friday, May 3

• The HeadTones w/Mad Moon (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
• Hope Darling w/Henleys/American Souvenir (New World Brewery, Tampa)
• Indigo Girls w/Kristy Lee (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
• Jazz with Jim: Sinatra and Martin w/Paul Vincent (Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa)
• Levitation Room w/Soft Cuff/Peli Gene (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• A Night of Drum & Bass: Vixen Stylee and Subcult w/Jungle Rivers/Anodnb/more (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
• Noan Partly (Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa)
• Riverfest: Judyanne Jackson w/Doug South Trio/Kelsey Hickman/more (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
• The Shakes Society (OCC Roadhouse, Clearwater)
• Spanish Love Songs w/Oso Oso/Sydney Sprague/Worry Club (Orpheum, Tampa)
• Terrapin w/Matthew Hatfield/Uhlectronic/Doom Modem (Oscura, Bradenton)
• Waxahatchee w/Good Morning (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

[content-1] Saturday, May 4

• Audien Saturday, May 4. 12 p.m. $20. WTR Pool, Tampa
• Bonnie x Clyde (The Ritz, Ybor City)
• Brooks & Dunn w/David Lee Murphy/Ernest (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
• Dagger album release w/Second Impact/Scissor Blade/Flag Burner (The Bends, St. Petersburg)
• Kevin So (Craftsman House, St. Petersburg)
• Li Kenobi album release w/Kalibmusic/Luh Tox/Psych Montano (Shuffle, Tampa)
• Liliac w/Rozy/Voxx/Fyre Insyde/The Hand of Reason (Brass Mug, Tampa)
• Mak w/Softbite/You First/GothPrepBoy
• Rugawd album release w/Scxtt Aye/Adia
• Riverfest: Arrested Development w/Tribal Style/Cat Ridgeway/Sunde/more (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Water Works Park, Tampa)
• Seven Year Witch w/Mortal Sons/Persephone’s Choice/Grey Market (Oscura, Bradenton)
• WMNF 88.5 Tropical Heatwave: The Record Company w/Ruthie Foster/Say She She/The Dollyrots/Eddie 9V/Selwyn Birchwood/Sweeping Promises/The Sensational Barnes Brothers/Kristopher James Band/Divine AF/more (Cuban Club, Ybor City)

Sunday, May 5

• Alpha Wolf w/Emmure/UnityTX/Chamber (Orpheum, Tampa)
• James Kennedy (WTR Pool, Tampa)
• Porch Coffin w/Fastwalker/Off Day/more (Hooch and Hive, Tampa)
• Sade Sundays: Jask (Alter Ego, Tampa)
• The Offspring (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
• Thy Art Is Murder w/Angelmaker/Signs of the Swarm/Snuffed On Sight (The Ritz, Ybor City)

Monday, May 6

• Jacob Collier w/Kimbra (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
• Sleep Token w/Empire State Bastard (Yuengling Center, Tampa)

[content-2] Wednesday, May 8

• Kurt Vile and the Violators (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
• Narrow Head w/Wishy/Dazy (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Toto (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

[content-3] Thursday, May 8

• AJR w/Dean Lewis (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
• Diana Ross (The BayCare Sound, Clearwater)
• Oceans of Slumber (Crowbar, Ybor City)
• Sting w/The Florida Orchestra (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)

Also playing

Abortion Twins w/Billy Doom Is Dead/Thee Butcher Cabal/Moon Thing/Mario Thursday, May 2. 8 p.m. $10. Brass Mug, Tampa

The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA Thursday, May 2. 8 p.m. $38.75 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Elizabeth Glushko Thursday, May 2. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Lady Gaga Drag Show feat. Adrianna Sparkle Thursday, May 2. 7 p.m. $10. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Money Man Thursday, May 2. 7 p.m. $45. The Ritz, Ybor City

T. Couture Thursday, May 2 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Black Light Silent Disco Friday, May 3. 8 p.m. $15. 3 Daughters Brewing, St. Petersburg

C-Rena & The Soul Magicians w/DJ Rob Friday, May 3. 6 p.m. No cover. Riverwalk Stage at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa

Emo Orchestra w/Escape The Fate Friday, May 3. 8 p.m. $39.50 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Kevin Kon Friday, May 3. 9 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Paul Vincent Friday, May 3. 7:30 p.m. $13 & up. Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa

R&B Only Friday, May 3. 7:45 p.m. $59 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

The Spazmatics Friday, May 3. 7 p.m. $5. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Vagabond Tweed Friday, May 3. 7:30 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Velvet Sky w/Silver Bullet Smile/Desoto Tiger/Almondy Brown/Lovepit Friday, May 3. 6:30 p.m. $10. Brass Mug, Tampa

Weedeater w/Telekinetic Yeti/Restless Spirit Friday, May 3. 7 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City

41 Saturday, May 4. 6 p.m. $25. Club Skye, Ybor City

B2B Battles: Meeshy w/Sherif Sidarous/il diamante/Michael Wagner/Jenny Zie/S.A.B.R.I./St8ofKind/Rindle Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. $15 & up. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Be Fabulous Music & Arts Pride Fest: MeteorEYES w/Summer Hoop/Zeta the Babe/Brittany Zeff/Nowincolor/Gracie Cespedes (Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, Sarasota)

Chris Renzema Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. $22 & up. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

Cosmo Baker Saturday, May 4. 9 p.m. No cover with reservation. Alter Ego, Tampa

Femmes & Follies: Viva Follies Cabaret Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $30 & up. The Ritz, Ybor City

First Saturday Jazz: La Lucha Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

KV Mahabala w/Suddhashil Chatterjee/Shank Lahiri Friday, May 10. 7 p.m. The Hindu Temple of Florida, Tampa

Matthew Frost Band Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $19.64 & up. The BayCare Sound, Clearwater

Ramones Tribute XIX: Atlanta Dog w/Boney Fiend/Fear the Spider/Olde Rage/Return 2 Saturn/more Saturday, May 4. 8 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin JB

Renaiddance: Beyoncé Celebration Saturday, May 4. 9 p.m. $15. Crowbar, Ybor City

Space Krate w/One Love Rising/Dawn Loves Nash feat. Critter Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $10. Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg

Taj Farrant Saturday, May 4. 7:30 p.m. $38.50. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Teen Suicide w/Awakebutstillinbed Saturday, May 4. 7 p.m. $25. New World Brewery, Tampa

Todd Murphy Saturday, May 4. 7:30 p.m. No cover. Biergarten at New World Brewery, Tampa

226york w/Young Prophet/BlaxQ jeZus/F.A.M Killa/Levi YT/MTS Jordan S unday, May 5. 7 p.m. $13. Orpheum, Tampa

Blueprint w/DJ Detox/Jon Ditty/Purple Kloud Sunday, May 5. 6 p.m. No cover. Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin

Cinco de Mayo: Live Mariachi and Latin Music Sunday, May 5. 3 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

Cinco De Mayo Fiesta: South of the Border Sunday, May 5. 3 p.m. $13 & up. New Tampa Performing Arts Center, Tampa

Davis Coen & the Skinny Lowdown Sunday, May 5. 9 p.m. No cover. Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa

Lauris Vidal Sunday, May 5. 6:30 p.m. No cover. Independent Bar & Cafe, Tampa

Little Strange Sunday, May 5. 5 p.m. No cover. Bayboro Brewing, St. Petersburg

Retro Reggae Brunch: DJ Blenda Sunday, May 5. 12 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Sunday Blues Session: Josh Nelms w/TBA Sunday, May 5. 6 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Cattle Decapitation w/Carnifex/Rivers of Nihil/Humanity’s Last Breath/The Zenith Passage/Vitriol/Face Yourself Monday, May 6. 4:30 p.m. $35. Orpheum, Tampa

"It will always be The State Theatre:" Victims of Circumstance Monday, May 6. 7 p.m. No cover. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

The Remix: Goodview Tuesday, May 7. 8 p.m. No cover. Shuffle, Tampa

Tampa Bay Symphony: A British Fantasia Tuesday, May 7. 8 p.m. $25. Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Doyle w/Otep/Red Devil Vortex/Bad Future/Voidrium Wednesday, May 8. 6 p.m. $25. Brass Mug, Tampa

DJ Cub Wednesday, May 8. 7 p.m. No cover. Hooch and Hive, Tampa

Witchgrass Wednesday: Fil Pate Wednesday, May 8. 7 p.m. No cover. The Ale and the Witch, St. Petersburg

Gloria West w/Swing Time Thursday, May 9. 7 p.m. $10. Floridian Social, St. Petersburg

The J-Rod Sullivan Band feat. Kyle Schroeder Thursday, May 9. 7:30 p.m. $30. Side Door at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg

Queensrÿche w/Armored Saint T hursday, May 9. 8 p.m. $29.50. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg

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