About the scene
The Burg / Cigar City.
Tampa Bay covers a lot of geography — Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and the smaller beach towns in between — and the music scene threads across all of it. Downtown St. Pete is the current center of gravity: Jannus Live, the iconic open-air courtyard venue on First Avenue North, books the city's biggest run of touring jam, indie, alt, and electronic acts under the stars. The Palladium at St. Pete College handles the seated theatrical bookings, and Cage Brewing nearby has become a regular small-venue stop for indie and DIY shows.
In Tampa proper, Skipper's Smokehouse keeps the swampy outdoor-music tradition alive, with weekly residencies of local jam, blues, and reggae acts. Ybor City — the historic Cuban cigar district — has Crowbar, The Orpheum, and a rotating set of small venues across 7th Avenue. The Ritz Ybor handles the mid-major club tier. Outdoor sheds Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa and the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre cover arena-tier touring in season. Dunedin's Moon Tower and Dunedin Brewery anchor the brewery-music scene out on the western side of the bay.
The dominant sound here is jam-blues-funk crossover, with strong reggae and beach-rock undertones from the proximity to the water — local artist scenes lean heavily into the relaxed, groove-forward end of Americana and jam. Genre breadth otherwise runs the full spread: indie, electronic, hip-hop, country, hardcore, jazz. The Tampa Bay feed on Rager pulls shows from across the whole bay area — St. Pete, Tampa, Clearwater, Dunedin, Ybor — into one running list.
This week in Tampa Bay
Upcoming shows
Tonight
Dennis Wallace & FreeforAllUs
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
Kirk Adams & Co.
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
Tomorrow
Josh Magwood Band
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Larry Mott "Stretch"
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
Witchgrass Wednesday Live Weekly Bluegrass Jam
Ale and the Witch · Downtown St. Pete
Wednesday Open Jam
Moon Tower / Dunedin Brewery · Downtown Dunedin
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
Thursday
Galbraith & Co.
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
Hiram Hazley + Le Jazz Band
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Thursday Therapy Songwriters Night
Ale and the Witch · Downtown St. Pete
Tony Castellano
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
Friday
Andres - The Purgatoryland Tour with Resilia, Lilac Kings, and Discord Theory
Oscura Live · Bradenton, FL
Cariies Ries
Outcast Brewing · Tampa
Ella Jet
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Galbraith & Co.
Grand Central Brewhouse · Grand Central District
Happy Together Tour 2026
Ruth Eckerd Hall · Clearwater, FL
Have Gun Will Travel
Ale and the Witch · Downtown St. Pete
K-Luv & The United Funk Foundation
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
Radio Silent
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
Saturday
Clearwater Smooth Jazz Jam - Night 1
Ruth Eckerd Hall · Clearwater, FL
Connor Zwetsch
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Dean Johanesen
Ale and the Witch · Downtown St. Pete
Dillon Long Band
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Gator Tooth Duo
Outcast Brewing · Tampa
It's Murph
Jannus Live · Downtown St. Pete
May Night Market
Outcast Brewing · Tampa
Nailed It
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
One Night Band
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
Outcast Brewing
Outcast Brewing · Tampa
Rumberos Latin Jazz
Grand Central Brewhouse · Grand Central District
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
Sunday
Clearwater Smooth Jazz Jam - Night 2
Ruth Eckerd Hall · Clearwater, FL
Cornfused
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
Daniel Childs
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Lorelei On The Rocks
Ka'Tiki · St. Pete Beach
Rob Trie
Skipper's Smokehouse · North Tampa
Sunday Blues Session
Ale and the Witch · Downtown St. Pete
The Family Funk
Ruby's Elixir · Downtown St. Pete
Wage War - It Calls Me By Name Tour
Jannus Live · Downtown St. Pete
Sunday Service
Moon Tower / Dunedin Brewery · Downtown Dunedin
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
Monday
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
Tue, Jun 2
Dance Gavin Dance with Special Guests
Jannus Live · Downtown St. Pete
Live Jazz
Flûte & Dram · Beach Drive
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