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
The Skatepark of Tampa · East Tampa
Ruth Eckerd Hall · Clearwater, FL
Tomorrow
Moon Tower / Dunedin Brewery · Downtown Dunedin
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Ale and the Witch · Downtown St. Pete
Thursday
Ale and the Witch · Downtown St. Pete
Fri, Jul 17
Ruth Eckerd Hall · Clearwater, FL
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