Tampa Bay’s live music calendar is officially turning the page on 2025. While there are a host of shows to help local live music lovers ring in 2026 tonight, here’s a listing featuring some of the best shows and concerts happening in Tampa Bay between Jan. 1-8.
This listing is compiled by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors and staffers, then supplemented with select gigs pulled from CL’s user-submitted events and concert calendar. Don’t see your gig listed here? Please help us out by submitting it yourself.
Thursday, Jan. 1
- Austen van der Bleek (Suite E Studios, St. Petersburg)
- The Glenn Miller Orchestra (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Merch Table: A Band Centered Market (Deviant Libation, Tampa)
- Rock The Park: Whale Feral w/Bauxmonk/Max Norton (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Friday, Jan. 2
- Beginning of the End: This Is Goodbye w/The Tilt/Dead Company/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Tim Cappello(Oscura, Bradenton)
Saturday, Jan. 3
- Beginning of the End: TWulfgang Amadeus/Clockworkx/Indie Indigo/more (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Jah Movement(Jerk Hut, Tampa)
- Lot Lizards w/Rath & the Wise Guys/Low Rent Zapruder/Zamn Zaddy(Flock House, Holiday)
- The Original Wailers feat. Al Anderson w/Part One Tribe/Ichroniq (Zodiac, Tampa)
Sunday, Jan. 4
- Opera Tampa: D’Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition (TECO Theater at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa)
- Road To Nowhere (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg)
Tuesday, Jan. 6
- Melody Artisans of the Crooked Thumb(Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor)
- Ritmo Tuesdays: Mila Killa(M. Bird, Tampa)
Thursday, Jan. 8
- A Tribute to Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman: Elona Krasavtseva & Alex Boyd(Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
- Barry Manilow (Benchmark International Arena, Tampa)
- Geri X w/Roc Helton(The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg)
- The California Honeydrops (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
More Tampa Bay concerts happening Jan. 1-8, 2026
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