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Boyz II Men perform at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Fri., Oct. 30

Ed. note: This piece was compiled by Jennifer Almond.

THURSDAY, Oct. 29
ACE’S Soul Purpose/DJ Rafferty
THE FLYING DOG CAFÉ Open Mic/Jam Night
THE GATOR CLUB The Cherry Bombs
THE HALL IN PALMETTO Frank Lini
HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL Open Mic w/Lynn Haines
THE IRISH ROVER Rhythm & Blues w/Paul Duffy
LEBARGE BC Hathaway
NEW WORLD BREWERY David Dondero w/Christina Wagner San Francisco-based folk rocker David Dondero sings in a pained emo tone and writes like a poet, setting his lyricism against solid and simple roots music. He gets melancholy in songs like “Twenty Years,” about a man readjusting to life after prison, and nostalgic in “South By South,” with its stream-of-consciousness memories of Florida that nod to Tampa’s own commercialized historic district: “So I jumped my pogo stick, all the way to Ybor City / Where they burned up a couple blocks, and to me seemed like a pity / That was once a Cuban district and a center for the arts / Was now a mall-like atmosphere, homogonous and insincere / They burned its heart right out / Down south of the south.” —Leilani Polk
OLD PACKINGHOUSE Acoustic Sunshine

ORPHEUM Waystid Talent Chain Gang/Brother Dean/Young Marcus
RINGSIDE CAFÉ Automatic Heat
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Grateful Dead Night w/Uncle John’s Band

FRIDAY, Oct. 30
ACE’S DJ Rafferty/Swamp Donkie/Wikked Jester
AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 Tone Zone
CABANA INN & LOUNGE Ree Visious & Deliciouse Fashion Show
CAFÉ RUELLE Paul Cottrell
DISTILLERY Someone From Somewhere
EZRA DJ Tasteman
5 O’CLOCK CLUB The Hurricanes/The Cherry Bombs
THE FLYING DOG CAFÉ Main Street Station
FORD AMPHITHEATRE REO Speedwagon/Styx/Night Ranger A night of B-grade ’70s rock by bands known for their epic power balladry. REO Speedwagon has purveyed such cheesified hits as “Take it on the Run,” “Keep on Loving You” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling.” Styx brings my personal fave, “Come Sail Away,” though I really only dig it when Cartman’s singing. And Night Ranger offers up the classic “Sister Christian” among other songs you probably don’t know. This is a pavilion-only show. —LP
THE GATOR CLUB The Boneshakers
GECKO’S @ THE LANDINGS Al Fuller
HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL Halloween Costume Party w/The Missing Links
THE IRISH ROVER Bobby Vesey
JANNUS LANDING KMFDM/Angelspit
OLD PACKINGHOUSE Mumbo Jumbo
ORPHEUM Filtered Thoughts/muRdok/Kiki and The Whales/The Midnight Winter/Vuela
PASTIMES PUB The Tom Marcellis Band
PEGGY’S CORRAL DTs
RINGSIDE CAFÉ Mojo Gurus
SHARKY’S T-Bone
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Igor & Red Elvises/Midnight Bowlers League You’re asking yourself, “What the eff happened to the Red Elvises?” Well, my friends, this is the freshest lineup of the Russian-American rock band originally formed in 1995 by L.A.-by-way-of-Ukraine musicians Igor Yuzov (guitar, vocals) and Oleg Bernov (bass, vocals). The band now features Igor as the sole driving force behind the Red Elvises’ fusion of surf rock, rockabilly, reggae, roots, lounge and traditional Russian music. (Bernov left the band in 2009 to pursue a career as a clown in Slava’s Snow Show, a traveling Russian circus group. For real.) Among the new lineup of players are bassist Kfir Melamed and lady singer/guitarist Milka Ramos. Midnight Bowlers League opens for the energetic ensemble on Friday while The Vodkanauts provide support on Saturday. —LP
TEQUILA BEACH Karaoke
VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL Boyz II Men The Grammy-winning R&B group enjoyed their heyday in the early-to-mid-’90s as a quartet, topping the charts with such schmaltzy AC balladry as “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday,” “End of the Road” and “I’ll Make Love to You.” The current incarnation tours as a trio featuring Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Wanya Morris. —LP
VINO LOCO Jill Killian Duo
WOODY’S RIVER ROO Straight Up (Early)/Souler Coaster (Late)

SATURDAY, Oct. 31
ACE’S Halloween Spooktacular feat. The Damon Fowler Group w/The Branson Welsh Band w/Queerlos Bantana & Bloody Guy
AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 Taylor-Taylor
BIG SUGAR Halloween Party w/Sheri & The Vision
CABANA INN & LOUNGE Halloween Costume Party w/Haitz
THE CABARET Hippy Halloween Celebration w/Glass Onion
CAFÉ RUELLE Fractured Fairy Tales feat. Paul Cottrell “Scarecrow”/Mike Hirst “Tin Man”/Heather Straw “Dorothy”/Lou Canoe “Lion”
DISTILLERY Halloween Party w/Bootleg
ELLENTON SUDS Halloween Bash with Ozzy Osborne Tribute “Bark At The Moon”
5 O’CLOCK CLUB The Boneshakers
THE GATOR CLUB Chameleon
HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL Halloween Costume Party w/KoKo Ray & The Soul Providers
THE IRISH ROVER Bobby Vesey
IVORY DJ Ansidis & Jim Ramer “Dark Dream of Halloween”
LEBARGE Rich McKee
MARINA JACK DEEP SIX LOUNGE Halloween Costume Party w/Rock Lee
NEW YORK NEW YORK Halloween Party w/AJ & The Automatics
PASTIMES PUB Halloween hosted by Dirty Death & the Bloodbaths w/Automaton
PEGGY’S CORRAL Halloween Party
RASHER TIERNEY’S Annual Spooktacular feat. A Gentlemen Army/Muphin Chuckrs/Have Gun Will Travel
RINGSIDE CAFÉ Backtrack Blues Band
ROCKIN’ HORSE SALOON One Night Rodeo
SHARKY’S Halloween Scream Party w/The Rogaines
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Igor & Red Elvises/Vodkanauts
THE STATE THEATRE Bogus pomp/Halloween 14
TEQUILA BEACH Democracy
VINO LOCO Tommy D
WOODY’S RIVER ROO Hot Item (Early)/New Justice (Late)

SUNDAY, Nov. 1
ACE’S The Shawn Rounds Band
THE GATOR CLUB Chameleon
LEBARGE Howlin’ Bob
PASTIMES PUB Scott H. Biram
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE WMNF World Fusion Fest w/Baye Kouyate/HuDost/Point 6/PBS/Manigua/The Melody Makers of Florida ’MNF’s next fest spotlights the musical flavors of the world, with the show’s obvious highlights being the jazz-infused Malian grooves of West African griot and percussionist Baye Kouyate, and the driving Middle Eastern folk rock fusion of HuDost. —LP
WOODY’S RIVER ROO Taylor-Taylor (Early)/Chuck Cobb (Late)

MONDAY, Nov. 2
AMERICAN LEGION POST 312 The Ricky & Franky Rockin’ Oldies Show
THE STATE THEATRE Attack! Attack!/I Set My Friends on Fire/Miss May I/Our Last Night/The Color Morale Not sure if it works — vox box vocals intertwined with gut roars, fast and heavy rhythms with slow and heavy doom-filled breaks, the random techno rave beat that makes you scratch your head. Ohio metalcore group Attack! Attack! just parted ways with lead vocalist Nick Barham, but is soldiering on with keyboardist/growler Caleb Shomo picking up where Barham left off, with Caleb’s programming, keys and other variousness backtracked live with 808 samples and an iPod. Sounds very exciting. —LP

TUESDAY, Nov. 3
ACE’S Half Dub
CROWBAR Pretty Lights Derek Vincent Smith is the producer behind Pretty Lights, his song creations marked by high hip-hop drama, pumping beats, swells of electro sonics and layers of samples — fizzed-out basslines, laser beam shots, the occasional MCed hooks, like “Fuck ’em, I didn’t want to go to heaven anyway.” Drummer Cory Eberhard joins Smith for the live show and their performances are augmented by “cutting edge” lighting and LED effects. Download the latest Pretty Lights album, Passing By Behind Your Eyes, for free at prettylights.com. —LP
IVORY Jazz-2-Blue Tuesdays
LEBARGE Rich McKee
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Mike Tozier & Friends
THE STATE THEATRE White Tie Affair/Every Avenue/Stereo Skyline/Runner Runner

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4
ACE’S Blues Jam w/Bodie Valdez and Friends
BC RECOVERY ROOM Panama Pete and Manatee Mike Open Jam
THE IRISH ROVER Bobby Vesey Ballads & Bodhrans
IVORY Hip-Hop Humpdays w/DJ Scotty B.
JOYLAND Justin Moore
LEBARGE Dan Crawford
OLD PACKINGHOUSE Acoustic Sunshine
SKIPPER’S SMOKEHOUSE Reckless Kelly/Scott Miller
THE STATE THEATRE Tantric/Soul Stash/Atom Smash/Unspoken/Seven Years Past The post-grunge alt-rock fivesome (formed in 1999 by former members of Days of the New and throaty-voiced singer Hugo Ferreira) had some minor fame with their 2001 platinum-selling debut and its hit single, “Breakdown,” which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. Currently, Ferreira helms Tantric without any of his original bandmates, and even released a new album, Mind Control, with a completely re-imagined lineup. —LP
VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL Jewel

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