| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Music Fest by the BayPresented by The St. Petersburg Pier aka The Pier at The St. Pete Pier February 26-September 30, 2012 Every Sunday, The Pier has a Music Fest by the Bay from 1:00-4:00 p.m., featuring a different genre of music each week. The concert is FREE and family-friendly. Check out our website for details on the performers. | The St. Petersburg Pier aka The Pier | 02/26/12- 09/30/12 | St. Petersburg |
Night in the IslandsPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Sponge Docks Tarpon Springs May 5-November 3, 2012 Night in the Islands
Saturday Nights on the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks
May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 8, October 6, November 3
From 6 to 11 pm
Enjoy outdoor dining, Greek dancing and live music featuring Odyssesy (May and November) and Ellada (June-October).
Free Admission | Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 05/05/12- 11/03/12 | Tarpon Springs |
| Vocal and Theatre Arts Concert | Patel Conservatory | 05/20/12 | Tampa |
Phil Provenzano & The Jazz XperiencePresented by Rick Gee's Jazz Jamm, Inc. June 1, 2012 Flugelhorn player Phil Provenzano and Jazz Xperience will be performing at the Vinoy Hotel for the very first time. The group places emphasis on West Coast Jazz, seen often as a subgenre of "cool" jazz; a more reserved style than bebop. Influences will be present in the tunes of Gerry Mulligan, Shorty Rogers, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, and others. The groups concert performance will include both West Coast and East Coast jazz! You really don't want to miss this exciting event! | Rick Gee's Jazz Jamm, Inc. | 06/01/12 | Saint Petersburg |
| WIN TICKETS TO KENNY CHESNEY and TIM McGRAW Brothers of the Sun Tour Concert | Raymond James Stadium | 06/02/12 | Tampa |
City and ColourPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at The Ritz Ybor June 5, 2012 The voice is unmistakable – immediately identifiable by those that know it and intensely intriguing to those that don’t. It belongs to Dallas Green, perhaps better known as the man who writes, records and performs under the moniker of City and Colour.
Already renowned across Canada thanks to the success of his previous two full length albums – 2005’s Sometimes and 2008’s Bring Me Your Love – and a live CD/DVD combo released between the two,... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/05/12 | Tampa |
Bon IverPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts June 7, 2012 The name of this Grammy® Award-winning indie folk band from Eau Claire, Wis., Bon Iver (pronounced “bon ee-VAIR”) is a play on the French phrase ‘bon hiver’ meaning ‘good winter.’ Fronted by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, Bon Iver also consists of Mike Noyce, Sean Carey and Matt MacCaughan.
Vernon independently released Bon Iver’s debut album For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007, most of which was recorded during a four-month stay in a... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/07/12 | Tampa |
The Malone BrothersPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts June 7, 2012 Bringing together the similar but fantastically different worlds of two of the finest New Orleans rock bands today – The Radiators and the subdudes – is a brand new collaboration. Tommy Malone of the subdudes and his fiery guitarist of a brother Dave Malone, of the “fish-head” band Radiators are The Malone Brothers. Read more under About the Show. Standing room only.
| Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/07/12 | Tampa |
Puscifer: Conditions of My Parole TourPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts June 11, 2012 The self-proclaimed “playground for the various voices in my head,” Puscifer is a further outlet for the creative genius of Tool mastermind Maynard James Keenan. Wallowing in the strange blend of trip-hop, industrial and heavy rock that Keenan has been cultivating since its debut, Puscifer’s newest release Conditions of My Parole is another strong offering from the enigmatic singer and his cadre of accomplices. Tool fans in need of a Maynard fix will definitely want to pick... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/11/12 | Tampa |
Il DivoPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts June 15-June 16, 2012 The record-breaking classical crossover quartet -- the Swiss tenor Urs Buhler, baritone Carlos Marin from Spain, the French pop artist Sebastien Izambard and tenor David Miller from the USA -- first came together in 2003, the culmination of an exhaustive search by the music producer Simon Cowell to find four singers of distinctive individual gifts who could, as a group, create musical magic. In the six years that have followed their astonishing breakthrough, Il Divo have continued to grow as... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/15/12- 06/16/12 | Tampa |
The Queen ExtravaganzaPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts June 15, 2012 Launching this summer, the Queen Extravaganza is a spectacular touring concert show designed to take the glorious music and the live experience of legends of rock Queen to generations of fans in cities coast-to-coast across the United States and Canada.
Taking on the role of producer and music director, Queen’s iconic drummer Roger Taylor has created an ultimate Queen concert experience in an electrifying road show that celebrates the band’s music and legacy... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/15/12 | Tampa |
Explosions In The SkyPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at The Ritz Ybor June 19, 2012 Hailing from the sultry metropolitan landscape of Austin, Texas, Explosions In The Sky are some of the most sincere folks you will ever meet. Aside from being nice guys, they play some of the most passionate, powerful instrumental music you will ever hear. Equal parts romance and tragedy, their beautiful melodies have the tendency to ignite into head-spinning walls of noise. Easily one of the most intense live bands ever, their sound proves to be every bit as triumphant as their name... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/19/12 | Tampa |
CabaretPresented by freeFall Theatre Company at freeFall Studio Theatre June 21-July 22, 2012 Book by: Joe Masteroff
Music by: John Kander
Lyrics by: Fred Ebb
The legendary 1966 musical smash with score by Kander and Ebb is set in pre-war Weimar Germany in the seedy world of a Berlin cabaret called The Kit Kat Klub. While tensions build outside with the rise of the Nazi party, the care-free abandon of the bohemian world of the club is interrupted. Battle lines are drawn and the world of the cabaret begins to parody the politics outside its doors.... | freeFall Theatre Company | 06/21/12- 07/22/12 | St. Petersburg |
Hot 8 New Orleans Brass BandPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center June 23, 2012 Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm
Hot 8 New Orleans Brass
A Taste of New Orleans with a sampling of traditional Cajun dishes at 7 pm
Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center
Tickets $26 ($23 for members and students)
HOT 8 BRASS BAND
New Orleans’ own Hot 8 Brass Band has epitomized New Orleans street music for over a decade. The band plays the traditional Second Line parades, hosted each Sunday afternoon... | Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 06/23/12 | Tarpon Springs |
TitusPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center June 24, 2012 Titus (La clemenza di Tito) by W. A. Mozart
Presented by New Century Opera
Executive and Artistic Director Constantine Grame
Sung in English
New Century Opera presents one of Mozart's finest operas, which tells an exciting tale of love, betrayal, and attempted murder, all set in ancient Rome.
| Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 06/24/12 | Tarpon Springs |
| Free Opera Performance | Tampa Bay Matinee Opera Players | 06/24/12 | Pinellas Park |
Caribbean SoundPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center June 29, 2012 Caribbean Sound
Friday June 29 at 8 pm
Escape to a tropical paradise and enjoy the enchanting sound of steel drums. This outstanding concert features the incredible talents of Caribbean Sound performing an exciting variety of music on one of the most fascinating instruments of the 20th Century. Enjoy the pulsating and energetic sound of Trinidad and Tobago, the home of steel drums and Calypso music. Soak up the spicy rhythms of Jamaica and Afro-Caribbean music, feel... | Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 06/29/12 | Tarpon Springs |
Hot Tuna AcousticPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts July 14, 2012 From their days playing together as teenagers to their current acoustic and electric blues, probably no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years -- yes! -- than Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, the founders and continuing core members of Hot Tuna.
The first thing an early Hot Tuna fans discovered at their concerts of the early 1970s was that the band was growing louder and louder. In an era in which volume often overtrumped musicianship, Hot Tuna... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 07/14/12 | Tampa |
The ProducersPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts July 21-July 22, 2012 Based on the Academy® Award-winning 1968 Mel Brooks film of the same name, The Producers is the story of down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a mousy accountant. Together, they hatch the ultimate scam: Raise more money than you need for a sure-fire Broadway fiasco ... and then pocket the difference. Their masterpiece, Springtime for Hitler, turns out to be a smash, ruining all the plans they had for their success with a failure.
At the 2001... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 07/21/12- 07/22/12 | Tampa |
Music Out of a HatPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center August 24, 2012 Music Out of a Hat
August 24 at 7 pm
Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center
Hosted by Maria Zouves and the VOICExperience Singers, this is a fun-filled interactive quiz show with music from opera, musical theater and more. You don’t have to be a musical expert and there is no homework required. Lots of fun and lots of prizes! | Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 08/24/12 | Tarpon Springs |
Il VoloPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts September 15, 2012 In May 2009, three fresh-faced teenagers, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, appeared on the popular Italian talent show Ti Lascio Una Canzone and dazzled television viewers with their flawless rendition of the Neapolitan standard “O Sole Mio.” The boys, who won the competition easily, decided their group needed a name. “Il Volo,” meaning “flight,” was chosen to signify the feeling that these three young tenors were about to spread their... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 09/15/12 | Tampa |
Toast of Tampa Show Chorus Celebrates 25 years!Presented by Toast Of Tampa Show Chorus at Straz Center for the Performing Arts October 19-October 20, 2012 Be a part of the Toast of Tampa’s 25th anniversary celebration. Whether your passion is the harmony, the people or the excellence we will delight all your senses. Listen and watch the best in barbershop harmony and connect with friends from then and now while enjoying good food, drink and fun!
| Toast Of Tampa Show Chorus | 10/19/12- 10/20/12 | Tampa |