CLEARWATER - The Knology Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival is Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18-19, at Coachman Park, 301 Drew St., Clearwater.
The festival sails back into February in 2012. Last year, the event temporarily became part of the city’s signature Fun ’n’ Sun Festival in May. The annual event, established in 2007, provides the opportunity to satisfy seafood cravings while enjoying some of the best blues music around.
The inaugural concert series featured musicians such as Johnny Winter, Coco Montoya and Chris Beard. Since then, the festival has seen performances by Eric Lindell, Bettye LaVette, the Derek Trucks Band, Chris Thomas King, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Jonny Lang, Marcia Ball, Elvin Bishop, Tab Benoit, Robert Cray and Taj Mahal.
This year’s festival headliners include Buddy Guy Janiva Magness and Curtis Salgado.
Buddy Guy
Born in 1936, Buddy Guy is a living blues legend.
The guitarist and singer is considered a pioneer of the Chicago blues style. Guy has been awarded no less than five Grammys and 23 W.C. Handy Blues Awards. He received the Billboard Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, and, in 2003, earned the National Medal of Arts for his contributions to the creation, growth and support of the arts.
Ranking in the top 30 of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Guy has influenced rock ’n’ roll guitar gods such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Guy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 by Clapton and fellow bluesman B.B. King.
TAMPA - Hard Rock is on the hunt for musicians on the rise to take the stage at the 2012 Hard Rock Calling music festival in London’s Hyde Park.
Hard Rock Rising, the global battle of the bands, will give one local band from this international competition the chance of a lifetime - to be on the bill with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and additional headlining performers at one of the world’s most-anticipated concert events.
Beginning on Thursday, Feb. 16, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., the area’s greatest undiscovered bands, as chosen by the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa’s Facebook fans, will take the stage at the Hard Rock Cafe Tampa and battle it out live at multiple qualifying events.
With more than 900 songs to his credit and records on Billboard’s Top 50 during six consecutive decades, Anka is an extraordinary singer-songwriter. He has achieved unprecedented success as a recording artist and on stage, screen and television.
Anka shot to fame at the age of 16 with “Diana” and had five Top 20 hits by the time he was 18. Combined LP and single sales number more than 42 million.
The Florida Orchestra: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, part of the Masterworks series, is Friday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m., at the Straz Center, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa. Call 813-229-7827 or visit www.strazcenter.org.
The performance will be repeated Saturday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m., at the Mahaffey Theater, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg. Call 892-5767 or visit www.themahaffey.com. The program also will be presented Sunday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater. Call 791-7400 or visit www.rutheckerdhall.com.
Stefan Sanderling will conduct and Valentina Lisitsa will accompany the orchestra on piano. Hailed as “a gigantic talent” by The Baltimore Sun, Lisitsa will reveal the rapturous beauty and rhapsodic themes of one of the most popular of all romantic concertos. In addition to Rachmaninoff, the performance will include Nielsen’s Helios Overture and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1. Tickets range from $15 to $45.
CLEARWATER - Columbia Records recording artist Brandi Carlile returns to the intimate setting at the Capitol Theatre in the Cleveland Street District in Downtown Clearwater on Friday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m. in support of her latest release Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony.
This will be her first concert at the Capitol Theatre since her sold-out concert in 2010.
Caddy's on the Beach - 9000 West Gulf Blvd. Treasure Island Jack MacKey Band, 1-6 p.m.; Lori Cherry Band, 7-11 p.m. Call 727-360-4993 or visit www.caddysotb.com.
Cuso's Club & Cantina - 2405 Gulf Blvd., Indian Rocks Beach Mardi Gras Party with Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers from New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Call 727-596-5633.
Dave's Aqua Lounge - 10820 Gandy Blvd., St. Petersburg Rebecka Pulley, 9 to 11 p.m. Call 576-1091 or visit www.davesongandy.info.
Dunedin Brewery - 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin The Funky Seeds, 9 p.m. Call 727-736-0606 or visit dunedinbrewery.com.
Gators on the Pass - 12754 Kingfish Drive, Treasure Island Steve Marcus, 1-5 p.m.; Boats & Hos, 5-9 p.m.; Latraia Savage and The Allstars, 9:30 p.m. to close. Call 727-367-8951 or visit gatorscafe.com.
Jannus Live - 16 Second St. N., St. Petersburg Yonder Mountain String Band. Call 896-1244 or visit www.jannuslive.com.
JolliMon's Grille - 941 Huntley Ave., Dunedin DUNEDIN - Between Bluffs, 7:30 to 11 p.m. Visit www.jollimonsgrill.com.
Mako's on the Rocks - 14450 Walsingham Road, Largo Seet Spot, 10 p.m. Call 727-595-MAKO (6256) or .visit makosontherocks.com.
The Brown Boxer - 483 Mandalay Ave., Clearwater Beach Roctopus, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Pelican Walk Shopping Center, Call 727-441-6000 or visit www.thebrownboxer.com.
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