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January's Music Scene in Tampa Bay
By LEE CLARK ZUMPE
| Article published on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 |
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| B.B. King comes to Ruth Eckerd Hall Saturday, Jan. 5 |
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The new year will get a musical start with the Sunshine Blues Festival, set for Sunday, Jan. 20, 11 a.m., at Vinoy Park, 701 Bayshore Drive NE, St. Petersburg.
The inaugural Sunshine Blues Festival will feature two stages and a day of blues music.
Entertainment will include performances by Tedeschi Trucks Band, Dr. John, Walter Trout, Sonny Landreth, Joe Louis Walker, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Matt Schofield, The Wood Brothers, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Sean Chambers and Bobby Lee Rodgers.
Tickets are $49.50. Visit sunshinebluesfestival.com.
Following is a list of other music scene events in the coming weeks:
Capitol Theatre
• David Bromberg, Friday, Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m.
• Gino Vannelli, Saturday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m.
• Southside Johnny, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Capitol Theatre is at 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Call 791-7400 or visit www.atthecap.com.
Hard Rock Café Tampa
• Rick Springfield, Thursday, Jan. 10, 9 p.m.
Hard Rock Café Tampa is at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, 5223 N. Orient Road, Tampa. Call 813-627-7625.
The Mahaffey
• The Florida Orchestra: Symphonic Shakespeare; Thursday, Jan. 3, 11 a.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: Jump, Jive an’Wail; Saturday, Jan. 5, 8 p.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony; Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m.
• Elvis Lives, Sunday, Jan. 13, 3 p.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: The Music of Michael Jackson; Friday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m.
• Mavis Staples, Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m.
• Natalie Cole, Sunday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m.
• China National Symphony, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet; Friday, Jan. 25, 10 a.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet; Saturday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.
The Mahaffey is at 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg. Call 892-5767 or visit www.themahaffey.com.
The Palladium at St. Pete College
• Cassie and Maggie MacDonald, Friday, Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m.
• Southern Hospitality, Friday, Jan. 11, 8 p.m.
• Southern Hospitality, Saturday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m.
• Calidore String Quartet, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.
• Nicki Parrot and Rossano Sportiello, Thursday, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.
• Lauren Mitchell Band, Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m.
The Palladium at St. Petersburg College is at 253 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg. Call 822-3590 or visit www.mypalladium.org.
Ruth Eckerd Hall
• B.B. King, Saturday, Jan. 5, 8 p.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: Jump, Jive an’Wail; Sunday, Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony; Sunday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Natalie Merchant, Friday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m.
• Kansas, Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m.
• Engelbert Humperdinck, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.
• The New York Tenors, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m.
• The Florida Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet; Sunday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Ruth Eckerd Hall is at 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater. Call 791-7400 or visit www.rutheckerdhall.com.
Straz Center for Performing Arts
• The Florida Orchestra: Jump, Jive an’Wail; Friday, Jan. 4, 8 p.m.
The David A Straz Jr. Center is at 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa. visit www.strazcenter.org.
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Article published on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
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