Top 5 concerts this week in Sarasota, Bradenton, Punta Gorda
We kick things off with a sold-out show in Sarasota featuring a Tampa Bay jazz trio and a singer from St. Petersburg. There's also a Fort Myers-based blues musician playing two local dates in Sarasota and Punta Gorda; one Bradenton venue hosting two concerts, each with Manatee County-based headliners and bands from throughout Florida; and another Bradenton venue featuring a musician who's also a local radio station host. Here are this week's highlights. Event details are subject to change.
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La Lucha featuring Allison Nash
Tampa Bay jazz trio La Lucha, joined by St. Petersburg singer Allison Nash, will visit Sarasota's Fogartyville on Friday. La Lucha are known for their covers of songs from other music genres, with last year's album "La Lucha Plays the '80s" featuring jazzy renditions of hits from that decade such as Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer," Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" and "Raspberry Beret" and Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and "Like a Prayer." The album's guest musicians include Nash, who performs on a cover of Culture Club's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" along with saxophonist Jeremy Carter. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show Friday; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota; $30, $25 members, $15 students ages 13 and up (sold out as of press time); 941-894-6469; fogartyville.org
Deathbed Prom Homecoming x Groovehive Market
Bradenton indie label Deathbed Records and Groovehive Market will team up for this prom-themed event at Oscura, featuring live music from groups throughout the greater Tampa Bay area. Those include Bradenton punk/emo band Spanish Bombs, whose member Jake Pinkney runs Deathbed Records, and Tampa alternative act Pilot Jonezz, whose sound blends punk, funk, soul, R&B and hip-hop. Held Up, Amateur Taxidermy and Trainier will also perform at the event featuring vendors, food trucks, a photobooth and prom court nominations, with prom attire strongly encouraged but not required. 7 p.m. Friday; Oscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton; free; 941-201-4950; oscura.live
Sean Chambers
Fort Myers blues-rock guitarist/singer-songwriter Sean Chambers will play Celtic Ray and Big Top Live this weekend. Chambers most recently released this year's album "Live from Daryl's House Club," recorded at the Daryl Hall-owned venue with the Savoy Brown Rhythm Section — bassist Pat DeSalvo and drummer Garnet Grimm — who Chambers has been playing with since Savoy Brown's founding member Kim Simmonds died in 2022. Chambers himself was formerly a guitarist and bandleader for the late blues great Hubert Sumlin, paying tribute to him on his 2021 album "That's What I'm Talkin About." 8 p.m. Friday; Celtic Ray Public House, 145 E. Marion Ave., Punta Gorda; 941-916-9115; celticray.net; 7 p.m. Saturday; Big Top Live, 975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota; free; 941-371-2939; bigtoplive.com
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
Restaurant and blues/roots music venue Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, located in Bradenton's Village of the Arts neighborhood, will host a return visit from the Rev. Billy C. Wirtz this weekend. Local radio listeners may know his name from the weekly The Rhythm Revival show that he co-hosts with "Marvelous Marvin" Boone that airs Friday afternoons on WMNF. Wirtz is a musician himself, blending irreverent lyrics with serious boogie-woogie piano chops. 7 p.m. Saturday; Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, 1114 12th St. W., Bradenton; 941-243-3735; facebook.com/cottonmouthsoul
Domino Pink
Oscura's live music lineup this weekend will also include Palmetto garage/fuzz/psych-rock group Domino Pink, celebrating the recent release of their latest EP "Echolette," which came out in May. The band, which also released a self-titled EP in 2023, takes heavy inspiration from the psych-rock scene on the West Coast and in Austin. Other bands performing will include St. Pete prog rockers Cruel Curses, Englewood experimental act Movie Props, South Florida prog/punk/doom trio Psychofluid and Orlando garage acid pop group The San Francisco Renaissance. 7 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show Saturday; Oscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton; $10 advance, $15 day of; 941-201-4950; oscura.live
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