Sound Advice: Tampa: The Late Shift

Sound Advice Tampa: The Late Shift, Dinner Sets, Country Outside the Lines and Daytime DJsStay late or start before lunch. This weekend moves from St. Pete after 11 to dinner sets across the Bay, country that refuses to stay in one lane, and DJs working well before dark.The Late ShiftSt. Pete owns the real after-11 pocket this weekend, while Tampa has a couple of earlier starts that still run deep into the night. Friday gives you three separate 11 PM starts in St. Pete, and Saturday keeps going even later.Friday

Quinn Blalock at Predalina, 8:30 PM
Dance and house run late enough to make this one of Tampa's longer Friday DJ sets.

Xplicid at Boulon Brasserie and Bakery, 9:00 PM
Pop and EDM carry Boulon well past the dinner hour.

DJ AYESIK at Good Night John Boy St. Pete, 11:00 PM
Pop and hip-hop take over at 11 for a true late-night Friday start.

DJ Dani at My Rich Uncle, 11:00 PM
EDM and hip-hop give St. Pete another option beginning right at 11.

DJ Dexan at Trailer Daddy, 11:00 PM
Another 11 PM DJ start makes Trailer Daddy part of Friday's late-night St. Pete cluster.

Saturday

Bohav at Good Night John Boy St. Pete, 11:00 PM
Disco and disco house push Saturday later than anything else in this section.

Kid-Unot at Trailer Daddy, 11:00 PM
Open format and Top 40 give Saturday's late shift a broader musical lane.

Dinner With a Live SoundtrackKeep the dinner plan. Friday moves from indie-folk and pop through rock and house, while Saturday gives you soft pop or a trio set at Forbici St. Pete.Friday

Isa Mikkayla at Mad Dogs and Englishmen, 6:00 PM
Indie, folk and indie pop give Friday its softer dinner start.

Joe Hite at Union New American, 7:00 PM
Top 40, alternative and pop stretch across the heart of Friday evening.

Elliot Dickinson at Forbici, 7:30 PM
Rock and pop covers give dinner a familiar-song option that runs into the night.

Quinn Blalock at Predalina, 8:30 PM
Dance and house take the dinner plan in a later direction.

Saturday

Abby King at Mad Dogs and Englishmen, 6:00 PM
Pop, soft rock and soft pop make Saturday the gentler side of the section.

Ken Apperson at Forbici St. Pete, 7:00 PM
A trio spanning pop, variety and rock gives Saturday dinner a fuller live-band option.

Country Outside the LinesCountry is all over St. Pete this weekend, and very little of it stays put. Soul, southern rock, indie, pop and a straight shot back to the 90s keep pulling it somewhere else.Friday

Josh Carroll at Forbici St. Pete, 3:00 PM
Country leans into soul and southern rock in this early Friday duo set.

Matty Todd Cole at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 6:45 PM
Southern rock and indie pull this solo country set toward rougher edges.

Daniel B. Marshall at Forbici St. Pete, 7:00 PM
The trio moves between country, pop and rock instead of settling into one lane.

Ian Davis at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 9:00 PM
Full-band country comes with pop and cover material in the mix.

Saturday

Ian Davis at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 10:00 PM
Ian Davis returns Saturday with another late full-band country and pop set.

Emmet Stevens Jr at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 5:00 PM
Country, rock and pop keep Saturday's earlier set firmly on the crossover side.

Conyer Walker at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 7:30 PM
Country rock with a 90s-country center gives this one the clearest throwback streak.

Sunday

Andrew Ricker at Boulon Brasserie and Bakery, 11:00 AM
Pop and classic rock widen the Sunday side of the country mix.

Katie Lombardo at Forbici St. Pete, 6:00 PM
Country and Top 40 close the weekend at its most crossover-friendly end.

DJs in DaylightSaturday starts with tech house before lunch and house at noon. Sunday comes back with Top 40 and another DJ set before the afternoon gets very far.Saturday

Mikol Angelo at Union New American, 11:00 AM
Tech house, dance and Latin house get Saturday moving before lunch.

Quinn Blalock at Casa Cami, 12:00 PM
Dance and house take over at noon instead of waiting for Saturday night.

Davy Rolando at Good Night John Boy St. Pete, 4:00 PM
St. Pete gets the afternoon handoff with a DJ set running into early evening.

Sunday

Nalisio Taveras at Union New American, 11:00 AM
Pop and Top 40 put a DJ behind one of Sunday's earliest Tampa starts.

DJ Rollin at Trailer Daddy, 12:00 PM
A noon St. Pete set keeps the daytime DJ run going into Sunday afternoon.

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