Sound Advice: Tampa: Late Nights & Dinner Sets

Sound Advice Tampa: Late Nights, Dinner Sets, Country Crossover and Jazz Several WaysSt. Pete owns the late starts, dinner comes with a live soundtrack across Tampa, and country keeps crossing into rock, pop and soul. Jazz has its own range, moving from bossa nova and violin to straight-ahead guitar and Latin jazz.Dinner With a SoundtrackKeep the dinner plan and let the music stay in it. Friday moves from pop and country into later DJ sets, while Sunday closes with Joe Hite at Forbici and Hot Club SRQ at Boulon.Friday

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

Josh Carroll at Forbici, 7:30 PM
Country, soul and southern rock give Friday dinner a different lane from the pop-heavy sets around it.

Geecee at Predalina, 8:30 PM
House and electro house take the soundtrack later, with the set running to 1:00 AM.

Xplicid at Boulon Brasserie and Bakery, 9:00 PM
Pop and EDM make this the latest Friday start in the section.

Saturday

Joe Hite at Union New American, 7:00 PM
Top 40, alternative and pop carry Saturday through the middle of the evening.

Geecee at Predalina, 8:30 PM
House and electro house return Saturday for another late-running soundtrack.

Sunday

Joe Hite at Forbici, 6:00 PM
Top 40, alternative and pop give Sunday an early-evening live set.

Hot Club SRQ at Boulon Brasserie and Bakery, 6:00 PM
Jazz gives Sunday a different soundtrack from the weekend's DJ-heavy dinner options.

The Late ShiftSt. Pete owns the true late starts this weekend. Friday puts three DJs on at 11 and another at 11:45, then Saturday works a 10 PM country set into another run of 11 PM DJs.Friday

DJ OBSCENE at Good Night John Boy St. Pete, 11:00 PM
Pop and hip-hop start at 11 and run through 2:00 AM.

DJ AYESIK at My Rich Uncle, 11:00 PM
Another true 11 PM start keeps Friday going through 2:00 AM.

DJ Dani at Trailer Daddy, 11:00 PM
EDM and hip-hop give Friday a third simultaneous 11 PM option in St. Pete.

Davy Rolando at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 11:45 PM
The latest selected Friday booking does not begin until 11:45 PM.

Saturday

Matt Billor at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 10:00 PM
Country and decades of covers give the late shift a live alternative to the DJ circuit.

DJ OBSCENE at My Rich Uncle, 11:00 PM
Pop and hip-hop keep My Rich Uncle running from 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM.

DJ Dexan at Good Night John Boy St. Pete, 11:00 PM
An 11 PM start puts Good Night John Boy squarely into Saturday's late-night run.

DJ AYESIK at Trailer Daddy, 11:00 PM
Pop and hip-hop complete Saturday's three-way 11 PM St. Pete cluster.

Country Rarely Comes AloneCountry rarely comes alone this weekend. The strongest sets pull in classic rock, Top 40, soul, southern rock, pop and decades of covers, so the useful choice is less about finding country than deciding which direction you want it pulled.Friday

Paisley Howell at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 6:45 PM
Country shares the set with classic rock and Top 40.

Rob K at The CURRENT Hotel, Autograph Collection, 7:00 PM
Rock and pop sit alongside country in this three-hour Tampa set.

Josh Carroll at Forbici, 7:30 PM
Soul and southern rock pull the country side of the booking in two different directions.

Matt Billor at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 9:00 PM
Country gets paired with covers across multiple decades in a three-hour Friday set.

Saturday

Emma Forgette at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 5:00 PM
Country, pop and classic rock make this one of Saturday's clearest crossover sets.

Kyle McCord at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 7:30 PM
Country leans toward rock and classic rock later Saturday evening.

Sunday

Andrew Ricker at Forbici, 12:00 PM
Pop, country and classic rock carry the crossover into Sunday afternoon.

Leanne McGroary at Welcome to The Farm - St. Pete, 5:00 PM
Pop and country close the selected run with another crossover rather than a straight genre play.

Jazz, Several WaysThis is not one kind of jazz weekend. Bossa nova, violin-led covers, straight-ahead guitar, Latin jazz and R&B crossover all show up before Hot Club SRQ gets the last word Sunday.Friday

Gabbee at Forbici St. Pete, 3:00 PM
Jazz and bossa nova share the set with Top 40 for an early Friday start.

LeMay O'James at Highland House, 6:00 PM
Jazz comes through violin and covers in Dunedin.

The House Cats at Tori Bar, 7:00 PM
Jazz guitar and straight-ahead jazz give Friday its most traditional entry in the section.

Saturday

Daniel Giron at Boulon Brasserie and Bakery, 11:00 AM
Latin jazz gives Saturday's run a completely different starting point.

Bela Musica Duo at Highland House, 6:00 PM
Jazz crosses into pop and R&B for Saturday evening in Dunedin.

Mwiza at Tori Bar, 7:00 PM
Jazz, pop and R&B keep the crossover side going in Tampa.

Sunday

Hot Club SRQ at Boulon Brasserie and Bakery, 6:00 PM
A straight jazz booking closes the selected run Sunday evening.

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