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August in the arts: Eight great concerts … and more
Some big names are coming our way in August, headed for concert stages on both sides of the bay. Many are outdoors – summertime is the season, after all, for those big under-the-stars shows – but an equal number will take place in air-conditioned comfort.
It’s al all-genre concert cornucopia.
Something new: Starting this month, we’ll include ticket-buying links for all venues at the end of this story.
And as always, things will be added (and, no doubt, taken away) as the month progresses. Watch the Catalyst for updates.
How ’bout that Zach Bryan, playing Raymond James Stadium (with Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit) Aug. 14. Publicity photo.
The great eight
Ms. Lauryn Hill visits the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre Aug. 9, with a reunited Fugees. The occasion is the 25th anniversary of her breakthrough album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Country star Zach Bryan, who’s sold something like 30 million records (and has just released his fourth album), lands at Raymond James Stadium Aug. 14 with no less than Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit opening.
Guitarist Slash, of Guns N Roses fame, brings his SERPENT Festival to the Baycare Sound Aug. 10, with Larkin Poe, Robert Randolph and ZZ Ward.
Rapper and singer Rod Wave, a St. Pete native, delivers his annual “Birthday Bash” concert Aug. 24 at Amalie Arena. Guests for the “And Friends” part of the show have not been announced.
Coming to the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre Aug. 16: The mighty horn-centered bands Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire. They’ve been getting together for summer tours for a few years now.
John Legend – the singing, songwriting pianist and former coach on The Voice – stops into the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center Aug. 15.
The end of the month – Aug. 29, to be exact – brings the beloved 1990s band Jane’s Addiction to Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre, with Love & Rockets opening. Enigmatic frontman and founder Perry Ferrell is still leading the charge, and the guitarist remains the great Dave Navarro.
Actor Jared Leto’s “other” creative endeavor, the eccentric and theatrical rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, has a Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre date Aug. 24.
Jane’s Addiction, Aug. 29, Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre. Publicity photo.
And still more concerts
That’s not all, folks! Here are the other notable concerts on the August calendar:
Aug. 1 Halestorm at the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Aug. 2 Blue October, Switchfoot, Matt Nathanson at the Baycare Sound.
Aug. 3 Dirty Heads, Slightly Stoopid at the Baycare Sound.
Aug. 4 Straight No Chaser, Chris Kirkpatrick & O-town at the Baycare Sound.
Aug. 6 Christopher Cross at the Capitol Theatre.
Aug. 7 Limp Bizkit, BONES, N8NOFACE, Corey Feldman, Riff Raff at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Aug. 8 UB40, English Beat, Maxi Priest at the Baycare Sound.
Aug. 10 Freestyle Explosion Throwback Jam (Stevie B, Lisa, Expose and others) at Amalie Arena.
Aug. 15 Leo Kottke, Julian Lage at the Capitol Theatre.
Aug. 15 Deep Purple at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center.
Aug. 17 Maren Morris at the Mahaffey Theater.
Aug. 18 311, AWOLNATION at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center.
Aug. 20 Train, REO Speedwagon at the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Aug. 22 Michael Carbonaro at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center.
Aug. 23 Dan & Shay with Jake Owen at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Aug. 24 That Girl Lay Lay (from TV’s Nickelodeon) at the Mahaffey Theater.
Aug. 25 Buju Banton at Amalie Arena.
Aug. 28 Stone Temple Pilots, LIVE at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Aug. 29 Swon Bros. (from TV’s The Voice) at Central Park Performing Arts Center.
Nickelodeon star That Girl Lay Lay visits the Mahaffey Theater Aug. 24. Publicity photo.
Theater in August
Opening Aug. 8 at freeFall Theater is Fable, Doug DeVita’s backstage drama about sisters June Havoc and Gypsy Rose Lee, and the “real” story behind the Broadway hit Gypsy.
Playwright and actor Roxanne Fay’s bravura turn as tormented Lady MacBeth returns as Thrice to Mine, a one-person show, opens Aug. 14 at Jobsite Theater. The Rocky Horror Show continues at Jobsite through Aug. 9.
The Figs, a sort of modern fairy tale by Doug Robinson, ends after this weekend at American Stage.
Aug. 1-11 at the Off-Central is Orange, a co-production with Outcast Theatre. It follows a 17-year-old girl on the autism spectrum, on the last day of summer.
Websites
Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre
Ruth Eckerd Hall, The Baycare Sound, Capitol Theatre
Seminole Hard Rock Event Center
Central Park Performing Arts Center
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