Looking forward: The month of June in the arts

A reasonable amount of big-name performers will visit the Tampa Bay area during June; as usual during the summer months, many of the most notable shows will be held outdoors:

County music icon Hank Williams Jr. is onstage June 5 at the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre (Tampa).

Quiet Riot and Vixen perform June 5 at Ferg’s Event Center (St. Petersburg).

Vocalist Amy Lee and her band Evanescence are at the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre June 12 (Tampa).

Colombian/American R&B performer Kalis Uchis has a June 13 date at the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre (Tampa).

June 13: Another country show, this one starring Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson, at Raymond James Stadium (Tampa).

R&B singers Ne-Yo and Akon share the bill June 14 at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre

Country music’s Billy Currington will sing June 20 at the BayCare Sound amphitheater (Clearwater).

Singer and actress Hilary Duff stops into the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre June 23.

“Ye,” the artist formerly known as Kanye West, is scheduled to appear June 26 at Raymond James Stadium (Tampa).

Concert calendar

June 2 Young the Giant at the Yuengling Center

June 4 Pianist Raquel Garzás at the Dali Museum

June 5 Stewart Copeland at the Capitol Theatre

June 5 Hank Williams Jr. at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre

June 5 Quiet Riot, Vixen at Ferg’s

June 5-14 St. Pete Opera La Boheme at the Palladium Theater

June 6 The Florida Orchestra Symphony by the Sea at the BayCare Sound

June 7 The Florida Orchestra Defying Gravity – The Music of Stephen Schwartz at Morsani Hall, Straz Center

June 9 Lucy Darling at Ruth Eckerd Hall

June 10 “An Evening in New Orleans” (Clearwater Jazz Holiday event) at Central Park Performing Arts Center

June 11 Steve Earle at the Capitol Theatre

June 12 Evanescence at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre

June 13: Kalis Uchis at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre

June 13 Chris Stapleton w/Lainey Wilson at Raymond James Stadium

June 14 Ne-Yo, Akon at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre

June 16 Mad Beach Band at Palladium Side Door Cabaret

June 18 Eden Brent at Palladium Side Door Cabaret

June 18 Marcello Hernandez at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center

Josh Groban sings at Benchmark Arena June 19, with Jennifer Hudson. Publicity photo.

June 19 Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson at Benchmark Arena

June 19 Vince Gill at Ruth Eckerd Hall

June 20 Billy Currington at the BayCare Sound

June 20 The Florida Orchestra Music of Studio Ghibli  at Ruth Eckerd Hall

June 23 Hilary Duff at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre

June 24 Jessi Uribe at Seminole Hard Rock Event Center

Todd Rundgren performs at the Capitol Theatre June 25 and 26. Photo: Bridget Burke.

June 25 & 26 Todd Rundgren at the Capitol Theatre

June 26 Travis Tritt at Ruth Eckerd Hall

June 26 Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival at the Dali Museum

June 26 Ye (Kanye West) at Raymond James Stadium

June 27 & July 1 projectALCHEMY at the Palladium Theater

June 27 Classic Albums Live The Beatles’ “White Album” at the Capitol Theatre

June 27 The Florida Rock Symphony at Ruth Eckerd Hall

June 28 Micky Dolenz at the Capitol Theatre

The classics

Puccini’s La Boheme was the opera that inspired Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent in 1996. Those who swear by that groundbreaking show might want to roll the clock back to 1895 and investigate when the ground was well and truly broken.

La Boheme will close out Season 20 for the St. Petersburg Opera Company, June 5-14 at the Palladium Theater.

As reported Tuesday, The Florida Orchestra’s June concerts (also closing out the season) are Symphony by the Sea, a free performance June 6 at the Baycare Sound; Defying Gravity – The Music of Stephen Schwartz, at 2 p.m. June 7, Straz Center Morsani Hall; Music of Studio Ghibli (7:30 p.m. June 20, Ruth Eckerd Hall).

At the Straz Center’s Morsani Hall, June 9-14: The national tour of “Beetlejuice.” Publicity photo.

On theater stages

June 3-28 The Hot Wing King at American Stage. Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about a group of gay Black men preparing for a cooking competition in Memphis.

June 5-28 I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at Stageworks Theatre. The lighthearted musical comedy about relationships.

June 10-21 The Tampa International Fringe Festival, Kress Contemporary & The Commodore (Ybor City).

June 9-14 Broadway Series Beetlejuice Morsani Hall, Straz Center. Touring production of the hit musical adaptation.

June 11-21 Passing Strange at The Studio@620. Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s rock musical combining elements of punk, blues, gospel, and jazz.

June 12-Aug. 2 Bash of the Titans at freeFall Theatre. An original musical by freeFall’s Eric Davis, Matthew McGee and Michael Raabe. It’s an ‘80s jukebox musical love story-slash-Greek mythology romp.

June 25 Cubiche at Stageworks Theatre. A one-man autobiographical musical with J.L. Rey.

June 25-27 Dirty John’s Dirty Pride at The Studio@620. Bawdy sketch comedy from St. Petersburg’s resident bawdy sketch comedy troupe.