2025 Tampa Area Concerts Preview
It’s that time of year when we look forward to all the Florida Strawberry Festival, Busch Gardens and Amphitheatre concert announcements for next year. Concert promoters rush to get tickets on sale for the Christmas gift giving season. Most of those shows haven’t been revealed yet, but we do have a handful of 2025 Tampa area concerts to tell you about.
There are more year-round concert venues than ever before in Tampa Bay. There’s The Sound at Coachman Park, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Amalie Arena and The Mahaffey. So there isn’t as much of a lull in the concert “off season” like there used to be.
Many complain that concert season is in the summer when Florida humidity and heat is at its worst, you have to remember concert tours are short. Promoters have to plan linear routes across all the United States, not just the south. But with all these shows coming up during the winter months of 2025, you’ve got a lot of shows to ask Santa for tickets.
2025 Tampa Area Concerts announced so far…
January 11: Styx & Loverboy
Lots of big Q105 ’80s hits at this one like Renegade, Lady, and Come Sail Away from Styx and Working For The Weekend and Turn Me Loose from Loverboy. The bands play The Sound at Coachman Park in Clearwater. [Tickets]
February 8: Mary J. Blige
Lots of Q105 Saturday Night Dance Party favorites like Family Affair and Real Love. She plays Amalie Arena in Tampa with Ne-Yo and Mario. [Tickets]
February 12: The Black Crowes
We were hoping to see them with Aerosmith at Amalie Arena on Valentines Day, but we know what happened there. Catch them on the other side of the Bay at The Mahaffey Theater in St. Pete. [Tickets]
March 12: ZZ Top
“That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” has been at it for well over a half century, delivering rock, blues and boogie on the road and in the studio to millions of devoted fans. With iconography as distinctive as their sound, ZZ TOP is virtually synonymous with beards, hotrod cars, spinning guitars and that magic keychain. See them at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. [Tickets]
March 15: Foreigner
Yeah that farewell tour doesn’t seem to end, but who’s complaining? Joined by 38 Special, Foreigner is back again this time at The BayCare Sound at Coachman Park in Clearwater. [Tickets]
June 6 & 8: Metallica
The 80s and 90s metal gods play Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. [Tickets]
For Tampa area concerts still to come in 2024, visit the Q105 Concerts page.
