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5PM $10 minimum suggested donation | Benefitting the wife & daughter of Ryo. We will celebrate the life of Tampa Bay's beloved Ryo Iwabuchi - we recently lost Ryo and all of our hearts are broken. We will be celebrating his life in a way he would have loved - music, food and fun. Ryo's famous tuna chop chop will be available for purchase courtesy of Tony & Cassie formerly of Kaisen Sushi.  Damon Fowler After spending much of the past…

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm $7/10

8pm $7/10 Chris Massey Band Chris Massey's musical odyssey began more than 30 years ago in Atlanta with his cheerfully nihilistic power punk band the Mistakes. After ten years in the business Chris put music on the back burner, got married and started a family. During this time he discovered a love for country music. Fourteen years later after a divorce the itch to perform again returned. It took a little while to get it going but in 2010 he…

5pm $7/10 American Song Box is a six piece powerhouse Americana/Rock group of eclectic artists, writers, and musicians with a focus on diverse material and great live shows. Todd Murphy on guitar, RJ Kerker on piano, Chris Evans on drums, Angelique Roesch on violin, Clif Roesch on bass, and Al Farr on harmonica, deliver a hard hitting performance each time they take a stage. By harnessing the original essence of sound and utilising the rhythm of life at seven beats…

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm $10/13 Broken Hearts http://brokenheartsband.com/ Shawn Scheller and the Contenders https://www.shawnschellermusic.com/the-contenders

3pm $15 Benefit show for our beloved Art Nelson of Uncle John's Band. Uncle John's Band Come Back Alice Ramblegrass Bocar Hollow Applebutter Express Steve Connelly & the Greater Good

5pm $7/10 The Flow Sisters Ashley Smith & the Random Occurrence Serendipity 

7pm $20/25 Eric Lindell

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm $10/13 Selwyn Birchwood Nalani & Josh

4pm $12/15 The annual summer event is a great showcase for roots rocking bands. The 502s  –  The 502s are a raucous indie folk group formed by three cousins from Central Florida. Since 2015, The 502s have taken their swaggering blend of Americana across the coast including Okeechobee Music Festival and Communion Records’ NYC showcase. Their album is a heartfelt invitation to good old-fashioned fun, and they are celebrating with a tour of the US and Europe in 2018.  Get introduced…

3pm $10/15 John Johnson Retribution Ronnie D & the Superstars Soul Circus Cowboys Phoenix Magnum Opus

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm $10/13 Chris Duarte

8pm $15 Halcyon The Cheaters

5pm $6 Shoeless Soul https://www.facebook.com/shoelesssoul/ w/ Honey What http://www.facebook.com/HoneyWhat        

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm $10/13 Lauren Mitchell The year 2016 was one of large-scale and unexpected change for Tampa Bay area blues and soul vocalistLauren Mitchell. During a tumultuous time in both her personal and professional life, she was given the opportunity to rise from the challenges she was facing and make the album of her career with producer Tony Braunagel. Mitchell took the leap of faith because she is a true student of the blues, a music that's all about finding a way…

8pm $12/15 Kettle of Fish Productions presents “Summer Jam 2018,” celebrating the 1973 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, New York and the music of the Allman Brothers, the Band and the Grateful Dead. Performing the music of the Allman Brothers is Tony Tyler and friends. Tony is a native from Macon Georgia and has been playing the music of the Allman Brothers since he was a boy. www.comebackalice.com Performing the music of the Band is Kettle of Fish, Sarasota Herald…

2pm $5 It’s time once again for the Suncoast Blues Challenge, our local preliminary for the International Blues Challenge. The performers, in order of appearance, are: Dukes of Juke Phil Coale Memphis Rub Band Bear & Robert Victoria Ginty & Ladyhawke Jamie N’ Royce Jason Haram Band One representative act from the Band category and one from the Solo/Duo category will be chosen, by a panel of qualified and impartial judges, to represent your Suncoast Blues Society at the International…

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm $10/13 Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe Dikki Du (Troy Carrier) was born in 1969 in Church Point, Louisiana and discovered his love for zydeco music at the tender age of nine. After school he would get together with his brother Chubby, sister Elaine and father Roy to play Zydeco music. At the age of twelve Troy moved to a little town called "Lawtell", where his father had owned the Offshore Lounge for over fifteen years. Troy played the washboard…

8pm $15/20 Soukous All-Stars Felix Manuaku Waku, Nyboma Mwan Dido, Lokassa Ya Mbongo, Nseka Huit Kilos, Ngouma Lokito, Caien Madoka, Elie Kihonia and Luciana Demingongo, come together for a stellar arrangement of musicians who were instrumental in the maturation and popularization of Soukous. Former members of renowned bands such as Bella Bella, Zaiko Langa Langa, Papa Wemba's Viva la Musica, Victoria Elleyison, Quartier Latin, Wenge Musica come together today and form the Soukous All-Stars band, a historic reunion of the masters…

The Skipperdome will be closed for a private party, but the restaurant and oyster bar will be open to the public for regular business hours.

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…

8pm $7/10 Chris McCarty Chris McCarty is a charismatic performer who is well known for writing catchy hooks, and meaningful songs that have helped make him extremely popular in the United States. McCarty has a presence that the moment he hits the stage people can't help but pay attention, and as the music starts everyone realizes that they are witnessing a true performer, and unless you have seen him on stage, one couldn't imagine Chris McCarty's gift. McCarty's high-energy show is…

8pm $10/13 Holey Miss Moley w/ Legendary JCs

5pm $5 Website www.julieblackmusic.com FB: www.facebook.com/officialjulieblackmusic Insta: www.instagram.com/julieblackmusic Twitter: twitter.com/Julie_Black iTunes: http://ow.ly/wKZa30bybLw

8pm $10/13 Dave Larue Band YouTube: https://youtu.be/HiONXXHvTS0?list=RDEM8Wws57_bpYHkaLvouFWyjw FB: https://www.facebook.com/davelarue/ Web: http://www.davelarue.com/ Travis Larson Band YouTube: https://youtu.be/HUpcWyuHPSY FB: https://www.facebook.com/thetravislarsonband Web: www.travislarsonband.com  

8pm FREE (JAMBAND/TRIBUTE) Hippies please use side door... UJB has been faithfully bringing the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead to Skipper's every Thursday at Skipper's since 1998. Uncle John's Band was formed in 1989 in Clearwater Florida from a combination of talented musicians who love to play the music of the Grateful Dead. The purpose of Uncle John's Band is to recreate the atmosphere and musical adventure of a live Dead show. Over the past many years, Uncle…