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UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, April 28 — “Soul Food Sunday” at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 3 to 6 pm
Sunday, May 12 — “New Tampa Unplugged” at New Tampa Performing Arts Center, 3 to 5 pm; tickets available here
Saturday, June 1 — Independent Bar & Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 8 to 10:30 pm
Past Events
2024
Thursday, Jan. 4 — Floridian Social, St. Petersburg, 7 to 10 pm
2023
Thursday, Dec. 14 — Acme players in jazz quartet, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Saturday, Dec. 2 — Acme players in jazz trio, private party, Ballast Point (Tampa)
Saturday, Nov. 4 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, private party, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 5 pm
Saturday, Nov. 11 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, Safety Harbor Spa, 7 pm
Sunday, Aug. 20 — Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 3 to 6 pm (with singer Shelby Sol)
Monday, July 3 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, St. Petersburg Museum of History, 7 pm
Friday, May 12 — Acme players in jazz trio, Polk Museum of Art (Lakeland), 5:30 pm
Sunday, April 23 — Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 3 to 6 pm
Friday, April 21 — Acme players in jazz quartet, Cleveland Heights Golf and Country Club (Lakeland), 5:30 pm
Saturday, March 25 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, Skipper’s Smokehouse (Tampa)
Tuesday, Feb. 21 — Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Lawn Event at Fenway Hotel, Dunedin, 6 to 9 pm
2022
Dec. 31 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, The Coliseum, St. Petersburg
December — Acme players in jazz trio, private party in Ballast Point (Tampa)
Saturday, May 28 — Private event (wedding), Fenway Hotel, Dunedin (quartet)
Sunday, May 22 — Give the Drummer Some! benefit concert for our former drummer Pat Close, HCC Mainstage Theatre, 3 pm
Saturday, March 19 — Private event (wedding), Lakeland (quartet)
Sunday, Feb 20 — Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 3 to 6 pm (quintet)
Saturday, Feb 5 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, Sparkman Wharf, Tampa
2021
Friday, Dec. 31 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, St. Petersburg; details TBA
Saturday, Dec. 18 — Private event (holiday party), Glazer Family Foundation JCC, Tampa (quartet)
Sunday, Dec. 5 — Tampa Jazz Club concert @ HCC Ybor’s Mainstage Theatre, Tampa, 3 pm (sextet)
Saturday, Dec. 4 — Private event (holiday party), Tampa (trio)
Thursday, Nov. 11 — New World Brewery, Tampa, 8 pm (opening for Juna Serita and the Sexy Beans) (sextet)
Sunday, Oct. 24 — The Palladium at SPC, St. Petersburg, 4 pm (septet)
Sunday, Sept. 19 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, Sparkman Wharf, Tampa, 5 to 8 pm.; free
Sunday, Aug. 29 — Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 3 to 6 pm
Saturday, July 3 — Acme players in Blues Walk band, swing dance, St. Petersburg Museum of History
Wednesday, June 23 — Private event (store opening), Lutz
Monday, May 31 — Private event (wedding), Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg
Friday, May 7 — First Friday, Munn Square, Lakeland, 6-9 pm
Friday, May 7 — Mix session, Springs Theatre, Tampa
Sunday, May 2 — Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 3 to 6 pm
Thursday, April 29 — Mix session, Springs Theatre, Tampa
Sunday, April 18 — Private event (wedding), Venice
Thursday, April 15 — Mix session, Springs Theatre, Tampa
Friday, April 9 (quintet + guest singer Shelby Sol) — Clearwater Jazz Holiday Wanderlust Series, Evy’s Bistro Rooftop Concert Experience, Hampton Inn, Clearwater Beach, 7:30 pm. LaRue Nickelson and Alex Malkovich open at 6. Ticketed event — sold out..
Tuesday, March 30 — Mix session, Springs Theatre, Tampa
From March 2014 to March 2020, we played every Thursday and Friday night at Timpano in Hyde Park Village with our then-regular lineup — Bryan Lewis, piano; Matt Swenson, guitar; Philip Booth, bass; Pat Close, drums. We began playing at Timpano (various nights) in 2012. Timpano shut down due to the pandemic, but reopened in late 2021, and cut out live music. Want to hear music again at Timpano? Let them know — call (813) 254-5870.
2020:
Fall — Multiple recording sessions, Springs Theatre, Tampa
Tuesday, March 10 — Private party, Tampa Marriott Waterside, Tampa
March — final gigs at Timpano, after playing there Thursdays/Fridays since 2014, and starting there in 2012. RIP, Timpano.
Saturday, Feb. 29 — Timpano (duo)
Sunday, Jan. 12 — Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Seminole Heights (Tampa), 3 to 6 pm
Saturday, Jan. 11 — Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, Tampa, 3 pm
2019:
Every Thursday and Friday, Timpano, Hyde Park (Tampa), 7 pm
Dec. 31, Private party, Ballast Point neighborhood, Tampa
Sunday, Oct. 13, Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe, Tampa, 3 pm
Saturday, Sept. 7 (with horn section Rick Runion and Ted Murphy) — The Independent, Tampa, 8 to 10 pm
Friday, Aug. 17 — Sparkman Wharf, Tampa, 6 to 10 pm
Wednesday, June 19 — Video shoot, Replay Guitar Exchange, Tampa
Monday, April 29 — Mix session, Springs Theatre, Tampa
Sunday, Feb. 17 — Safety Harbor Art & Seafood on the Waterfront, 3 to 6 pm
Monday, Feb. 11 — TV promo for Art/Seafood fest, on WFTS (Bryan and Philip)
Sat, Feb. 9 — Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, South Tampa, 3 pm
Sat, Feb. 2 — Private party, Tampa
2018
Every Thursday and Friday, Timpano, Hyde Park (Tampa), 7 pm
Sat, Dec. 15 — holiday party (private), Davis Islands, Tampa
Sat,, Dec. 1 — holiday party (private), Odessa